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INTRODUCTION
Céline: Bonjour! Je suis Céline.
Alex: Bonjour. Je suis Alexandre.
Sam: Sam here. Mom, I'm Going. Hi, my name is Sam and I'm joined here by...
Alex: Céline.
Céline: Merci de me présenter... et Alex. Ça va, Alex?
Alex: Ça va très bien. Merci. Let's get into today's conversation right now.
Céline: Oui d’accord mais c’est quoi la conversation aujourd’hui?
Sam: The conversation is between Aurélie and her mother, Alice. Aurélie is going to see a movie and Alice is asking her lots of questions about where she's going.
Céline: C'est parti?
Sam: Let's go!
Alex: On y va!
DIALOGUE
Sylvain: Maman, j’y vais.
Céline: Au récital littéraire sur Jacques Prévert?
Sylvain: Non, je vais à la première de Harry Potter.
Céline: Tu y vas accompagnée?
Sylvain: Je t’y invite comme tu sembles être intéressée!
Sam: One more time, with the English.
Céline: Encore une fois, avec l’anglais.
Sylvain: Maman, j’y vais.
Sam: Mom, I’m going.
Céline: Au récital littéraire sur Jacques Prévert?
Sam: To the literary recital on Jacques Prévert?
Sylvain: Non, je vais à la première de Harry Potter.
Sam: No, I’m going to the Harry Potter premiere.
Céline: Tu y vas accompagnée?
Sam: Are you going there with someone?
Sylvain: Je t’y invite comme tu sembles être intéressée!
Sam: I’ll invite you there, as you seem to be interested!
POST CONVERSATION BANTER
Sam: Alice is asking a lot of questions, isn't she?
Céline: Oui, mais c’est normal, c’est la maman.
Alex: Oui je pense aussi. Sam, est-ce que tu es déjà allé à un récital littéraire de Jacques Prévert?
Sam: No. Never!
Céline: Moi non plus. Vous savez que Jacques Prévert était un poète français et aussi un scénariste?
Alex: C’était un maître des jeux de mots, et des calembours.
Sam: Wait, so he was a French poet and a screenwriter? A master of word plays and calembours.
Céline: Oui!
Sam: Wow. Amazing.
Céline: Fantastique.
Alex: N’est-ce pas?
Sam: Of course, I think so.
Céline: So why don't we play with the vocab.
Sam: Yeah, let's play with the vocab.
VOCAB LIST
Sam: Now, let's look at a few words and phrases from this lesson. The first item is?
Céline: Maman
Sam: Mom or mother.
Céline: Maman. Maman.
Sam: Next?
Alex: J’y vais
Sam: I'm going there.
Alex: J’y vais. J’y vais.
Sam: Next?
Céline: Récital
Sam: Recital.
Céline: Récital. Récital.
Sam: Next?
Alex: Littéraire
Sam: Literary.
Alex: Littéraire. Littéraire.
Sam: Next?
Céline: Première
Sam: Premiere.
Céline: Première. Première.
Sam: Next?
Alex: Accompagner
Sam: To accompany.
Alex: Accompagner. Accompagner.
Sam: Next?
Céline: Comme
Sam: As
Céline: Comme. Comme.
Sam: Next?
Alex: Sembler
Sam: To seem.
Alex: Sembler. Sembler.
Sam: Lastly?
Céline: Intéressé(e)
Sam: Interested.
Céline: Intéressé(e). Intéressé(e).
VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE
Sam: Now, let's look at the usage or some of these words from the lesson.
Céline: Le premier nom est “récital”.
Alex: Alors, un récital, c’est une séance musicale où un seul artiste se fait entendre.
Céline: Ensuite, le mot “première”.
Sam: A derivative of the first?
Alex: Yes. It is the ordinal number and the first public presentation of a movie or a theater play.
Sam: Is it masculine or feminine?
Céline: It's feminine. La première du film. The movie premiere.
Alex: Next word is, “comme”, used as a conjunction in the dialogue.
Céline: If it means 'resemble', “comme” is a preposition. Exemple: Sam parle beaucoup comme moi.
Alex: You are de véritables pipelettes.
Sam: Frenglish again? What is a “pipelette”?
Céline: It's slang for people who like to talk a lot. Like you, Sam.
Sam: Oh, I see. Ok. I got you. How about the coolest word we saw? Accompagner.
Céline: This one means 'attend with' or ' to accompany'.
Alex: Nous vous accompagnons tout au long du voyage avec FrenchPod101.com.
Sam: We accompany one another through this journey of FrenchPod101.com.
Céline: Tu deviens un poète Sam.
Sam: Thank you.
Céline: Je vais t’appeler Jacques!
Sam: Vraiment?
Céline: Jacques Prévert! Oh t’es nul! Vous dormez les gars! Ok, on va voir si la grammaire va vous réveiller.

Lesson focus

Sam: Last but not least, the grammar point!
Alex: Le pronom “y”.
Sam: Just the letter 'y'?
Alex: Exactement. The pronoun 'y' indicates a place and things after a verb followed by the preposition “à”.
Céline: Let's illustrate both possibilities. If I want to avoid repeating a place, the pronoun 'y' is used.
Alex: Instead of saying “Il va au travail”, “Il y va.” can be used.
Sam: Ah. So the pronoun is placed before the verb.
Alex: C'est ça. That's it. With the verbs followed by “à”, the pronoun is also used.
Céline: Par exemple, Je pense à mon projet. I think about my project. Donc Sam, je pense à mon projet?
Sam: J’y pense. I think of it.
Céline: Bravo.
Alex: Another example with “répondre à”, reply to. Il répond à ton message.
Sam: He answers your message.
Alex: Il y répond. He answers it.
Sam: Are there other verbs with “à”?
Céline: Oui. Here's a few common ones. “Réfléchir à”, to reflect on.
Alex: “Penser à”, to think of.
Céline: “Faire attention à”, to be careful of.
Sam: Wow. That was quite insightful.
Céline: Par exemple, Sam, fais attention à moi!
Sam: Pay attention to you?
Céline: Oui.
Sam: I don't want to. The lesson's over.

Outro

Sam: Ok. That just about does it for today's lesson.
Céline: Merci, à toi aussi Sam. Merci, Alex.
Alex: Merci à tous. Au revoir.
Céline: Au revoir.
Sam: À bientôt!

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