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🇫🇷 French · Intermediate Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 19 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Would It Be Possible?

Before her Monday class, Emma knocks at Nathalie's office door and asks to give up her Thursday evenings. Nathalie isn't angry. She remembers her own first years, and says that one day she'll retire. Ask for a change politely with the would form and the special form, say what you'd rather someone did, and say what you used to do.

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THE STORY

It's Monday the eighteenth of October, six o'clock, at Nathalie's school. Emma's class starts at half past six, and before it, she knocks at Nathalie's office door. She has something to ask her. At nine, she phones Hugo. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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J'ai quelque chose à vous demander.zhay kehl-kuh SHOHZ ah voo duh-mah(n)-DAYI have something to ask you. Politely.
ce serait possiblesuh suh-reh poh-SEEBLit would be possible
Est-ce que ce serait possible que je ne travaille plus le jeudi ?ehs-kuh suh suh-reh poh-SEEBL kuh zhuh nuh trah-vahy plew luh zhuh-DEEWould it be possible for me not to work on Thursdays any more? Politely.
Vous travaillez trop, c'est ça ?voo trah-vah-yay TROH seh SAHYou're working too much, is that it? Politely.
je travaillaiszhuh trah-vah-YEHI worked, I used to work
Les premières années, je travaillais tout le temps.lay pruh-myehr-zah-NAY zhuh trah-vah-yeh too luh TAH(N)In the first years, I worked all the time.
je m'endormaiszhuh mah(n)-dor-MEHI used to fall asleep
Le soir, je m'endormais sur mon bureau !luh SWAHR zhuh mah(n)-dor-meh sewr moh(n) bew-ROHIn the evenings, I used to fall asleep at my desk!
Ce n'est pas possible !suh neh pah poh-SEEBLThat's not possible!
Il faut que je trouve quelqu'un pour le jeudi.eel foh kuh zhuh troov kehl-ka(n) poor luh zhuh-DEEI have to find someone for Thursdays.

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