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🇫🇷 French · Intermediate Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 23 OF 30 · 32 MINUTES

What Would You Give Her?

Saturday at the Croix-Rousse market, twelve days before the train to Marseille. Emma wants a present for each of Hugo's family, people she has never met, and Hugo is no help at all. A silk scarf, a Lyon sausage, a football shirt his father would never forgive, and a box of papillotes, Lyon's Christmas chocolates with a joke in every wrapper. Ask what someone would give, say she'd love that, and say what would happen with the would form.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

It's Saturday the eleventh of December, cold and sunny. Emma's Saturday classes are over, and at half past twelve she and Hugo walk through the Croix-Rousse market, on the boulevard at the top of the hill. In twelve days they take the train to Marseille, and Emma has a list in her pocket, Hugo's mother, his father, his brother Nico, Nico's wife and their two little girls. Then a sports shop window, and a chocolate shop. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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offriroh-FREERto give, as a present
tu offriraistew oh-free-REHyou would give
Qu'est-ce que tu offrirais à ta mère ?kehs-kuh tew oh-free-reh ah tah MEHRWhat would you give your mother? With tu.
Je ne sais pas, moi… Un livre ?zhuh nuh seh pah MWAH a(n) LEEVRI don't know... A book?
un foularda(n) foo-LARa scarf
en soieah(n) SWAHsilk, in silk
Des foulards en soie !day foo-lar ah(n) SWAHSilk scarves!
Elle adorerait ça !eh-lah-doh-ruh-reh SAHShe'd love that!
ils sont faitseel soh(n) FEHthey're made, for several things
Ils sont faits ici, à la Croix-Rousse.eel soh(n) feh ee-SEE ah lah krwah-ROOSThey're made here, in the Croix-Rousse.

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