Learn how to express gratitude to someone for doing something
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Eric: Hi everyone, I'm Eric. |
| Yasmine: And I'm Yasmine. |
| Eric: Showing Your Gratitude. |
| Eric: In this lesson, you'll learn how to use a sentence pattern for expressing gratitude to someone for doing something. |
| PATTERN |
| Eric: For example, "I appreciate your support." |
| Yasmine: J'apprécie votre soutien. |
| Yasmine: [slow] J'apprécie votre soutien. |
| Eric: The pattern for expressing gratitude to someone for doing something has 2 elements. First, the expression "I appreciate." |
| Yasmine: J'apprécie. |
| Eric: Second, the complement, in this case "your support." |
| Yasmine: votre soutien. |
| Eric: Altogether, we have "I appreciate your support." |
| Yasmine: J'apprécie votre soutien. [slow] J'apprécie votre soutien. [normal] J'apprécie votre soutien. |
| Eric: First you have the expression "I appreciate," followed by a complement. |
| Yasmine: J'apprécie votre soutien. |
| Eric: So remember, to express gratitude, start with the expression "I appreciate," followed by what you’re thankful for. |
| Eric: Here's another example meaning, "I appreciate your visit." First, the expression "I appreciate." |
| Yasmine: J'apprécie. |
| Eric: Second, the complement, in this case "your visit." |
| Yasmine: ta visite. |
| Eric: Altogether we have... |
| Yasmine: J'apprécie ta visite. [slow] J'apprécie ta visite. [normal] J'apprécie ta visite. |
| Eric: "I appreciate your visit." |
| [pause] |
| Yasmine: J'apprécie ta visite. |
| Eric: How do you say - "I appreciate your efforts." To give you a hint, "efforts" is... |
| Yasmine: efforts. [slow] efforts. [normal] efforts. |
| Eric: "I appreciate your efforts." |
| [pause] |
| Yasmine: J'apprécie vos efforts. [slow] J'apprécie vos efforts. [normal] J'apprécie vos efforts. |
| [pause] |
| Yasmine: J'apprécie vos efforts. |
| 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: "I appreciate your support." |
| [pause] |
| Yasmine: J'apprécie votre soutien. |
| [pause] |
| Yasmine: J'apprécie votre soutien. |
| Eric: "I appreciate your visit." |
| [pause] |
| Yasmine: J'apprécie ta visite. |
| [pause] |
| Yasmine: J'apprécie ta visite. |
| Eric: "I appreciate your efforts." |
| [pause] |
| Yasmine: J'apprécie vos efforts. |
| [pause] |
| Yasmine: J'apprécie vos efforts. |
Outro |
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| Eric: Okay. That's all for this lesson. You learned a pattern for expressing gratitude to someone for doing something, as in... |
| Yasmine: J'apprécie votre soutien. |
| Eric: meaning "I appreciate your support." |
| Eric: Thanks, everyone, see you next time! |
| Yasmine: A la prochaine! |
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