Learn some French phone manners
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| Introduction |
| Becky: On the phone. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to understand basic phone vocabulary in French. |
| Body |
| Becky: Here's the way to answer the phone with 'Hello' in French. |
| Yasmine: [Normal] Allô. |
| Becky: This expression has only one word meaning 'hello' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] allô [Slow] allô |
| Becky: Listen again to the word meaning 'Hello. (answering)' |
| Yasmine: [Slow] Allô. [Normal] Allô. |
| Becky: Ok, now let's take a look at how to say 'This is + name.', for example 'This is Yasmine.' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] C'est Yasmine. |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'this' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] C' [Slow] C' |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'is' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] est [Slow] est |
| Becky: Last is the person’s name, in this case Yasmine. |
| Yasmine: [Normal] Yasmine |
| Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'This is Yasmine.' |
| Yasmine: [Slow] C'est Yasmine. [Normal] C'est Yasmine. |
| Becky: Next up is the way to say 'May I talk to + name?', for example 'May I talk to Laura?' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] Je peux parler à Laura? |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'I' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] je [Slow] je |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'can' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] peux [Slow] peux |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'talk' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] parler [Slow] parler |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'to' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] à [Slow] à |
| Becky: Last is the name of the person that we are trying to reach, in this case Laura |
| Yasmine: [Normal] Laura |
| Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'May I talk to Laura?' |
| Yasmine: [Slow] Je peux parler à Laura? [Normal] Je peux parler à Laura? |
| Becky: Finally is a way to say 'I'll call again later.' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] Je rappellerai plus tard. |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'I' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] je [Slow] je |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'will call again' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] rappellerai [Slow] rappellerai |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'later' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] plus tard [Slow] plus tard |
| Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I'll call again later.' |
| Yasmine: [Slow] Je rappellerai plus tard. [Normal] Je rappellerai plus tard. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Becky: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Yasmine: Allô is used almost only when answering the phone. You can also use it when you’re standing in front of someone who seems absent-minded and you want them to come back down to Earth. |
Outro |
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| Becky: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next series. Bye! |
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