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🇫🇷 French · Intermediate Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 25 OF 30 · 31 MINUTES

Thirteen Desserts

Friday the twenty-fourth of December, Christmas Eve in Marseille. Gerard's crib has a little clay figure for every trade but one, Hugo's big brother Nico arrives with his wife and two little girls, and after the big supper Martine brings out the thirteen desserts of Provence, which everyone has to taste. Say every year I'm the one who does the crib, say I hear with it seems that, say you have to taste the thirteen desserts, and say they say it brings luck.

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THE STORY

Friday the twenty-fourth of December, in the flat above the Old Port. In the morning, Gerard kneels at his crib, a whole village of little clay figures, and Emma looks for the bus driver. At seven the doorbell rings, and Hugo's big brother Nico fills the doorway with his wife Samia and their two little girls. Then the big supper of Christmas Eve, seven dishes and no meat, and at eleven the thirteen desserts of Provence come out, one after another, because everyone has to taste all thirteen. They say it brings luck. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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la crèchelah KREHSHthe crib, the nativity scene
Chaque année, c'est moi qui fais la crèche.shahk ah-nay seh mwah kee feh lah KREHSHEvery year, I'm the one who does the crib.
un santon de Provencea(n) sah(n)-toh(n) duh proh-VAH(N)Sa clay figure of the crib, a little saint of Provence
Il y a un santon pour chaque métier.eel yah a(n) sah(n)-toh(n) poor shahk may-TYAYThere's a clay figure for every trade.
le boulanger, le pêcheur, le bergerluh boo-lah(n)-ZHAY luh peh-SHUHR luh behr-ZHAYthe baker, the fisherman, the shepherd
le chauffeur de busluh shoh-fuhr duh BEWSthe bus driver
le grand frèreluh grah(n) FREHRthe big brother
Je suis Nico, le grand frère.zhuh swee nee-koh luh grah(n) FREHRI'm Nico, the big brother.
Il parle comme papa !eel parl kohm pah-PAHHe talks like Dad!
pompierpoh(n)-PYAYa firefighter

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