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You know you must have talked in French for five straight minutes without taking a break! You have asked this kind woman about everything! Was it exciting growing up in France? Do you know a lot about French art since you grew up in Paris? Have you lived in France all your life? When you finally take a breath, the sweet German woman tells you she reunited with her family in France when she was thirty-two years old! Now you feel a little foolish. You just assumed because she could speak French that she was from France. Maybe it would be a good time for you to learn a little about the history of French immigration. Then you should try asking where someone is from in French. As excited as you are to be in France, you might also slow down a bit and listen to their answers! They might want to know a little about where you are from, too.

Learning French with FrenchPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn French! This French Beginner Lesson will prepare you to ask where someone is from in French. We will also discuss France’s views on immigration into France, now and in the past. Visit us at FrenchPod101 where you will find tons of great French lessons and French learning resources! Leave us a message while you’re there!

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 at 6:30 pm and is filed under Beginner Season 1 . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

26 Responses to “Beginner Lesson S1 #3 - Slow Down! There’s Something About Me You Really Should Know!”

FrenchPod101.com says:

Avez-vous déjà rencontré une célébrité (une personne célèbre)? (Have you ever met a famous person? Please tell us about it!)

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seasurfer says:

A bit long, but a great lesson, it seems that the hosts get more comfortable with each other.

Just a suggestion, can we have the full conjugations included in the PDF. It will be easier for revision.

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Steve says:

Couldn’t agree more. :grin: Really like the interaction! French is really fun with you guys. Can you give my teacher some pointers. :twisted:

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Hyunwoo Sun says:

A great leçon !! :mrgreen:

Je pense que j´ai dit ¨tu es d´òu?¨ plus souvent que ¨d´òu tu viens?¨ J´esssayerais de dire ¨d´òu tu viens?¨ou ¨d´òu venez vous?¨ quand je rencontre quelqu´un pour la première fois.

And thanks a lot for the great sample sentences in the PDF !! They are really helpful. :)

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Shyralei says:

J’ai rencontré les musiciens célèbre comme Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Ellis Marsalis, Chick Corea…musiciens de jazz. J’ai rencontré un acteur célèbre: D.B. Sweeney.

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Francesca says:

je suis été aux beaucoup de concerts du musique, mais je n’ai jamais rencontrée aucun célébrité (how do you say in person?)

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Angele says:

Shyralei

avec toutes ce srencontres ton vrai nom ne serai pas Shakira ?
:smile:
Je rigole de a propre blague!!!!

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Angele says:

Moi j’ai été à des concerts de toutes sortes. Et moi non plus je n’ai jamais rencontré de personnes célèbrex en face à face (ou en personne).
Ah si….. Dave Reiley. Ah le blues, le jazz j adore!

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Angela says:

J’ai rencontré “Weird” Al :lol: :lol: :lol:

Billy Joel aussi!

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kadia says:

i cannot retrieve the pdf files

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FrenchPod101.com says:

Hi Kadia,
Are you receiving an error of some kind? Please let us know more details, thanks!

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Jilli says:

great lesson ! helped a lot!!!!! :mrgreen:

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FrenchPod101.com says:

Hello Jilli,

Great to know that you enjoy our lessons!
With continuous learning, mastering French would be few steps away :wink:

Cheers,
Neha/FrenchPod101.com

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Karen says:

Hi there.

“Nous sommes nes dans le sud de la France” sounds to me like a present tense sentence for something that happened in the past. Would French people say it like this or is it like this because we have not learnt the any past tense yet?

Cheers,

Karen

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Karen says:

In the audio transcript section of this lesson, the audio files for the formal script play when you click the informal buttons :cry:

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FrenchPod101.com says:

Hello Karen,

We apologize for the inconvenience. You are right about the audio mismatch but in our older lessons, we followed such format. If the main dialog was about formal French, we focussed on only that and gave the text for informal French and not the audio.
However, we understand that listeners might want to listen to both the versions. So in our newer lessons, we give the audio for both formal and informal French.

We hope you enjoy listening to these lessons!
If you have any questions, we’d be happy to help :smile:

Cheers,
Neha/FrenchPod101.com

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Karen says:

Bonjour. Je m’appelle Karen et je suis nee dans le sud de Nouvelle Zealande.

Hello, I am Karen and I was born in the south of New Zealand. I don’t know how to type accents on my letters yet :(

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FrenchPod101.com says:

HI Karen, thanks for your comment!
Here is a link that shows you how to type French accents on your computer :)
http://french.about.com/od/writing/ss/typeaccents.htm

Jessi
FrenchPod101.com

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arias says:

:roll: are we learning french or english with this guys?

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FrenchPod101.com says:

Hello arias,

Basically we are learning French using English :cool: Since English is the most commonly understood language throughout the world, so we thought it best to use English for explaining various grammar points, cultural insights and related things which are important for learning a new language.

Please let us know if you would like us to improve in any way. Your feedback is really important to us and will help us improve our lessons.

Regards,
Neha
Team FrenchPod101.com

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Lekambus says:

Bonjour comment allez vous?
je m’appelle Lekambus.

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Michael says:

Salut! J´ai rencontrée une musicienne de France qui habite en Allemagne maintenant: Lydie Auvray. J´ai aussi rencontrée les musiciennes de la groupe “The Klezmatics” de New York.

Hi! I met a french musician called Lydie Auvray who lives in Germany now. I also met the musicians of the group “The Klezmatics” from New York.

(Like this I practice two languages at the same time, as I´m German)…

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FrenchPod101.com says:

Bonjour Lekambus !

Enchantée de faire votre connaissance !
Nice to meet you !

Je vais bien, merci ! Et vous ?
I’m fine, thank you ! And you ?

Thank you !

Melanie
FrenchPod101.com

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FrenchPod101.com says:

Bonjour Michael !

Lydie Auvray n’est pas très connue en France, mais je crois qu’elle habite en Allemagne depuis très longtemps, non ?
Lydie Auvray is not really famous in France, but i think she’s living in Germany since a very long time, right ?
Je ne connaissais pas le groupe The Klezmatics. Merci pour cette découverte !
I didn’t know the band The Klezmatics! Thank you for this discovery !

I correct you French sentences :
J´ai rencontré une musicienne de France qui habite en Allemagne maintenant: Lydie Auvray. J´ai aussi rencontré les musiciens du groupe “The Klezmatics” de New York.

Note that your French is very good ! Keep going on !

Thank you for your comment !

Mélanie
Team FrenchPod101.com

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Lekambus says:

Comment allez vous?
je m’appelle lekambus,pas trop mal
Au Revior.

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FrenchPod101.com says:

Bonjour Lekambus,
Je vais bien, merci! Et vous, comment allez vous aujourd’hui?
A bientot!

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