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🇫🇷 French · Fluency Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 4 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Marcel's Reaction

Take a neighbour's tease as the affection it is, and give one back, in the spoken French of a village gate.

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THE STORY

Marcel at his gate, the neighbour who has watched the stone house for two years and has an opinion about everything.

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Marcel, j'ai quelque chose à vous dire. Je suis française.mar-sehl, zhay kehl-kuh shohz ah voo deer, zhuh swee frah(n)-SEHZMarcel, I have something to tell you. I'm French. Politely, a woman speaking.
C'était pas trop tôt.say-teh pah troh TOHAbout time too.
Sept ans, Marcel.seh tah(n), mar-SEHLSeven years, Marcel.
Moi, j'ai mis quatre-vingts ans à être du village. Vous, sept. Vous êtes douée.mwah, zhay mee kah-truh-va(n) zah(n) ah ehtr dew vee-lahzh, voo, seht, voo zeht doo-AYMe, it took me eighty years to belong to the village. You, seven. You're gifted. To a woman, politely.
Vous êtes douée.voo zeht doo-AYYou're gifted. To a woman, politely.
C'est un compliment ?seh ta(n) koh(n)-plee-MAH(N)Is that a compliment?
De ma part, c'est rare. Profitez-en.duh mah pahr, seh rahr, proh-fee-tay ZAH(N)From me, it's rare. Make the most of it. Politely.
Profitez-en.proh-fee-tay ZAH(N)Make the most of it. Politely.
Je le note. Vous viendrez à la cérémonie ?zhuh luh not, voo vya(n)-dray ah lah say-ray-moh-NEEI'll note it. Will you come to the ceremony? Politely.
Si on me met pas au fond. Et s'il y a à boire après.see oh(n) muh meh pah oh foh(n), ay seel yah ah bwahr ah-PREHIf they don't put me at the back. And if there's something to drink after.

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