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🇫🇷 French · Intermediate Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 21 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

I'd Like You to Come

On the night of the new Beaujolais wine, in a bistro with Chloe and Karim, Hugo asks Emma to spend Christmas with his family in Marseille. In August, he was the nervous one. Now it's her turn. Say what you'd like someone to do, with the special form of the verb, and worry out loud with what if.

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THE STORY

It's Thursday the eighteenth of November, the night of the new Beaujolais wine. Emma, Hugo, Chloe and Karim are at a little table in a bistro in Lyon, and Hugo has something to ask Emma. On the way home, up the hill, she has a lot of questions. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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le beaujolais nouveauluh boh-zhoh-leh noo-VOHthe new Beaujolais
Le beaujolais nouveau est arrivé !luh boh-zhoh-leh noo-voh eh-tah-ree-VAYThe new Beaujolais has arrived!
un goûta(n) GOOa taste
Il a un goût de banane !ee-lah a(n) goo duh bah-NAHNIt tastes of banana!
J'ai quelque chose d'important à te demander.zhay kehl-kuh shohz da(n)-por-TAH(N) ah tuh duh-mah(n)-DAYI've got something important to ask you. With tu.
que tu vienneskuh tew VYEHNthat you come, with tu
passer Noëlpah-say noh-EHLto spend Christmas
J'aimerais que tu viennes passer Noël chez mes parents.zheh-muh-reh kuh tew VYEHN pah-say noh-ehl shay may pah-RAH(N)I'd like you to come and spend Christmas at my parents'. With tu.
Ils ont hâte de te rencontrer.eel-zoh(n) AHT duh tuh rah(n)-koh(n)-TRAYThey can't wait to meet you. With tu.
Je leur parle de toi tout le temps !zhuh luhr parl duh TWAH too luh TAH(N)I talk to them about you all the time! With tu.

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