Learn about giving advice
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Eric: Hi everyone, I'm Eric. |
| Yasmine: And I'm Yasmine. |
| Eric: Giving Advice, Part 1. |
| Eric: In this lesson, you'll learn how to use a sentence pattern for giving advice. |
| PATTERN |
| Eric: For example, "You should go to the dentist." |
| Yasmine: Tu devrais aller chez le dentiste. |
| Yasmine: [slow] Tu devrais aller chez le dentiste. |
| Eric: The pattern for giving advice has 3 elements. First, the expression "you should" (informal you). |
| Yasmine: Tu devrais. |
| Eric: Second, a verb in the infinitive form, in this case "to go." |
| Yasmine: aller. |
| Eric: Third, the complement, in this case "to the dentist." |
| Yasmine: chez le dentiste. |
| Eric: Altogether, we have "You should go to the dentist." |
| Yasmine: Tu devrais aller chez le dentiste. [slow] Tu devrais aller chez le dentiste. [normal] Tu devrais aller chez le dentiste. |
| Eric: First you have the expression "you should," then a verb in the infinitive form followed by a complement. |
| Yasmine: Tu devrais aller chez le dentiste. |
| Eric: So remember, to give advice, start with the expression "you should," followed by a verb in the infinitive form, and then the thing you advise to do. |
| Eric: Here's another example meaning, "You should go to sleep earlier." First, the expression "you should" (informal you). |
| Yasmine: Tu devrais. |
| Eric: Second, a verb in the infinitive form, in this case the reflexive verb, meaning "to sleep." |
| Yasmine: te coucher. |
| Eric: Third, complement, in this case "earlier." |
| Yasmine: plus tôt. |
| Eric: Altogether we have... |
| Yasmine: Tu devrais te coucher plus tôt. [slow] Tu devrais te coucher plus tôt. [normal] Tu devrais te coucher plus tôt. |
| Eric: "You should go to sleep earlier." |
| [pause] |
| Yasmine: Tu devrais te coucher plus tôt. |
| Eric: How do you say - "You should clean your bedroom." To give you a hint, "to clean your bedroom" is... |
| Yasmine: ranger ta chambre. [slow] ranger ta chambre. [normal] ranger ta chambre. |
| Eric: "You should clean your bedroom." |
| [pause] |
| Yasmine: Tu devrais ranger ta chambre. [slow] Tu devrais ranger ta chambre. [normal] Tu devrais ranger ta chambre. |
| [pause] |
| Yasmine: Tu devrais ranger ta chambre. |
| REVIEW |
| Eric: Let's review the sentences from this lesson. I’ll give you the English equivalent of the phrase, and you’re responsible for shouting it out loud in French. Here we go. |
| Eric: "You should go to the dentist." |
| [pause] |
| Yasmine: Tu devrais aller chez le dentiste. |
| [pause] |
| Yasmine: Tu devrais aller chez le dentiste. |
| Eric: "You should go to sleep earlier." |
| [pause] |
| Yasmine: Tu devrais te coucher plus tôt. |
| [pause] |
| Yasmine: Tu devrais te coucher plus tôt. |
| Eric: "You should clean your bedroom." |
| [pause] |
| Yasmine: Tu devrais ranger ta chambre. |
| [pause] |
| Yasmine: Tu devrais ranger ta chambre. |
Outro |
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| Eric: Okay. That's all for this lesson. You learned a pattern for giving advice, as in... |
| Yasmine: Tu devrais aller chez le dentiste. |
| Eric: meaning "You should go to the dentist." |
| Eric: Thanks, everyone, see you next time! |
| Yasmine: A la prochaine! |
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