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🇫🇷 French · Intermediate Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 10 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

This Time, I'm the One Who Stays

At the airport outside Paris, Emma says goodbye to her parents, and her father gives his verdict on Hugo at last. Then the fast train home to Lyon, where someone is waiting on the platform. Say you're sad someone is leaving and that they have to come back soon, say what always happened before and that this time it's you, and pass on that someone likes someone.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

It's Thursday the twelfth of August, and Emma's parents fly home to Chicago. At the airport outside Paris, over one last coffee, her father has something to tell her about Hugo. Then it's time to say goodbye, and this time, Emma is the one who stays. That evening, the fast train takes her home to Lyon, where someone is waiting on the platform. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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le tempsluh TAH(N)time, the time that goes by
Le temps passe trop vite !luh tah(n) pahs troh VEETTime goes too fast!
les au revoirlay-zoh ruh-VWAHRgoodbyes
Je n'aime pas les au revoir.zhuh nehm pah lay-zoh ruh-VWAHRI don't like goodbyes.
je l'aime bienzhuh lehm BYA(N)I like him
Hugo… je l'aime bien.ew-GOH zhuh lehm BYA(N)Hugo... I like him.
Dis à Hugo que je l'aime bien.dee ah ew-GOH kuh zhuh lehm BYA(N)Tell Hugo I like him.
qu'il viennekeel VYEHNthat he comes
Il faut qu'il vienne à Chicago. Un jour.eel foh keel vyehn ah shee-kah-GOH a(n) ZHOORHe has to come to Chicago. One day.
Tu m'as dit tu !tew mah dee TEWYou said tu to me!

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