Learn how to describe the content of a job and what to say when you meet someone after a long while
Now Playing: Lesson Audio
Get a breakdown of the dialogue and translations instantly with the Premium line-by-line Audio. Sign up for your Free Lifetime Account Now and get 7 Days of Premium Access including this feature.
Get this lesson’s key vocab, their translations and pronunciations. Sign up for your Free Lifetime Account Now and get 7 Days of Premium Access including this feature.
Unlock Lesson Notes and Transcripts for every single lesson. Sign Up for a Free Lifetime Account and Get 7 Days of Premium Access.
| INTRODUCTION |
| Sydney: Talking About Your Job in French. Sydney Here. |
| Laurent: Bonjour, I'm Laurent. |
| Sydney: In this lesson, you’ll learn how to talk about work training. The conversation takes place near the coffee machine. |
| Laurent: It's between Laurène and Naïma. |
| Sydney: The speakers are an employer and employee, therefore, they will speak informally in French. Okay, let's listen to the conversation. |
| DIALOGUE |
| Laurène: Naïma ! Ça faisait longtemps qu'on ne s'était pas croisé ! A la machine à café comme ailleurs ! |
| Naïma: Mais oui ça fait beaucoup trop longtemps ! J'étais partie à Rennes pour une formation. |
| Laurène: Super !C'était quoi comme formation ? |
| Naïma: Ma formation portait sur les nouvelles techniques de piratage informatique. Très intéressant. |
| Laurène: Bref tu as passé un super séjour et beaucoup appris ! |
| Naïma: Exactement ! Mais et toi ? Comment ça va le travail ? |
| Laurène: L'équipe marketing travaille sur le nouveau design du site internet. Mais c'est un vrai défi, ça me motive ! |
| Naïma: Et c'est le principal ! |
| Sydney: Listen to the conversation one time slowly. |
| Laurène: Naïma ! Ça faisait longtemps qu'on ne s'était pas croisé ! A la machine à café comme ailleurs ! |
| Naïma: Mais oui ça fait beaucoup trop longtemps ! J'étais partie à Rennes pour une formation. |
| Laurène: Super !C'était quoi comme formation ? |
| Naïma: Ma formation portait sur les nouvelles techniques de piratage informatique. Très intéressant. |
| Laurène: Bref tu as passé un super séjour et beaucoup appris ! |
| Naïma: Exactement ! Mais et toi ? Comment ça va le travail ? |
| Laurène: L'équipe marketing travaille sur le nouveau design du site internet. Mais c'est un vrai défi, ça me motive ! |
| Naïma: Et c'est le principal ! |
| Sydney: Listen to the conversation with the English translation. |
| Laurène: Naïma! It's been a while since we last talked! We used to meet near the coffee dispenser or elsewhere! |
| Naïma: Yes, too long! I was in Rennes for a training course. |
| Laurène: Great! What was your training course about? |
| Naïma: My training course was about hacking technologies. Very interesting. |
| Laurène: In short, you had a great time and learned a lot! |
| Naïma: Exactly! But what about you? How's work going? |
| Laurène: The marketing team is working on a new design for the website. But it's a real challenge and it motivates me! |
| Naïma: That's the main thing! |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Sydney: That sounds like a very interesting training course! |
| Laurent: Yeah, learning about hacking techniques sounds fun. |
| Sydney: It’s also good that the two of them could catch up, as it seems they haven’t seen each other in some time. |
| Laurent: That can happen, especially in busy and big offices. |
| Sydney: Yes, you can go weeks without seeing people if they’re not in your specific office. |
| Laurent: You should always greet the people in your office though. |
| Sydney: You mean when you come into work in the morning? |
| Laurent: Yes. Don’t go straight to your desk. |
| Sydney: What should you do instead? |
| Laurent: You should go around the office and greet all of your colleagues. |
| Sydney: Are there any rules on how you should greet them? |
| Laurent: Men should give handshakes, and women a bise. |
| Sydney: That means "cheek kiss." Okay, now onto the vocab. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Sydney: Let’s take a look at the vocabulary from this lesson. The first word is... |
| Laurent: longtemps [natural native speed] |
| Sydney: "a long time" |
| Laurent: longtemps [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Laurent: longtemps [natural native speed] |
| Sydney: Next we have... |
| Laurent: se croiser [natural native speed] |
| Sydney: "to run into each other" |
| Laurent: se croiser [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Laurent: se croiser [natural native speed] |
