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The purpose of this lesson: to say three lines of French perfectly.
I hope you enjoy it! -David
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Living outside of France doesn’t mean that fluency will be impossible for you.
Beginners feel uncomfortable if they don’t hear every sound on the first or second listen. That’s why I gave you a very slow recording.
Accomplished language learners have more fun with full-speed recordings. Accomplished language learners are comfortable with not hearing all of the sounds. They already know that it can take a month or two to hear every word in a 15-minute interview, for example.
To give you an idea of how to work with full-speed recordings, here are videos of me working with a Spanish recording. You’ll notice that not hearing every word doesn’t mean I can’t have fun.
Video 1
Video 2 – 5 days into this recording. Having a blast!
Video 3 – made on day 7. I’ve learned a lot!
Lots of progress here on finding how to move my tongue and lips to make those rolling Rs.
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Question 1 of 3
1. Question
Make a BEFORE recording.
Use your cellphone’s ‘Voice Recording’ app (called ‘Voice Memos’ on iphone) to record yourself reading these 3 lines of text. Listen to yourself: how do you sound? Don’t delete the recording because you’ll soon listen to it again.
If you email the recording to dtolman@fluentfrench.com, I’ll respond with comments or suggestions.
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Question 2 of 3
2. Question
Survey grammar and usage.
So that you understand the French, look over this page, then move on.
Vous êtes apicultrice.
Words related to bees and beekeeping.
une abeille = a bee
l’apiculture = beekeeping
un apiculteur/une apicultrice = a beekeeperêtre + profession
Vous êtes apicultrice. = You are a beekeeper.
Elle est boulangère. = She is a baker.
Elle est dentiste. = She is a dentist.
Vous êtes navigatrice. = You are a sailor (literally, a navigator.)
Je suis plombier. = I am a plumber.Notice that the English sentences have an extra word: a beekeeper, a baker, a dentist.
Merci de m’accueillir chez vous.
l’accueil / accueillir / avoir accueilli
l’accueil
the welcome; the reception; the reception desk (in a hotel or business.)accueillir quelqu’un
to welcome/receive someoneavoir accueilli quelqu’un
to have welcomed/received someonel’avoir accueilli
to have welcomed him/herChristine accueille sa soeur à l’aéroport.
Christine is welcoming/receiving/picking up her sister at the airport.Christine a accueilli sa soeur à l’aéroport.
Christine has welcomed/received/picked up her sister at the airport.Les hôtes peuvent venir chercher leur clé à l’accueil.
Guests can collect their key at the reception desk.Merci de + infinitive verb
Merci de cliquer sur le lien ci-dessous.
Please click on the link below. / Thank you for clicking on the link below.Merci d’avoir cliqué sur le lien ci-dessous.
Thank you for having clicked on the link below.Merci de ne pas marcher sur la pelouse.
Please don’t walk on the grass. / Thank you for not walking on the grass.Merci de ne pas avoir marché sur la pelouse.
Thank you for not having walked on the grass.Merci de prêter ton stylo.
Please loan your pen. / Thank you for loaning your pen.Merci de prêter ton stylo à ton camarade de classe.
Please loan your pen to your classmate. / Thank you for loaning your pen to your classmate.Merci de me prêter ton stylo.
Please loan me your pen. / Thank you for loaning me your pen.Merci de m’avoir prêté ton stylo.
Thank you for having loaned me your pen.Merci d’être un si bon ami.
Thank you for being such a good friend.Merci de m’accueillir chez vous.
Thank you for welcoming me into your home.Merci d’accueillir cet enfant chez vous.
Thank you for welcoming this child into your home.Merci de m’avoir accueilli chez vous.
Thank you for having welcomed me into your home.chez used to mean ‘home’ or ‘place of business’
Il va chez Michel.
He is going to Michel’s place / to Michel’s home.Il va chez le boulanger.
He is going to the bakery. (He is going to the baker’s place.)Je vais chez le coiffeur.
I am going to get a haircut. (Literally, I am going to the haircutter’s place.)On est ici
On: depending on the context, it can mean, ‘we.’
One could say…
Ce soir, nous allons au cinéma.
This evening, we go to the cinema.… but it is quicker to say…
Ce soir, on va au cinéma.
This evening, we go to the cinema.One could say…
Hier, nous sommes allés au cinéma.
Yesterday, we went to the cinema.… but it is quicker to say…
Hier, on est allé au cinéma.
Yesterday, we went to the cinema.One could say…
Nous mangeons au restaurant ce soir?
or Mangeons-nous au restaurant ce soir?
We eat out tonight? / Do you want to eat out tonight? (Literally, “We eat at the restaurant this evening?”)… but it is quicker to say…
On mange au restaurant ce soir?
Should we eat out tonight? / Do you want to eat out tonight? (Literally, “One eats at the restaurant this evening?”)-
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Question 3 of 3
3. Question
Learn to say it perfectly. Only three lines!
Lesson:
At the end of the lesson, I mention the phonological loop. So you can be sure I didn’t make it up, here is a link to an article.Listen and repeat to perfect your pronunciation:
So, how do you know if you’re saying it perfectly? The way to be sure is to ask a native speaker. You can also email the sound to me: dtolman@fluentfrench.com
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