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Learn French with FrenchPod101.com! You’ve just made your way to the bar to catch your breath from all the socializing you are doing at this fun party in France! But by the time you pick up a glass of French wine and turn around, another new person greets you and starts chatting you up in French. He tells you a little about himself in French, and then he asks, “What are you doing next week?” You respond in French, “Monday I’m going to a concert, and Tuesday I’m going to dinner. I keep hearing that Wednesdays are very busy days here in France, but I haven’t figured out why yet!” He takes your arm and tells you in French, “We’ll let’s see if we can’t find out, shall we!”

Learning French with FrenchPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn French! This French Absolute Beginner lesson will teach you how to ask someone about his or her schedule in French. You’ll also learn how you can describe how busy you are (or how you can pencil someone into your schedule!) in French. We will also discuss why Wednesdays are such a special day in France! Visit us at FrenchPod101.com where you will find many more fantastic French lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009 at 6:30 pm and is filed under Absolute 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.

13 Responses to “Absolute Beginner #9 - Bistrot Français: Can You Fit Me Into Your Busy Schedule in France?”

FrenchPod101.com says:

What do YOU do on your Saturday nights?

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Munia says:

Sleep. :lol:

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Angele says:

Have fun

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Rita says:

Dear Verginie,

I hope you get this.

I was reviewing this Lesson and I don’t quite hear how you pronounce the gus in une degustation. Is it pronounced goo as in goose or does it sound like gus, as in the name Gus as in the English name Gus? Or how does it sound? You can email me or leave a message here if you like. Thank you so much for your help.

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Munia says:

@Rita: The “u” in “degustation” has a sound that doesn’t exist in English (as far as I know), and it’s a bit tricky at first. It’s a sound between the “u” in “goose” and the “i” in “fish”. You can imitate it by shaping your mouth as if to say “oo” as in “goose” and then actually saying “i” as in “fish”.

I hope that helps. :oops:

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Virginie says:

Hi Rita + Munia!

Munia, thanks for the pronounciation tip! It’s a actually the explanation I usually give to my students!

Rita, as Munia said: round lips + sound “i” at the same time should work. It will sound strange at first, but if you pronounce this sound in a word and keep repeating it, it will become easier. Also, if that helps, you can think of the sound “u” as the sound you make when you are about to whistle.

The better words you can train with are ones with the letters “g” or “b” right before the sound “u”, such as : “bu”, “légume”, “butte”…(drank, vegetable, hill)
Let us know if that helps!

Let me know if you have any other question!

Virginie

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Omo says:

i have problems with word pronouciations the are hardly ever pronouced as spelt, i cant read a word on my own and get the pronouciation right. how do i get past this

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Omo says:

lIKe the word Qu est, how do i pronouce it

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chloe says:

Well omo you sound it out like in the french alphabet :smile: but you don’t say the last letter except if its a vowel . so A E I O U H Y . With H if a word starts with H you just don’t produce it . And for the the word qu est you would pronuse it kay es which seems weird but in french q’s kinda sound like american K’s some tricks are to go to youtube and listen to the alphabet and simple phrases and look at the spelling and how they say it because if you ever do go to france knowing these ” simple ” tricks will help you . Good luck

Hope I was help Chloe

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Tom says:

Oops in the PDF:

2. A person’s schedule
Qu’est-ce que tu fais + date/week day/ expression of time?
“What do you do for a living?”

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FrenchPod101.com says:

Hi Tom,
Thank you for telling us about this - it has been fixed :)

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Lady says:

:mrgreen: Watch movies and be lazy

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FrenchPod101.com says:

Hi Lady,
Sounds nice and relaxing! :D

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