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INTRODUCTION
Sam: But... I am Not Even Supposed To Work On Saturdays!!! In this lesson, you’ll learn about seasons, their prepositions and the interrogative pronoun quel.
Celine: The conversation goes on between Alice and her co-worker, Zacharie, in the office.
Sam: The speakers know each other, therefore, they will be speaking informally. Hello, I’m Sam and we’d like to welcome you to the 16th lesson of our beginner series in FrenchPod101.com – Which Day is It?
Celine: Oui. Which Day is It? Quel jour nous sommes. Je suis Céline, my name is Céline.
Christophe: et moi c’est Christophe.
Sam: Oh, you guys are so excited you forgot to tell us who you were.
Celine: Exactement.
Sam: Hey, what’s today’s lesson about?
Celine: Today, we’re going to talk about days. Zacharie and Alice are talking about days and months.
Sam: Sounds interesting.
Celine: Oui.
Sam: Shall we start?
Celine: Allez
Sam: C’est parti. Let’s go.
DIALOGUE
Lazy Zacharie: Quel jour sommes-nous ?
Wiz Alice: Quel jour, quel mois, quelle saison nous sommes ?! Oh, Zacharie !
Lazy Zacharie: Mars, c’est le mois des anniversaires. Tout le monde a son anniversaire. Alors nous sommes lundi, mardi ?
Wiz Alice: Lundi... c’est l’anniversaire d'Anne, la Directrice commerciale, et vendredi, c’est mon anniversaire...
Lazy Zacharie: Aah...
Sam: One more time slowly.
Celine: Encore une fois plus lentement.
Lazy Zacharie: Quel jour sommes-nous?
Wiz Alice: Quel jour, quel mois, quelle saison nous sommes?! Oh, Zacharie !
Lazy Zacharie: Mars, c’est le mois des anniversaires. Tout le monde a son anniversaire. Alors nous sommes lundi, mardi?
Wiz Alice: Lundi... c’est l’anniversaire d'Anne, la Directrice commerciale, et vendredi, c’est mon anniversaire...
Lazy Zacharie: Aah...
Sam: One more time with the English.
Celine: Encore une fois avec l’anglais.
Lazy Zacharie: Quel jour sommes-nous? “Which day it is?”
Wiz Alice: Quel jour, quel mois, quelle saison nous sommes?! Oh, Zacharie! “Which day, which month, which season is it!? Oh, Zacharie!”
Lazy Zacharie: Mars, c’est le mois des anniversaires. Tout le monde a son anniversaire. Alors nous sommes lundi, mardi ? “It’s March; it’s the birthday month! Everybody has their birthday! So, is it Monday, Tuesday?”
Wiz Alice: Lundi... c’est l’anniversaire d'Anne, la Directrice commerciale, et vendredi, c’est mon anniversaire... “Monday...it’s Anne's birthday, the Commercial Director and Friday is my birthday.
Lazy Zacharie: Aah…
POST CONVERSATION BANTER
Sam: Hey guys! What’s your favorite day of the work week?
Celine: The work week?
Sam: Yeah.
Celine: No, no, we don’t like work weeks.
Christophe: Yeah.
Celine: I mean, our favorite day is Sunday. No, Saturday.
Christophe: Saturday too? Saturday.
Celine: Sorry, Saturday because on Sunday because on Sunday, everybody is depressed in France because the day after, we have to work. So Saturday.
Christophe: Yeah. All stores are closed on Sunday.
Celine: Oh, yeah, that’s true.
Christophe: That’s a problem.
Celine: Yeah.
Sam: Yeah.
Sam: Maybe payday is a happy day, too.
Celine: Bien sûr. But we don’t know which day, so let’s say Saturday. Samedi. Samedi in French.
Sam: Saturday.
Celine: Samedi.
Sam: samedi?
Celine: Oui.
Sam: Oh, that’s a happy day.
Celine: Oui.
Sam: I think my friends in America tell me Friday is a happy day.
Celine: Peut-être.
Christophe: Because of the end of the week maybe.
Sam: For most people, yeah. Yeah.
Celine: Okay. shall we check the vocab?
Sam: No. No, I’m joking. Let’s check the vocab. The first item is…
VOCAB LIST
Christophe: jour.
Sam: Day.
Christophe: jour. [slowly - broken down by syllable] jour. [natural native speed]
Celine: Mois [natural native speed].
Sam: Month.
Celine: Mois [slowly - broken down by syllable]. Mois [natural native speed].
Sam: Next…
Christophe: saison.
Sam: Season.
Christophe: saison. [slowly - broken down by syllable] saison. [natural native speed]
Sam: Next…
Celine: Mars [natural native speed].
Sam: March.
Celine: Mars [natural native speed]. Mars [slowly - broken down by syllable].
Sam: Next…
Christophe: Tout (e) [natural native speed]
Sam: All.
Christophe: Tout (e) [slowly - broken down by syllable]. Tout (e) [natural native speed].
Sam: Next…
Celine: Monde [natural native speed].
Sam: People.
Celine: Monde [slowly - broken down by syllable]. Monde [natural native speed].
Sam: Next…
Christophe: lundi.
Sam: Monday.
Christophe: lundi. [slowly - broken down by syllable] lundi. [natural native speed]
Celine: Mardi.
Sam: Tuesday.
Celine: mardi. [slowly - broken down by syllable] mardi. [natural native speed]
Sam: Next…
Christophe: Alors
Sam: Then…
Christophe: alors [slowly - broken down by syllable] alors [natural native speed]
Sam: Next…
Christophe: Commercial(e) [natural native speed].
Sam: Commercial.
Christophe: Commercial(e) [slowly - broken down by syllable]. Commercial(e) [natural native speed].
Sam: Next…
Christophe: Directrice [natural native speed].
Sam: Director.
Christophe: Directrice [slowly - broken down by syllable]. Directrice [natural native speed].
Sam: So guys, shall we look at the vocabulary usage from this lesson?
Celine: quelle bonne idée!
Sam: What a great idea, as always. The first word is jour.
Celine: Day. The word jour can refer to the part of the day with sunlight or the whole 24 hours.
Christophe: That is the difference with journée which correspond to the same definition with an additional concept of duration.
Sam: Could you give us a sentence, please?
Celine: Je travaille le jour, le lundi, et les autres jours de nuit.
Sam: “I work during the day time on Monday and the other days at night.” How about journée?
Christophe: For example, il n’est pas venu toute la journée.
Sam: “He didn’t come all day.”
Celine: Yes. In this sentence, the speaker emphasises on the length of time with journée. The next word is mois. With a silent S at the end, it means “month.”
Christophe: The other moi without the S refers to me.
Sam: Great.
Celine: Its meaning is “all” or “whole.” It can be an adjective referring to a thing or people.
Sam: Okay, listeners, be careful with the word “tout”, T-O-U-T refers to “all” or “whole.” “Tu”, the pronoun, refers to you in the informal manner.
Celine: Yeah. It’s just a matter of pronunciation.
Sam: You have to really be careful with the guys. It’s a small difference but it changes the word. So Christophe, can you help me?
Christophe: Yeah, of course!
Sam: What if I want to say “all” or “whole” in French?
Christophe: Tout!
Sam: tout?
Celine: Tout à fait.
Sam: Ah. If I want to say “you” in the casual manner, Celine?
Celine: Tu.
Sam: tu?
Céline: oui!
Sam: Ah.
Christophe: C’est trop mignon.
Celine: C’est trop mignon, t’es mignon Sam. Tout est possible for example.
Sam: Everything is possible.
Celine: So next word, euh… gentil Christophe.
Christophe: Oui gentille Céline. The next word is quel. This is used to ask question with “which” as in, for example…
Celine: quel type de musique tu aimes écouter?
Sam: “Which type of music do you like to listen to?” How about you, guys? Let me ask you the question. Christophe, quel type de musique tu aimes écouter?
Christophe: Tout. Tous types de musique.
Sam: All types of music? Hmm. Et toi Céline? Quel type de musique tu aimes écouter?
Celine: Moi aussi, tous types de musique.
Sam: Anything. Okay.
Celine: Voilà. Eh ben donc. On est prêts pour la grammaire maintenant.
Sam: Let’s get ready for grammar.

