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| INTRODUCTION |
| Virginie: Hi, this is Virginie! Bonjour! |
| Eric: Bonjour! Eric herex. How to Stay in Style While in France - Avoiding the Tourist Traps. |
| Virginie: How are you Eric today? |
| Eric: Doing well, how are you? |
| Virginie: I am good, thank you. Okay, so what are we going to see in this lesson? |
| Eric: Well, our conversation here is going to be taking place at the Hôtel du Louvre. where Joe is staying. It’s going to be at the front desk. |
| Virginie: In this lesson, you will learn how to locate things. |
| Eric: And how to talk about what’s inside and outside. |
| Virginie: Let’s listen to the conversation. |
Lesson conversation |
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| Réceptionniste : Bienvenue à l'Hôtel du Louvre. |
| Joe : Bonsoir. J'ai une réservation. |
| Réceptionniste : Votre nom, s'il vous plaît ? |
| Joe : Joe McFly. |
| Réceptionniste : Vous pouvez l'épeler, s'il vous plaît ? |
| Joe : J O E M C F L Y |
| Réceptionniste: Ah oui, Monsieur McFly, vous avez la chambre vingt-trois. Voici votre clef. |
| Joe : Est-ce qu'il y a internet dans la chambre ? |
| Réceptionniste : Oui Monsieur. Voici un câble. |
| Joe : Et est-ce qu'il y a des serviettes ? |
| Réceptionniste : Oui Monsieur. |
| Joe : Merci. Pouvez-vous me réveillez demain matin ? |
| Réceptionniste : Bien sûr. À quelle heure ? |
| Joe : À sept heures. À quelle heure est le petit-déjeuner ? |
| Réceptionniste : De six heures à sept heures trente, au premier étage, dans le restaurant. |
| Eric: One more time, a little more slowly. |
| Virginie: Encore une fois, plus lentement. |
| Réceptionniste : Bienvenue à l'Hôtel du Louvre. |
| Joe : Bonsoir. J'ai une réservation. |
| Réceptionniste : Votre nom, s'il vous plaît ? |
| Joe : Joe McFly. |
| Réceptionniste : Vous pouvez l'épeler, s'il vous plaît ? |
| Joe : J O E M C F L Y |
| Réceptionniste: Ah oui, Monsieur McFly, vous avez la chambre vingt-trois. Voici votre clef. |
| Joe : Est-ce qu'il y a internet dans la chambre ? |
| Réceptionniste : Oui Monsieur. Voici un câble. |
| Joe : Et est-ce qu'il y a des serviettes ? |
| Réceptionniste : Oui Monsieur. |
| Joe : Merci. Pouvez-vous me réveillez demain matin ? |
| Réceptionniste : Bien sûr. À quelle heure ? |
| Joe : À sept heures. À quelle heure est le petit-déjeuner ? |
| Réceptionniste : De six heures à sept heures trente, au premier étage, dans le restaurant. |
| Eric: One more time, with the translation. |
| Virginie: Encore une fois, avec la traduction. |
| Réceptionniste : Bienvenue à l'Hôtel du Louvre. |
| Eric: Welcome to the Hôtel du Louvres. |
| Joe : Bonsoir. J'ai une réservation. |
| Eric: Good evening. I have a reservation. |
| Réceptionniste : Votre nom, s'il vous plaît ? |
| Eric: Your name, please? |
| Joe : Joe McFly. |
| Eric: Joe McFly. |
| Réceptionniste : Vous pouvez l'épeler, s'il vous plaît ? |
| Eric: Can you spell it, please? |
| Joe : J O E M C F L Y |
| Eric: J O E M C F L Y |
| Réceptionniste: Ah oui, Monsieur McFly, vous avez la chambre vingt-trois. Voici votre clef. |
| Eric: Oh yes, Mr. McFly, you have room twenty-three. Here is your key. |
| Joe : Est-ce qu'il y a internet dans la chambre ? |
| Eric: Is there Internet in the room? |
| Réceptionniste : Oui Monsieur. Voici un câble. |
| Eric: Yes, sir. Here is a cable. |
| Joe : Et est-ce qu'il y a des serviettes ? |
| Eric: And are there towels? |
| Réceptionniste : Oui Monsieur. |
| Eric: Yes, sir. |
| Joe : Merci. Pouvez-vous me réveillez demain matin ? |
| Eric: Thank you. Can you wake me up tomorrow morning? |
| Réceptionniste : Bien sûr. À quelle heure ? |
| Eric: Of course. At what time? |
| Joe : À sept heures. À quelle heure est le petit-déjeuner ? |
| Eric: At seven o'clock. At what time is breakfast? |
| Réceptionniste : De six heures à sept heures trente, au premier étage, dans le restaurant. |
| Eric: From six o'clock to seven-thirty, on the second floor in the restaurant. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Virginie: So Eric, Joe is in Paris as we know, but there are a lot of other places in France that you can visit. |
| Eric: Indeed, like your own tours. |
| Virginie: Yes. For example, have you heard about the Gites de France, Eric, at all? |
| Eric: I had not, what is that? |
| Virginie: Gites de France is a bed and breakfast label. When you go to these bed and breakfast, you can get handmade meals for example. |
| Eric: Ah okay, so it’s sort of like you are staying with a family in their house and… |
| Virginie: Yes. |
| Eric: They are showing you around and taking care of you. |
| Virginie: Yes and it’s always very nice and quiet and the architecture is regional and it’s really comfortable and it’s affordable which is important. |
| Eric: Ah very nice. Have you stayed in any of these, Virginie? |
| Virginie: No, not really but I know some of these. In my region, there are a lot of those and there are also farms that can welcome you and it’s very nice. Usually, people are very happy with this sort of vacation. |
| Eric: So, is the goal to kind of get a feel for the country and kind of immerse yourself in you know a certain region of France. |
