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🇫🇷 French · Intermediate Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 19 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A Basque Dinner

Taste the dish you were told about, ask what it is made with, and say which cake you will remember.

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THE STORY

Maite's table, the piperade, and a cherry cake her grandmother has made for sixty years.

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Goûte ça. C'est la piperade dont Hugo t'a parlé.goot sah, seh lah pee-pay-rahd doh(n) ew-goh tah par-LAYTaste this. It's the piperade Hugo told you about. To a friend.
C'est fait avec quoi ?seh feh ah-vehk KWAHWhat's it made with?
Des poivrons, des tomates, des oignons et du piment.day pwah-vroh(n), day toh-maht, day zoh-nyoh(n) ay dew pee-MAH(N)Peppers, tomatoes, onions and chilli.
Le piment, c'est ce dont j'avais peur. Mais ça va !luh pee-mah(n), seh suh doh(n) zhah-veh puhr, meh sah VAHThe chilli is what I was afraid of. But it's fine!
C'est fait avec du piment, mais pas beaucoup.seh feh ah-vehk dew pee-mah(n), meh pah boh-KOOIt's made with chilli, but not much.
Et les gâteaux, lesquels on goûte ?ay lay gah-toh, lay-kehl oh(n) GOOTAnd the cakes, which ones do we taste?
Tous. Celui à la cerise, c'est celui que ma grand-mère fait depuis soixante ans.toos, suh-lwee ah lah suh-reez, seh suh-lwee kuh mah grah(n)-mehr feh duh-pwee swah-sah(n) TAH(N)All of them. The cherry one is the one my grandmother has made for sixty years.
Celui que je préfère, c'est celui à la cerise.suh-lwee kuh zhuh pray-fehr, seh suh-lwee ah lah suh-REEZThe one I prefer is the cherry one. About cakes.
Alors c'est celui dont je me souviendrai.ah-lor seh suh-lwee doh(n) zhuh muh soo-vya(n)-DRAYThen it's the one I'll remember. About a cake.
C'est ce que tout le monde dit.seh suh kuh too luh moh(n)d DEEThat's what everyone says.

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