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INTRODUCTION
Greg: Hi everyone, I’m Greg. A French Invitation.
Mailys: Bonjour à tous. This is Mailys. In this lesson, we will learn how to count to 10, and about invitations.
Greg: Jacques and Mireille meet again at the café and since they know each other, they will use informal French from now on.
Mailys: Let’s listen to the conversation.
DIALOGUE
Jacques: Mireille, tu es libre ce soir ?
Mireille: Oui, je suis libre. Pourquoi ?
Jacques: Tu aimes la cuisine italienne ou la cuisine chinoise ?
Mireille: J'aime les deux, mais j'adore la cuisine italienne ! C'est une invitation ?
Jacques: Oui, bien sûr! Quel est ton numéro de téléphone ?
Mireille: C'est le 4-6 3-5 7-1 8-2.
Jacques: 4-6 3-5 7-1 8-2... Moi, c'est le 9-1 2-4 3-8 7-5.
Greg: Let’s hear the conversation one time slowly.
Jacques: Mireille, tu es libre ce soir ?
Mireille: Oui, je suis libre. Pourquoi ?
Jacques: Tu aimes la cuisine italienne ou la cuisine chinoise ?
Mireille: J'aime les deux, mais j'adore la cuisine italienne ! C'est une invitation ?
Jacques: Oui, bien sûr! Quel est ton numéro de téléphone ?
Mireille: C'est le 4-6 3-5 7-1 8-2.
Jacques: 4-6 3-5 7-1 8-2... Moi, c'est le 9-1 2-4 3-8 7-5.
Greg: Now let’s hear it with the English translation.
Jacques: Mireille, tu es libre ce soir ?
Jacques: Mireille, are you free tonight?
Mireille: Oui, je suis libre. Pourquoi ?
Mireille: Yes, I'm free. Why?
Jacques: Tu aimes la cuisine italienne ou la cuisine chinoise ?
Jacques: Do you like Italian or Chinese cuisine?
Mireille: J'aime les deux, mais j'adore la cuisine italienne ! C'est une invitation ?
Mireille: I like both, but I love Italian cuisine! Is this an invitation?
Jacques: Oui, bien sûr! Quel est ton numéro de téléphone ?
Jacques: Yes, of course! What is your phone number?
Mireille: C'est le 4-6 3-5 7-1 8-2.
Mireille: It's 4-6 3-5 7-1 8-2.
Jacques: 4-6 3-5 7-1 8-2... Moi, c'est le 9-1 2-4 3-8 7-5.
Jacques: 4-6 3-5 7-1 8-2... Mine is 9-1 2-4 3-8 7-5.
POST CONVERSATION BANTER
Greg: So Mailys, French cuisine is famous and many French dishes are known all over the world, right?
Mailys: That’s right. For instance, foie gras is liver from fattened ducks, and Quiche is an omelette-based open-face pie.
Greg: Many desserts are also famous.
Mailys: Yes, for example, crême brûlée is a custard-based dessert with caramel, and Mille-feuilles is a type of layered puff pastry.
Greg: And sauces, herbs and spices often play an important role in French cuisine and wine and cheese are commonly served with meals.
Mailys: Also, French pastries and breads are also famous and you'll find bakeries serving French bread and baguettes in every part in the world.
Greg: Let’s move on to the vocab before I get too hungry!
VOCAB LIST
Greg: Let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson.
The first word we shall see is:
Mailys: libre [natural native speed]
Greg: free
Mailys: libre [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Mailys: libre [natural native speed]
Next:
Mailys: ce soir [natural native speed]
Greg: tonight
Mailys: ce soir [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Mailys: ce soir [natural native speed]
Next:
Mailys: pourquoi [natural native speed]
Greg: why
Mailys: pourquoi [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Mailys: pourquoi [natural native speed]
Next:
Mailys: cuisine [natural native speed]
Greg: cuisine, cooking, kitchen
Mailys: cuisine [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Mailys: cuisine [natural native speed]
Next:
Mailys: italienne [natural native speed]
Greg: Italian
Mailys: italienne [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Mailys: italienne [natural native speed]
Next:
Mailys: chinois [natural native speed]
Greg: Chinese
Mailys: chinois [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Mailys: chinois [natural native speed]
Next:
Mailys: les deux [natural native speed]
Greg: both
Mailys: les deux [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Mailys: les deux [natural native speed]
Next:
Mailys: mais [natural native speed]
Greg: but
Mailys: mais [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Mailys: mais [natural native speed]
Next:
Mailys: adorer [natural native speed]
Greg: to love, to adore
Mailys: adorer [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Mailys: adorer [natural native speed]
Next:
Mailys: invitation [natural native speed]
Greg: invitation
Mailys: invitation [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Mailys: invitation [natural native speed]
Next:
Mailys: bien sûr [natural native speed]
Greg: of course
Mailys: bien sûr [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Mailys: bien sûr [natural native speed]
Next:
Mailys: quel est… [natural native speed]
Greg: what is…
Mailys: quel est… [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Mailys: quel est… [natural native speed]
Next:
Mailys: ton/ta [natural native speed]
Greg: your
Mailys: ton/ta [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Mailys: ton/ta [natural native speed]
Next:
Mailys: numéro de téléphone [natural native speed]
Greg: phone number
Mailys: numéro de téléphone [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Mailys: numéro de téléphone [natural native speed]
VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE
Greg: Let’s take a closer look at the usage of some of the words from this lesson. Let’s start with cuisine.
Mailys: ‘Cuisine’ is easy to remember because it’s just like the English word.
Greg: It has more meanings than in English though.
Mailys: Yes, it also means cooking in general or the art of cooking.
Greg: You could say you like the way a person cooks by saying...
Mailys: ‘J’aime ta cuisine’, meaning “I like your cooking.”
Greg: ‘La cuisine’ is also “the kitchen”. So you can visit a house and say...
Mailys: ‘j’aime la cuisine’, “I like the kitchen.”
Greg: If you’re coming back from France, you can say...
Mailys: ‘J’aime la cuisine française!’ which means “I like French cuisine!”
Greg: Hmm… I’m getting hungrier now! So in the dialogue, we also mentioned Italian cuisine.
Mailys: Which is ‘la cuisine italienne’
Greg: and Chinese cuisine...
Mailys: which is ‘la cuisine chinoise’
Greg: These two adjectives sound a bit different in the masculine and the feminine, so let’s look at how they change. If you take the masculine form of “Chinese”
Mailys: chinois
Greg: and you add the feminine silent ‘e’, to get
Mailys: chinoise
Greg: In writing, we add ‘e’ but spoken, the difference is a z sound
Mailys: chinois, chinoise.
Greg: The word “Italian” works similarly but the nasal vowel “in” becomes “èn”
Mailys: italien, italienne
Greg: A second ‘n’ is added in the spelling, so the ‘-en’ ending becomes ‘-enne’.
Mailys: But remember that French adjectives don’t start with a capital letter. Check out the lesson notes for more details!
Greg: Finally, let’s have a quick look at the verb ‘adorer.’
Mailys: J’adore le verbe adorer!
Greg: Yes, I love it too…I guess. We saw in lesson 2 that ‘aimer’ can mean “to love” and “to like”, but ‘adorer’ is not so vague.
Mailys: ‘J’adore le café’ means “I love coffee!” Or ‘Il adore la cuisine chinoise,’ means “he loves Chinese cuisine.”
Greg: What about “I love cookies?”
Mailys: Ah, j’adore les biscuits!
Greg: ‘Moi aussi!’ I love cookies too, so…
Mailys: ‘Nous adorons les biscuits!’, “We love cookies.” Now let’s move on to the grammar.