| Virginie: Yes, absolutely. That’s the goal for the visitor and the goal for the village and the region is to get some tourism. |
| Eric: Okay. So let’s have a look at some of the vocabulary. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Virginie: avoir [natural native speed] |
| Eric: to have |
| Virginie: avoir [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Virginie: avoir [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Virginie: une réservation [natural native speed] |
| Eric: a reservation |
| Virginie: une réservation [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Virginie: une réservation [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Virginie: votre [natural native speed] |
| Eric: your (formal) |
| Virginie: votre [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Virginie: votre [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Virginie: un nom [natural native speed] |
| Eric: a name |
| Virginie: un nom [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Virginie: un nom [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Virginie: épeler [natural native speed] |
| Eric: to spell |
| Virginie: épeler [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Virginie: épeler [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Virginie: une chambre [natural native speed] |
| Eric: a bedroom, a hotel room |
| Virginie: une chambre [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Virginie: une chambre [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Virginie: internet [natural native speed] |
| Eric: the Internet |
| Virginie: internet [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Virginie: internet [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Virginie: dans [natural native speed] |
| Eric: in |
| Virginie: dans [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Virginie: dans [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Virginie: un câble [natural native speed] |
| Eric: a wire, a cable |
| Virginie: un câble [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Virginie: un câble [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Virginie: une serviette [natural native speed] |
| Eric: a napkin, towel |
| Virginie: une serviette [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Virginie: une serviette [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Virginie: me / m' [natural native speed] |
| Eric: me |
| Virginie: me / m' [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Virginie: me / m' [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Virginie: se réveiller [natural native speed] |
| Eric: to wake up |
| Virginie: se réveiller [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Virginie: se réveiller [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Virginie: un petit-déjeuner [natural native speed] |
| Eric: breakfast |
| Virginie: un petit-déjeuner [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Virginie: un petit-déjeuner [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Virginie: de... à... [natural native speed] |
| Eric: from... to... |
| Virginie: de... à... [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Virginie: de... à... [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Virginie: j'ai [natural native speed] |
| Eric: I have |
| Virginie: j'ai [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Virginie: j'ai [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Virginie: sept heures/ 7h [natural native speed] |
| Eric: seven o'clock |
| Virginie: sept heures/ 7h [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Virginie: sept heures/ 7h [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Virginie: bien sûr [natural native speed] |
| Eric: of course |
| Virginie: bien sûr [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Virginie: bien sûr [natural native speed] |
| KEY VOCABULARY AND PHRASES |
| Eric: Let's have a closer look at the usage for some of the words and phrases from this lesson. |
| Virginie: The first word/phrase we’ll look at is.... |
| Virginie: Une serviette. |
| Eric: Une serviette. And this has two meanings. |
| virginie: Oui, the first meaning is "a towel" |
| Eric: And that' s what Joe is asking for at the front desk. |
| Virginie: And he's using the plural for serviette |
| Eric: Yes, des serviettes. |
| Virginie: Now again, une serviette is singular, and des serviettes is plural. |
| Eric: OK. But serviette can also mean "napkin", right? |
| Virginie: Yes. |
| Eric: So how does the front desk person know that he's asking for a towel and not a napkin? |
| Virginie: Ahaha because it's a hotel, the context is pretty clear. |
| Eric: Yes. If he were at a restaurant, the staff would bring him a napkin. |
| Virginie: Oui, c'est sur. Yes for sure. Unless they want to play a joke on him. |
| Eric: OK so what else do we have here? How about bien sur? |
| Virginie: Bien sur means "of course" |
| Eric: The front desk person answers "bien sur" to one of Joe's questions. |
| Virginie: Yes, when he asks about a wake up call. |