| Sydney: Next we have... |
| Laurent: formation [natural native speed] |
| Sydney: "training course" |
| Laurent: formation [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Laurent: formation [natural native speed] |
| Sydney: Next we have... |
| Laurent: passer [natural native speed] |
| Sydney: "to spend" |
| Laurent: passer [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Laurent: passer [natural native speed] |
| Sydney: Next we have... |
| Laurent: moment [natural native speed] |
| Sydney: "time" |
| Laurent: moment [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Laurent: moment [natural native speed] |
| Sydney: Next we have... |
| Laurent: équipe [natural native speed] |
| Sydney: "team" |
| Laurent: équipe [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Laurent: équipe [natural native speed] |
| Sydney: Next we have... |
| Laurent: site internet [natural native speed] |
| Sydney: "website" |
| Laurent: site internet [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Laurent: site internet [natural native speed] |
| Sydney: And last... |
| Laurent: défi [natural native speed] |
| Sydney: "challenge" |
| Laurent: défi [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Laurent: défi [natural native speed] |
| KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES |
| Sydney: Let's have a closer look at the usage of some of the words and phrases from this lesson. The first phrase is... |
| Laurent: site internet |
| Sydney: meaning "website." |
| Laurent: You can just say site, too. |
| Sydney: I presume this comes from English? |
| Laurent: Yes, it does. Internet means "the global computer network". |
| Sydney: Can you give us an example using this phrase? |
| Laurent: Sure. For example, you can say... J'ai créé mon propre site internet. |
| Sydney: ...which means "I created my own website." |
| Sydney: Okay, what's the next phrase? |
| Laurent: équipe marketing |
| Sydney: meaning "marketing team." This is a two word phrase. |
| Laurent: The first word is équipe, this means a group of people working together. |
| Sydney: Usually it means people working in a department together. |
| Laurent: It can also be used for a sports team - une équipe de foot. |
| Sydney: "A soccer team." |
| Laurent: Marketing comes from English, as there is no word for this in French. |
| Sydney: Can you give us an example using this phrase? |
| Laurent: Sure. For example, you can say... L'équipe marketing travaille au 6ème étage. |
| Sydney: ... which means "The marketing team works on the 6th floor." |
| Sydney: Okay, now onto the lesson focus. |
Lesson focus |
|---|
| Sydney: In this lesson, you'll learn how to talk about work training. In some ways, this won’t be much different than talking about your job as you’re still introducing what it is, or was, about. |
| Laurent: That’s right. You can use this phrase Ma formation est sur… |
| Sydney: That’s present tense. |
| Laurent: Or Ma formation était sur... |
| Sydney: That’s past tense. |
| Laurent: Sur is one of the most common French prepositions. |
| Sydney: It usually means "on," but sometimes has other meanings. In this case, we’re using it as "on." |
| Laurent: Yes. For example, une formation sur le jardinage. |
| Sydney: "a work training on gardening." Are there other phrases we can use to talk about work training? |
| Laurent: C'est à propos de…. |
| Sydney: "It’s about…" and then add the topic. |
| Laurent: C’est une formation à propos de la psychologie au travail. |
| Sydney: "It’s a work training about psychology at work." Now going back to the conversation, we heard a situation where two people that hadn’t seen each other in a long time saw each other once again. |
| Laurent: As we said earlier, this can happen a lot in business. |
| Sydney: So, what should you say if this happens to you? |
| Laurent: Ça faisait longtemps qu'on ne s'était pas croisé ! |
| Sydney: "It's been a while since we last talked!" |
| Laurent: Croiser is the verb to use when you meet someone accidentally. |
| Sydney: How do you reply to that if someone says it to you first? |
| Laurent: You can say Mais oui ça fait beaucoup trop longtemps ! |
| Sydney: "Yes, too long!" Is there a more formal phrase that we can use? |
| Laurent: In a business formal setting, it’s best to say Ravi de vous revoir après tout ce temps. |
| Sydney: "Nice to see you again after all this time." |
Outro |
| Sydney: Okay, that’s all for this lesson. Thank you for listening, everyone, and we’ll see you next time! Bye! |
| Laurent: A la prochaine! |
Comments
Hide