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🇫🇷 French · Intermediate Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 8 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Out of Order

Sunday the thirteenth of February 2028, moving day, the eighth lesson of this level. Eight in the morning at Hugo's fifth floor, twelve boxes, a bed in pieces and a hired van; half past nine at the studio, Monsieur Petit with his toolbox; eleven o'clock at the new building, a lift at last, with a note on its door, a heavy sofa on the stairs, and the neighbours from the second floor, Lucas, Elodie and four-month-old Rose; a hundred screws at four; pizza on the boxes at eight. Say we'll carry it up for you, with you and it before the verb, and it's out of order, the day we move in.

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THE STORY

Sunday the thirteenth of February 2028, moving day. Eight in the morning, Hugo's fifth floor for the last time, a hired van in the street, twelve boxes on the landing and a bed in pieces. Eleven o'clock, the little street on the slopes, and at last a lift, with a note on its door. A heavy sofa on the stairs, a door that opens on the second floor, a baby in her mother's arms, a hundred screws in a toolbox, and at eight in the evening, pizza on the boxes, as a year ago. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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Il en reste trois.eel ah(n) rehst TRWAHThere are three left.
Ascenseur en panne.ah-sah(n)-suhr ah(n) PANlift out of order, the words on the note
Il est en panne, le jour où on arrive !eel eh-tah(n) pan luh zhoor oo oh(n)-nah-REEVIt's out of order, the day we move in!
les nouveaux voisinslay noo-voh vwah-ZA(N)the new neighbours
Vous êtes les nouveaux voisins ?voo-zeht lay noo-voh vwah-ZA(N)Are you the new neighbours?
Il sera réparé mardi.eel suh-rah ray-pah-ray mar-DEEIt'll be fixed on Tuesday.
un coup de maina(n) koo duh MA(N)a hand, as in give a hand
cuisinierkwee-zee-NYAYa cook
Je vous donne un coup de main ?zhuh voo dohn a(n) koo duh MA(N)Shall I give you a hand?
On vous le monte !oh(n) voo luh MOH(N)TWe'll carry it up for you!

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