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🇫🇷 French · Fluency Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 6 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Lou's Questions at the School Gate

Answer a child's honest question honestly, in simple French, about why you talk the way you do and how a person can be two things.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

The school gate, Camille's daughter Lou, who is seven and asks the question the adults only think.

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Emma, pourquoi tu parles bizarre ?eh-mah, poor-kwah tew pahrl bee-ZAHREmma, why do you talk funny? To a friend.
Parce que je suis née en Angleterre. J'ai appris le français à vingt-cinq ans.pahrs kuh zhuh swee nay ah(n) nah(n)-gluh-tehr, zhay ah-pree luh frah(n)-seh ah va(n)t-sa(n) KAH(N)Because I was born in England. I learnt French at twenty-five. A woman speaking.
J'ai appris le français à vingt-cinq ans.zhay ah-pree luh frah(n)-seh ah va(n)t-sa(n) KAH(N)I learnt French at twenty-five.
C'est vieux, vingt-cinq ans.seh vyuh, va(n)t-sa(n) KAH(N)That's old, twenty-five.
Très vieux. Et maintenant je suis française aussi.treh vyuh, ay ma(n)t-nah(n) zhuh swee frah(n)-sehz oh-SEEVery old. And now I'm French too. A woman speaking.
On peut être les deux ?oh(n) puh ehtr lay DUHYou can be both?
On peut. Comme toi, tu es la fille de ta maman et la fille de ton papa.oh(n) puh, kom twah, tew eh lah feey duh tah mah-mah(n) ay lah feey duh toh(n) pah-PAHYou can. Like you, you're your mum's daughter and your dad's daughter. To a friend.
Tu es la fille de ta maman.tew eh lah feey duh tah mah-MAH(N)You're your mum's daughter. To a friend.
Et tu parles bizarre en anglais aussi ?ay tew pahrl bee-zahr ah(n) nah(n)-gleh oh-SEEAnd do you talk funny in English too? To a friend.
Maintenant, oui. Un peu.ma(n)t-nah(n), wee, a(n) PUHNow, yes. A bit.