| Eric: Again, that's bien sur. |
| Virginie: Now there is another way to say of course in French. It's bien entendu. |
| Eric: So if you come across the expression "bien entendu", remember it means of course. |
| Virginie: Should we look at another word Eric? |
| Eric: Bien sur. |
| Virginie: OK let's look at petit déjeuner. |
| Eric: Breakfast. |
| Virginie: Yes un petit déjeuner is a very important meal. |
| Eric: So, it's two words. Petit and déjeuner. |
| Virginie: It's funny because literally, it is "little lunch" |
| Eric: Yes petit in French is little and déjeuner is lunch. |
| Virginie: Isn't that cute? |
| Eric: It si Virginie, it is. |
| Virginie: so if you want to use it in a sentence |
| Eric: If you want to say, for example, "I am having breakfast" |
| Virginie: You will say, "je prends mon petit dejeuner" |
| Eric: Literally that is "I am taking my breakfast. |
| Virginie: Je is I, prends is am taking, mon (spell) is my and petit déjeuner is "breakfast |
| Eric: Once again je prends mon petit dejeuner. |
| Virginie: It's funny how we say mon petit déjeuner, my breakfast |
| Eric: French people are very possessive when it comes to food. |
| Virginie: Ahah. Ok grammar now. |
Lesson focus |
| Eric: What are our two focuses today? |
| Virginie: First we'll see a couple of expressions that enable you to locate things in space. |
| Eric: And in a second part we'll see how to say at what time this or that happens. |
| Virginie: OK let's start with our space expression. |
| Eric: In our dialogue, Joe asks "is there the internet in the room? |
| Virginie: Est-ce qu'il ya internet dans la chambre? |
| Eric: the first part of the question is Est-ce que, and that always indicates that this is a closed question |
| Virginie: Yes, a question to which you will answer by either yes or no. |
| Eric: Est-ce que is literally "is it that". so joe's question is "is it that there is the internet in the room? |
| Virginie: And our first way of locating things is the expression "il y a " |
| Eric: And that's there is. |
| Virginie: then we have internet. |
| Eric: That's the internet. |
| Virginie: Yes French does usually not use an article before the word internet. |
| Eric: So we have est-ce qu'il y a internet, is there the internet |
| Virginie: And then dans la chambre, |
| Eric: And that's in the room. |
| Virginie: OUi. And there comes our location preposition "dans" |
| Eric: Dans (spell) is in, or inside. |
| Virginie: OUi. and dans is followed by the noun "la chambre" |
| Eric: Now let's locate something with another example. |
| Virginie: Oui. We'll use the word un sandwich, a sandwich |
| Eric: and the word " la cuisine" the kitchen. And our sentence is" there is a sandwich in the kitchen |
| Virginie: Il y a un sandwich dans la cuisine. |
| Eric: And that's the exact same structure as previously. |
| Virginie: Il y a |
| Eric: There is |
| Virginie: Un sandwich |
| Eric: A sandwich |
| Virginie: Dans la cuisine |
| Eric: In the kitchen. |
| Virginie: Now you can also use the preposition "dans" to locate things that are inside a piece of furniture, for example. |
| Eric: There is a sandwich in the fridge |
| Virginie: Il y a un sandwich dans le frigo. |
| Eric: Frigo is the casual word for "fridge" |
| Virginie: To recap, our structure is "il y a then noun then dans then noun. |
| Eric: Il y a un chat dans le studio. |
| Virginie: There is a cat in the studio? |
| Eric: Yes. No, I just wanted to make sure it worked. |
| Virginie: OK. Now let's see how to say the time. |
| Eric: We'll just go over a few examples. |
| Virginie: First in order to tell what time it is you will need to know how to say numbers |
| Eric: And we have a special counting lesson in French in our Basic Bootcamp series. |
| Virginie: Check it out! |
| Eric: Now what's the basic structure to say at what time something happens in French? |
| Virginie: C'est facile, it's easy. For example, you want to say "breakfast is at 6am. |
| Eric: Ok we know that breakfast in French is "le petit déjeuner" |
| Virginie: Yes. So our sentence will be "le petit dejeuner est a 6 heures |
| Eric: One more time, slowly |
| Virginie: Le petit déjeuner est a 6 heures |
| Eric: Ok let's look a little closer to see how easy it is |
| Virginie: We have le petit dejeuner, |
| Eric: Le petit déjeuner |
| Virginie: est |
| Eric: Is |
| Virginie: a |
| Eric: At |
| Virginie: 6 heures |
| Eric: Six o’clock |
| Virginie: Heures |
| Eric: O'clock, literally hours. |
| Virginie: Yes today we'll stick to sharp hours. |
| Eric: What is breakfast was at 10 o'clock |
| Virginie: This would be - le petit déjeuner est a 10 heures |
| Eric: So the way to say at what time things happen is to use the verb etre to be |
| Virginie: Yes, followed by the preposition a, and then followed by the time, 6 heures, 10 heures, 8 heures if it's 8 o'clock. |
| Eric: Ok. If you want more details, please refer to our lesson notes. |
Outro |
| Eric: Thank you very much for listening. |
| Virginie: Thank you! Merci ! |
| Eric: Au revoir ! |
| Virginie: Au revoir ! |
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