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🇫🇷 French · Fluency Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 3 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Telling the English Parents

Explain a French thing to people who do not have it, in French, on a video call, and hear your mother try a French sentence back.

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THE STORY

The laptop on the kitchen table, Bristol on the screen, and a decree to explain to two people with one passport each.

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Maman, papa, j'ai une nouvelle. Je suis française depuis la semaine dernière.mah-mah(n), pah-pah, zhay ewn noo-vehl, zhuh swee frah(n)-sehz duh-pwee lah suh-mehn dehr-NYEHRMum, Dad, I've got news. I've been French since last week. A woman speaking.
Française ? Et anglaise ?frah(n)-sehz, ay ah(n)-GLEHZFrench? And English? About a woman.
Les deux. En France, on peut avoir les deux.lay duh, ah(n) frah(n)s, oh(n) puh ah-vwahr lay DUHBoth. In France, you can have both.
Et concrètement ?ay koh(n)-kreht-MAH(N)And concretely?
Concrètement, je vote ici. C'est comme si j'avais deux maisons.koh(n)-kreht-mah(n), zhuh vot ee-see, seh kom see zhah-veh duh meh-ZOH(N)Concretely, I vote here. It's as if I had two homes.
Rien ne change pour vous.rya(n) nuh shah(n)zh poor VOONothing changes for you. Politely.
Deux maisons. Et la nôtre ?duh meh-zoh(n), ay lah NOHTRTwo homes. And ours?
La vôtre reste la vôtre, maman. Je reste anglaise aussi.lah vohtr rehst lah vohtr, mah-mah(n), zhuh rehst ah(n)-glehz oh-SEEYours stays yours, Mum. I'm staying English too. Politely, a woman speaking.
Félicitations, ma fille. C'est bien dit.fay-lee-see-tah-syoh(n), mah feey, seh bya(n) DEECongratulations, my daughter. That's well said.