Skip to content
fluentbyear
🇫🇷 French · Intermediate Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 28 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A Misunderstanding Between the Families

Sort out a difference of custom, say you should have warned people, apologise for the right thing, and find a way everyone agrees with.

Audio instruction: English

Report a problem with this lesson

This lesson needs a subscription.

The first 2 lessons of each level are free. One subscription unlocks every other lesson, in the app and on the website.

See the plans

Already subscribed? Sign in. Or listen to lesson 1 for free.

THE STORY

Presents at midnight or on Christmas morning, two families, two habits, and Emma in the middle.

Flashcards

The words and phrases of this lesson, one card each. Best after you’ve listened.

Create your account.

Create a free account and confirm your email to keep the cards you like and the decks you make.

Already have an account? Sign in

Words and phrases

The lesson is for your ears. Open this afterwards, to see what you learned.
On ouvre les cadeaux maintenant ? Chez nous, c'est le matin du vingt-cinq.oh(n) noovr lay kah-doh ma(n)-tuh-nah(n), shay noo, seh luh mah-ta(n) dew va(n)-SA(N)KWe open the presents now? At home, it's the morning of the twenty-fifth.
Chez nous, c'est à minuit. Je ne savais pas.shay noo, seh tah mee-nwee, zhuh nuh sah-veh PAHAt ours, it's at midnight. I didn't know.
Personne ne me l'a dit.pehr-son nuh muh lah DEENobody told me.
C'est ma faute. J'aurais dû vous prévenir, toutes les deux.seh mah foht, zhoh-reh dew voo pray-vuh-neer, toot lay DUHIt's my fault. I should have warned you, both of you. To two women.
Vous n'auriez pas pu savoir. Personne ne vous l'a dit.voo noh-ryay pah pew sah-vwahr, pehr-son nuh voo lah DEEYou couldn't have known. Nobody told you. Politely.
Ce n'est la faute de personne.suh neh lah foht duh pehr-SONIt's nobody's fault.
Ce dont je m'excuse, c'est d'avoir insisté.suh doh(n) zhuh mehk-skewz, seh dah-vwahr a(n)-sees-TAYWhat I apologise for is having insisted.
Et moi, d'avoir fait une tête.ay mwah, dah-vwahr feh ewn TEHTAnd me, for having pulled a face.
Alors on fait quoi ? Minuit, ou demain matin ?ah-lor oh(n) feh kwah, mee-nwee, oo duh-ma(n) ma-TA(N)So what do we do? Midnight, or tomorrow morning?
Les deux. La moitié ce soir, la moitié demain. Ce qui compte, c'est qu'on soit d'accord.lay duh, lah mwah-tyay suh swahr, lah mwah-tyay duh-ma(n), suh kee koh(n)t, seh koh(n) swah dah-KORBoth. Half tonight, half tomorrow. What matters is that we agree.

1 more card in this lesson. Subscribe to see and study them all. See the plans. Already subscribed? Sign in.