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🇫🇷 French · Intermediate Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 6 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

Better Late Than Never

Sunday lunch in the garden at Sylvie and Patrick's, where Emma's family meets Chloe's. Patrick gets his cider from Brittany at last, Emma's father faces Sylvie's gratin, and Hugo's secret English teacher gives himself away. Say what someone really must do, with one more verb in the special form, say "better late than never", and ask who taught whom.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

It's Sunday the eighth of August. Hugo has taken the day off, and Chloe drives everyone up the hill above Lyon, to her parents' house with the garden. Today Emma's family meets Chloe's. In Emma's bag there's a bottle of cider from Brittany, nine months late, and at the table, over coffee, somebody gives away Hugo's secret. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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J'ai pris ma journée.zhay pree mah zhoor-NAYI've taken the day off.
on se rencontreoh(n) suh rah(n)-KOH(N)TRwe meet, we're meeting each other
Enfin, on se rencontre !ah(n)-FA(N) oh(n) suh rah(n)-KOH(N)TRAt last, we meet!
il attendaiteel ah-tah(n)-DEHit was waiting
Il attendait dans mon placard depuis novembre !eel ah-tah(n)-deh dah(n) moh(n) plah-kar duh-pwee noh-VAH(N)BRIt had been waiting in my cupboard since November!
Mieux vaut tard que jamais !myuh voh tar kuh zhah-MEHBetter late than never!
vous goûtezvoo goo-TAYyou taste, with vous
que vous goûtiezkuh voo goo-TYAYthat you taste, with vous
absolumentahb-soh-lew-MAH(N)absolutely, really
Il faut absolument que vous goûtiez le gratin.eel foh ahb-soh-lew-mah(n) kuh voo goo-tyay luh grah-TA(N)You really must taste the gratin. To two people.

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