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🇫🇷 French · Intermediate Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 9 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

I'd Like You to Be Closer

On her parents' last night in Paris, Emma walks along the canal with her mother, to the place where Chloe once asked her to come to Lyon. Her mother says what she wishes and what she understands, and tells Emma a dream of her own. Say what you'd like someone else to do or be, and that you understand what someone wants, with the special form of the verb after both.

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THE STORY

It's Wednesday the eleventh of August, Emma's parents' last night in Paris. Her father stays at the hotel with a suitcase that won't close, and Emma and her mother walk along the canal, to the place where Chloe once asked Emma to come to Lyon. There, her mother says what she has come to say, and tells a secret of her own. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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allez-y, toutes les deuxah-lay-ZEE toot lay DUHgo on, the two of you, to two women
que vous parliezkuh voo par-LYAYthat you talk, with vous
Il faut que vous parliez.eel foh kuh voo par-LYAYYou need to talk. To two people.
C'est ici que Chloé m'a demandé de venir à Lyon.seh-tee-SEE kuh kloh-AY mah duh-mah(n)-DAY duh vuh-neer ah lee-OH(N)This is where Chloe asked me to come to Lyon.
je suis venuezhuh swee vuh-NEWI came, said by a woman
Je suis venue en France pour un mois.zhuh swee vuh-new ah(n) FRAH(N)S poo-ra(n) MWAHI came to France for a month. Said by a woman.
deux ans plus tardduh-zah(n) plew TARtwo years later
Deux ans plus tard, tu es toujours là.duh-zah(n) plew TAR tew eh too-zhoor LAHTwo years later, you're still here. With tu.
plus prèsplew PREHcloser
J'aimerais que tu sois plus près.zheh-muh-REH kuh tew swah plew PREHI'd like you to be closer. With tu.

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