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🇫🇷 French · Intermediate Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 5 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

I'll Be Your Guarantor

Sunday the sixteenth of January 2028, the fifth lesson of this level. Noon, lunch at the house above Lyon, planned long before the visit. Leo fills in his university wishes at the table, Emma arrives with the file on her mind and has sworn not to ask anyone anything, and Patrick, who sees her plate, puts down his glass. A phone that buzzes against the table all through lunch, and in the drive an old blue car that Sylvie will lend, once Emma has her licence. Say I'll be your guarantor, with the French verb for carrying yourself, and when you've got it, I'll lend it to you, with the future after when and two little words together before the verb.

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THE STORY

Sunday the sixteenth of January 2028, noon, the house with the garden above Lyon, a lunch planned long before the visit. Chloe drives them up. At the table, Leo has his laptop open beside his plate, Sylvie's potatoes are coming out of the oven, and Emma, who has sworn not to ask anyone anything, isn't eating. Patrick notices. In the drive, an old blue car. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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mes vœuxmay VUHmy wishes
Je remplis mes vœux pour la fac.zhuh rah(n)-plee may vuh poor lah FAHKI'm filling in my wishes for university.
Il nous faut un garant d'ici demain.eel noo foh a(n) gah-rah(n) dee-see duh-MA(N)We need a guarantor by tomorrow.
Je me porte garant.zhuh muh port gah-RAH(N)I'll be your guarantor.
Je ne voulais pas te demander ça !zhuh nuh voo-leh pah tuh duh-mah(n)-day SAHI didn't want to ask you that!
Tu ne m'as rien demandé.tew nuh mah rya(n) duh-mah(n)-DAYYou didn't ask me anything.
Tu fais partie de la famille.tew feh par-tee duh lah fah-MEEYYou're part of the family.
À une condition.ah ewn koh(n)-dee-SYOH(N)On one condition.
Il sonne depuis midi, ce téléphone !eel suhn duh-pwee mee-dee suh tay-lay-FOHNThat phone has been ringing since noon!
Elle est à qui, la voiture bleue ?ehl eh-tah kee lah vwah-tewr BLUHWhose is the blue car?

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