Lesson focus

Celine: Quel enthousiasme Sam! So we saw previously the interrogative word quel and its different forms. Do you remember?
Sam: Yes.
Celine: So today, we will talk about how to use it in questions on the general point of view.
Christophe: quel means “which” and is always followed by a noun.
Celine: Par exemple, quel plat les gens mangent froid?
Sam: ”Which dish do people eat cold? Revenge.” Oh, that’s quite a cold-minded proverb.
Christophe: ah oui. Here, the noun plat is preceded by quel agreeing in gender and number with it.
Celine: Oui Christophe. But you have to know that the element quel plus noun can be also placed at the end of the question. For example…
Christophe: Tu préfères quel plat?
Sam: Which dish do you prefer?
Celine: So, for example, in the dialogue, Zachary asked, quel jour sommes-nous?.
Sam: “What day are we on” or “What day is it?”
Celine: Yes. Exactement Sam. But Zachary could have also said “nous sommes quel jour?”
Sam: Same meaning but just a slightly different grammar structure.
Celine: So quel plus noun is placed at the end.
Sam: Yeah. quel plus noun placed at the end or…
Celine: quel plus noun placed at the beginning.
Sam: Or quel plus noun placed at the beginning.
Celine: So which of these do you prefer?
Sam: All of them, especially la quiche.
Celine: C’est bon la quiche. It’s good and this salty tart with cheese, ham, and eggs is easy to make.
Christophe: Anyway, another important issue needs to be raised.
Sam: What? You don’t like quiche?
Christophe: No. For once, I’m the serious one here. The issue about the question’s future with quel.
Sam: Oh, what’s that?
Christophe: When formulating a question with quel and être, the word order is different.
Celine: Effectivement. In that case, quel is placed first than the verb être and finally a noun.
Sam: For example?
Celine: quel est ton âge, what is your age?
Christophe: or quelles sont ces cigarettes?
Sam: “Which cigarettes are those?”
Christophe: Any French cigarettes Gauloises, Gitanes.
Celine: But you shouldn’t smoke.
Christophe: Yes, of course. I know it’s not good.
Celine: Smoke is bad for your health.
Sam: Yeah. I don’t smoke.
Celine: Okay. Me neither.
Christophe: I know. But I’m a bad man, so...
Celine: Okay.
Sam: That’s okay. We’ll forgive you, at least for the rest of this lesson.
Celine: so, quel âge as-tu Christophe?
Christophe: Vingt-trois ans.
Celine: Oh vingt-trois ans. La fleur de l’âge.
Christophe: Oui. La fleur de l’âge.
Celine: Et toi Sam quel âge as-tu?
Sam: Secret.

Outro

Celine: Okay. I won’t say anything because mine is a secret, too. Okay. So that’s the end of today’s lesson.
Sam: Yes, that’s the end.
Celine: Okay.
Sam: Any advice for our listeners?
Christophe: Ne pas fumer.
Sam: “Don’t smoke.”
Celine: Yes, don’t smoke.
Sam: So, until the next time.
Christophe: Au revoir!
Celine: A bientôt!
Sam: A la prochaine!

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