Lesson focus

Greg: The focus of this lesson is numbers 0 to 10.
Mailys: In this lesson, Jacques and Mireille were exchanging phone numbers, so this is a perfect opportunity for us to look at numbers in detail.
Greg: The pronunciation of numbers presents a few difficulties, so it’s important to look at them together. B, can you start with zero and take us to 10?
Mailys: zéro
Greg: zero
Mailys: un
Greg: one
Mailys: deux
Greg: two
Mailys: trois
Greg: three
Mailys: quatre
Greg: four
Mailys: cinq
Greg: five
Mailys: six
Greg: six
Mailys: sept
Greg: seven
Mailys: huit
Greg: eight
Mailys: neuf
Greg: nine
Mailys: dix
Greg: ten
Greg: It’s important to copy B’s pronunciation, as the spelling can be misleading and the words for numbers contain a lot of different vowel sounds. If you need to, go back, listen again and repeat them carefully.
Mailys: When you add a noun to these numbers, you also have to pay attention to liaison.
Greg: Liaison affects numbers 1, 2, 3, 6 and 10. Let’s add the word ami, friend, to numbers 1, 2, 3, 6 and 10, and see what happens.
Mailys: Un plus ami becomes un ami
Greg: add an n sound
Mailys: un ami
Mailys: Deux plus amis becomes deux amis
Greg: add a z sound
Mailys: deux amis
Mailys: Trois plus amis becomes trois amis
Greg: add a z sound
Mailys: trois amis
Mailys: Six plus amis becomes six amis
Greg: the s sound becomes a z sound
Mailys: six amis
Mailys: Dix plus amis becomes dix amis
Greg: the s sound becomes a z sound
Mailys: dix amis
Greg: Now, for numbers 6, 8 and 10, the last consonant is usually silent before another consonant.
Mailys: Six plus cafés becomes six cafés
Mailys: Huit plus cafés becomes huit cafés
Mailys: Dix plus cafés becomes dix cafés
Greg: Listen to the recording again, and try to remember these groups of words so you can then refer to them in case of doubt.
Greg: In this lesson, we will also talk about the possessives ton and ta which mean your.
Mailys: French nouns are either masculine or feminine, so the possessive ton or ta will have to match the gender.
Greg: ton is masculine, and ta is feminine.
Mailys: So le café becomes ton café, your coffee.
Greg: and le numéro becomes ton numéro, your number.
Mailys: La cuisine becomes ta cuisine, your cooking or your kitchen.
Greg: So again, remember, the possessive needs to agree with the noun in gender.
Mailys: ton café, ta cuisine.
Greg: More possessives will be introduced little by little in future lessons, and we will devote lesson 19 to that topic.

Outro

Mailys: Come back to listen to our next lesson to find out about Jacques and Mireille’s date!
Greg: See you soon!
Mailys: À bientôt!

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