Learn how to give advice
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Eric: Hi everyone, I'm Eric. |
| Yasmine: And I'm Yasmine. |
| Eric: Giving Advice, part 2. |
| Eric: In this lesson, you'll learn how to use a sentence pattern for giving advice. |
| PATTERN |
| Eric: For example, "I would recommend to try the lasagna." |
| Yasmine: Je recommanderais de goûter les lasagnes. |
| Yasmine: [slow] Je recommanderais de goûter les lasagnes. |
| Eric: This pattern for giving advice has 3 elements. First, the expression "I would recommend." |
| Yasmine: Je recommanderais. |
| Eric: Next, "to" followed by a verb in the infinitive form, in this case "to try." |
| Yasmine: de goûter. |
| Eric: Third, the complement, in this case "the lasagna." |
| Yasmine: les lasagnes. |
| Eric: Altogether, we have "I would recommend to try the lasagna." |
| Yasmine: Je recommanderais de goûter les lasagnes. [slow] Je recommanderais de goûter les lasagnes. [normal] Je recommanderais de goûter les lasagnes. |
| Eric: First you have the expression "I would recommend," followed by "to" and a verb in the infinitive form. Finally a complement. |
| Yasmine: Je recommanderais de goûter les lasagnes. |
| Eric: So remember, to give advice, simply use the expression "I would recommend," then "to” and a verb in the infinitive form, and finally add what it is you would recommend. |
| Eric: Here's another example meaning, "I would recommend to wait a little." First, the expression "I would recommend." |
| Yasmine: Je recommanderais. |
| Eric: Second, "to" followed by a verb in the infinitive form, in this case "to wait." |
| Yasmine: d'attendre. |
| Eric: Third, the complement, in this case "a little." |
| Yasmine: un peu. |
| Eric: Altogether we have... |
| Yasmine: Je recommanderais d'attendre un peu. [slow] Je recommanderais d'attendre un peu. [normal] Je recommanderais d'attendre un peu. |
| Eric: "I would recommend to wait a little." |
| [pause] |
| Yasmine: Je recommanderais d'attendre un peu. |
| Eric: How do you say - "I would recommend to travel off-season." To give you a hint, "to travel off-season" is... |
| Yasmine: voyager hors saison. [slow] voyager hors saison. [normal] voyager hors saison. |
| Eric: "I would recommend to travel off-season." |
| [pause] |
| Yasmine: Je recommanderais de voyager hors saison. [slow] Je recommanderais de voyager hors saison. [normal] Je recommanderais de voyager hors saison. |
| [pause] |
| Yasmine: Je recommanderais de voyager hors saison. |
| 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 would recommend to try the lasagna." |
| [pause] |
| Yasmine: Je recommanderais de goûter les lasagnes. |
| [pause] |
| Yasmine: Je recommanderais de goûter les lasagnes. |
| Eric: "I would recommend to wait a little." |
| [pause] |
| Yasmine: Je recommanderais d'attendre un peu. |
| [pause] |
| Yasmine: Je recommanderais d'attendre un peu. |
| Eric: "I would recommend to travel off-season." |
| [pause] |
| Yasmine: Je recommanderais de voyager hors saison. |
| [pause] |
| Yasmine: Je recommanderais de voyager hors saison. |
Outro |
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| Eric: Okay. That's all for this lesson. You learned a pattern for giving advice, as in... |
| Yasmine: Je recommanderais de goûter les lasagnes. |
| Eric: meaning "I would recommend to try the lasagna." |
| Eric: Thanks, everyone, see you in another series! |
| Yasmine: A la prochaine! |
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