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🇫🇷 French · Intermediate Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 4 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

I Want You to See It

Emma shows her parents her school, closed for the summer. Then they climb the steep streets of the Croix-Rousse to lunch at Hugo's flat, five floors up with no lift, and her father runs out of breath. Say what you want someone to see and what someone has to do, with two verbs that take the special form, and say "it's steep", "we're almost there" and "there's no lift".

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THE STORY

It's Tuesday the third of August. At ten in the morning, not too early, Emma takes her parents to see her school, behind its dark green door in the Croix-Rousse. At noon, Hugo has invited them to lunch at his flat, higher up the hill. The streets climb and climb, and then there are five floors with no lift. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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en pleine formeah(n) plehn FORMin great shape
Je suis en pleine forme !zhuh swee-zah(n) plehn FORMI'm in great shape!
que vous voyiezkuh voo vwah-YAYthat you see, with vous
Je veux que vous voyiez mon école.zhuh vuh kuh voo vwah-yay moh(n)-nay-KOHLI want you to see my school. To two people.
ça veut diresah vuh DEERit means, word for word that wants to say
Qu'est-ce que ça veut dire ?kehs kuh sah vuh DEERWhat does that mean?
t'a entendutah ah(n)-tah(n)-DEWheard you, with tu
tout l'aviontoo lah-VYOH(N)the whole plane
Tout l'avion t'a entendu !too lah-vyoh(n) tah ah(n)-tah(n)-DEWThe whole plane heard you!
pour l'étépoor lay-TAYfor the summer

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