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🇫🇷 French · Intermediate Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 22 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Parents Land

Meet a delayed flight, ask what happened, and introduce two people who have heard a lot about each other.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

At Lyon airport, Emma's parents come through the doors three hours late, and her father tries his French on Hugo.

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On est là ! Le vol a eu trois heures de retard.oh(n) neh lah, luh vol ah ew trwah zuhr duh ruh-TARWe're here! The flight was three hours late.
Je sais. J'ai suivi l'avion sur mon téléphone. Qu'est-ce qui s'est passé ?zhuh seh, zhay swee-vee lah-vyoh(n) sewr moh(n) tay-lay-fon, kehs kee seh pah-SAYI know. I followed the plane on my phone. What happened?
Une tempête à Chicago.ewn tah(n)-peht ah shee-kah-GOHA storm in Chicago.
Papa, tu parles français maintenant ?pah-pah, tew parl frah(n)-seh ma(n)-tuh-NAH(N)Dad, you speak French now?
Trois mots. Hugo, bonjour.trwah moh, ew-goh, boh(n)-ZHOORThree words. Hugo, hello.
J'ai appris trois mots dans l'avion.zhay ah-pree trwah moh dah(n) lah-VYOH(N)I learned three words on the plane.
Bonjour ! Alors, c'est vous les parents dont j'ai tant entendu parler.boh(n)-zhoor, ah-lor, seh voo lay pah-rah(n) doh(n) zhay tah(n) tah(n)-tah(n)-dew par-LAYHello! So you're the parents I've heard so much about.
Et toi, le garçon dont Emma ne parlait jamais, au début.ay twah, luh gar-soh(n) doh(n) eh-mah nuh par-leh zhah-meh, oh day-BEWAnd you, the boy Emma never talked about, at first.
Au début, je ne parlais jamais de lui.oh day-bew, zhuh nuh par-leh zhah-meh duh LWEEAt first, I never talked about him.
Maman ! Je traduis ça pour papa, ou pas ?mah-mah(n), zhuh trah-dwee sah poor pah-pah, oo PAHMum! Do I translate that for Dad, or not?

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