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🇫🇷 French · Intermediate Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 14 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Stories of the Sea

Talk about the way things were, say what someone remembers best, and what they never talk about.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

After dinner, Yann tells Emma and Hugo about his years as a fisherman, and Maëlle adds the one thing he never tells.

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À l'époque, je partais en mer à quatre heures du matin.ah lay-pok, zhuh par-teh ah(n) mehr ah kah truhr dew ma-TA(N)Back then, I went out to sea at four in the morning.
À l'époque, je ne parlais pas français.ah lay-pok, zhuh nuh par-leh pah frah(n)-SEHBack then, I didn't speak French.
Tous les jours ?too lay ZHOOREvery day?
Six jours sur sept. Le bateau dont je vous parle avait vingt ans.see zhoor sewr seht, luh bah-toh doh(n) zhuh voo parl ah-veh va(n) TAH(N)Six days out of seven. The boat I'm telling you about was twenty years old. Politely.
Six jours sur sept.see zhoor sewr SEHTSix days out of seven.
Et ce dont vous vous souvenez le mieux ?ay suh doh(n) voo voo soo-vuh-nay luh MYUHAnd what do you remember best? Politely.
Le silence. Ce qui manque le plus, c'est le silence.luh see-lah(n)s, suh kee mah(n)k luh plew, seh luh see-LAH(N)SThe silence. What I miss most is the silence.
Ce dont je me souviens le mieux, c'est de la mer.suh doh(n) zhuh muh soo-vya(n) luh myuh, seh duh lah MEHRWhat I remember best is the sea.
Ce dont il ne parle jamais, c'est de la tempête de quatre-vingt-sept.suh doh(n) teel nuh parl zhah-meh, seh duh lah tah(n)-peht duh kah-truh-va(n)-SEHTWhat he never talks about is the storm of eighty-seven.
La tempête de quatre-vingt-sept.lah tah(n)-peht duh kah-truh-va(n)-SEHTThe storm of eighty-seven.

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