Learn how to make a polite invitation
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Eric: Hi everyone, I'm Eric. |
| Yasmine: And I'm Yasmine. |
| Eric: And welcome to Must-Know French Sentence Structures, Season 1, Lesson 20. Offering a Polite Invitation. |
| Eric: In this lesson, you'll learn how to use a sentence pattern for making a polite invitation. |
| PATTERN |
| Eric: For example, "Would you like to join our team?" |
| Yasmine: Aimeriez-vous joindre notre équipe? |
| Yasmine: [slow] Aimeriez-vous joindre notre équipe? |
| Eric: The pattern for making a polite invitation has 3 elements. First, the polite form of "would you like to." |
| Yasmine: Aimeriez-vous. |
| Eric: Second, the verb "to join" in the infinitive form. |
| Yasmine: joindre. |
| Eric: Third, the complement, in this case "our team." |
| Yasmine: notre équipe. |
| Eric: Altogether, we have "Would you like to join our team?" |
| Yasmine: Aimeriez-vous joindre notre équipe? [slow] Aimeriez-vous joindre notre équipe? [normal] Aimeriez-vous joindre notre équipe? |
| Eric: First you have the expression "would you like to," followed by a verb in the infinitive form, and then a complement. |
| Yasmine: Aimeriez-vous joindre notre équipe? |
| Eric: So remember, to make a polite invitation, first start with the expression "would you like to," followed by a verb in the infinitive form, and then the thing you want to invite someone to. |
| Eric: Here's another example meaning, "Would you like to come to the party?" First, the polite form of "would you like to." |
| Yasmine: Aimeriez-vous. |
| Eric: Second, the verb "to come" in the infinitive form. |
| Yasmine: venir. |
| Eric: Third, a complement, in this case "to the party." |
| Yasmine: à la soirée. |
| Eric: Altogether we have... |
| Yasmine: Aimeriez-vous venir à la soirée? [slow] Aimeriez-vous venir à la soirée? [normal] Aimeriez-vous venir à la soirée? |
| Eric: "Would you like to come to the party?" |
| [pause] |
| Yasmine: Aimeriez-vous venir à la soirée? |
| Eric: How do you say - "Would you like to have lunch together?" To give you a hint, "to have lunch together" is... |
| Yasmine: déjeuner ensemble. [slow] déjeuner ensemble. [normal] déjeuner ensemble. |
| Eric: "Would you like to have lunch together?" |
| [pause] |
| Yasmine: Aimeriez-vous déjeuner ensemble? [slow] Aimeriez-vous déjeuner ensemble? [normal] Aimeriez-vous déjeuner ensemble? |
| [pause] |
| Yasmine: Aimeriez-vous déjeuner ensemble? |
| 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: "Would you like to join our team?" |
| [pause] |
| Yasmine: Aimeriez-vous joindre notre équipe? |
| [pause] |
| Yasmine: Aimeriez-vous joindre notre équipe? |
| Eric: "Would you like to come to the party?" |
| [pause] |
| Yasmine: Aimeriez-vous venir à la soirée? |
| [pause] |
| Yasmine: Aimeriez-vous venir à la soirée? |
| Eric: "Would you like to have lunch together?" |
| [pause] |
| Yasmine: Aimeriez-vous déjeuner ensemble? |
| [pause] |
| Yasmine: Aimeriez-vous déjeuner ensemble? |
Outro |
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| Eric: Okay. That's all for this lesson. You learned a pattern for making a polite invitation, as in... |
| Yasmine: Aimeriez-vous joindre notre équipe? |
| Eric: meaning "Would you like to join our team?" |
| Eric: You can find more vocab or phrases that go with this sentence pattern in the lesson notes. So please be sure to check them out on FrenchPod101.com. Thanks, everyone, see you next time! |
| Yasmine: A la prochaine! |
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