Learn how to post comments about being injured
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Eric: Talking About an Injury. |
| Eric: Hi everyone, I'm Eric. |
| Yasmine: And I'm Yasmine. |
| Eric: In this lesson, you'll learn how to post and leave comments in French about being injured. François suffers a painful injury, posts an image of it, and leaves this comment: |
| Yasmine: J'ai super mal à la cheville :( |
| Eric: Meaning - "My ankle hurts really badly :(" Listen to a reading of the post and the comments that follow. |
| DIALOGUE |
| (clicking sound) |
| François: J'ai super mal à la cheville :( |
| (clicking sound) |
| Léa: Tu es allé chez le médecin? |
| Céline: Mon pauvre... |
| Jean: Ça arrive, c'est pas la fin du monde! |
| Elodie: Tu guériras sûrement rapidement :) |
| Eric: Listen again with the English translation. |
| (clicking sound) |
| François: J'ai super mal à la cheville :( |
| Eric: "My ankle hurts really badly :(" |
| (clicking sound) |
| Léa: Tu es allé chez le médecin? |
| Eric: "Have you seen a doctor?" |
| Céline: Mon pauvre... |
| Eric: "Poor you..." |
| Jean: Ça arrive, c'est pas la fin du monde! |
| Eric: "It happens, it's not the end of the world!" |
| Elodie: Tu guériras sûrement rapidement :) |
| Eric: "You'll probably recover soon :)" |
| POST |
| Eric: Listen again to François's post. |
| Yasmine: J'ai super mal à la cheville :( |
| Eric: "My ankle hurts really badly :(" |
| Yasmine: (SLOW) J'ai super mal à la cheville :( (Regular) J'ai super mal à la cheville :( |
| Eric: Let's break this down. First is an expression meaning "It hurts really badly." |
| Yasmine: J'ai super mal |
| Eric: To talk about pain in French, the speaker is talking about his own feelings, so the sentence starts with a personal pronoun. Listen again- "It hurts really badly" is... |
| Yasmine: (SLOW) J'ai super mal (REGULAR) J'ai super mal |
| Eric: Then comes the phrase - "at my ankle." |
| Yasmine: à la cheville |
| Eric: To talk about where something hurts, you generally use this preposition, then the noun, preceded by the corresponding article. Listen again- "at my ankle" is... |
| Yasmine: (SLOW) à la cheville (REGULAR) à la cheville |
| Eric: All together, "My ankle hurts really badly :(" |
| Yasmine: J'ai super mal à la cheville :( |
| COMMENTS |
| Eric: In response, François's friends leave some comments. |
| Eric: His girlfriend, Léa, uses an expression meaning - "Have you seen a doctor?" |
| Yasmine: (SLOW) Tu es allé chez le médecin? (REGULAR) Tu es allé chez le médecin? |
| [Pause] |
| Yasmine: Tu es allé chez le médecin? |
| Eric: Use this expression to show you are feeling concerned. |
| Eric: His neighbor, Céline, uses an expression meaning - "Poor you..." |
| Yasmine: (SLOW) Mon pauvre... (REGULAR) Mon pauvre... |
| [Pause] |
| Yasmine: Mon pauvre... |
| Eric: Use this expression to show you are feeling warmhearted. |
| Eric: His girlfriend’s nephew, Jean, uses an expression meaning - "It happens, it's not the end of the world!" |
| Yasmine: (SLOW) Ça arrive, c'est pas la fin du monde! (REGULAR) Ça arrive, c'est pas la fin du monde! |
| [Pause] |
| Yasmine: Ça arrive, c'est pas la fin du monde! |
| Eric: Use this expression to show you are feeling cynical. |
| Eric: His high school friend, Elodie, uses an expression meaning - "You'll probably recover soon :)" |
| Yasmine: (SLOW) Tu guériras sûrement rapidement :) (REGULAR) Tu guériras sûrement rapidement :) |
| [Pause] |
| Yasmine: Tu guériras sûrement rapidement :) |
| Eric: Use this expression to show you are feeling optimistic. |
Outro |
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| Eric: Okay, that's all for this lesson. If a friend posted something about being injured, which phrase would you use? Leave us a comment letting us know. And we'll see you next time! |
| Yasmine: Au revoir |
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