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INTRODUCTION
Sam: Hello and welcome back to FrenchPod101.com. “ Sing Along, 1, 2, 3.” And I have one, two friends with me today.
Céline: Oui! Céline.
Alex: Et Alexandre. Bonjour à tous!
Céline: Bonjour, Alex.
Alex: Bonjour, Céline. Bonjour, Sam.
Sam: Bonjour. Ça va?
Alex: Oui. Très bien.
Sam: So there's one, two, three of us. So three, two, one, shall we start today's lesson?
Céline: C’est parti.
Alex: Bien sûr.
Sam: Let's go.
Céline: Mais! Mais mais mais mais mais mais mais. But what's today's conversation?
Sam: Today's lesson is about nursery rhymes. Ding-ding-ding. C’est parti!
Céline: Oui mais alors attention. Don't forget, this conversation takes place...
Alex: Between Sweety Aurélie et Tiny Rémi, qui chantent les...
Céline: ...comptines!
Alex: Voilà!
Sam: Or nursery rhymes!
Céline: Bravo!
Sam: Let's go.
Céline: C’est parti!
DIALOGUE
Céline: Un, deux, trois, nous irons chez toi,
Alex: Un, deux, trois, nous irons chez toi.
Céline: Quatre, cinq, six, manger des cerises.
Alex: Quatre, cinq, six, manger des cerises,
Céline: Sept, huit, neuf, avec mon panier neuf.
Alex: Sept, huit, neuf, avec mon panier neuf,
Céline: Dix, onze, douze, elles sont toutes rouges.
Alex: Dix, onze, douze, elles sont toutes rouges.
Sam: One more time, slowly.
Céline: Encore une fois, lentement.
Céline: Un, deux, trois, nous irons chez toi,
Alex: Un, deux, trois, nous irons chez toi.
Céline: Quatre, cinq, six, manger des cerises.
Alex: Quatre, cinq, six, manger des cerises,
Céline: Sept, huit, neuf, avec mon panier neuf.
Alex: Sept, huit, neuf, avec mon panier neuf,
Céline: Dix, onze, douze, elles sont toutes rouges.
Alex: Dix, onze, douze, elles sont toutes rouges.
Sam: One more time with the English.
Céline: Encore une fois avec l’anglais.
Céline: Un, deux, trois, nous irons chez toi,
Sam: One, two, three, we’ll go to your house.
Alex: Un, deux, trois, nous irons chez toi.
Sam: One, two, three, we’ll go to your house.
Céline: Quatre, cinq, six, manger des cerises.
Sam: Four, five, six, eat some cherries.
Alex: Quatre, cinq, six, manger des cerises,
Sam: Four, five, six, eat some cherries.
Céline: Sept, huit, neuf, avec mon panier neuf.
Sam: Seven, eight, nine, with my new basket.
Alex: Sept, huit, neuf, avec mon panier neuf,
Sam: Seven, eight, nine, with my new basket.
Céline: Dix, onze, douze, elles sont toutes rouges.
Sam: Ten, eleven, twelve, they are completely red.
Alex: Dix, onze, douze, elles sont toutes rouges.
Sam: Ten, eleven, twelve, they are completely red.
POST CONVERSATION BANTER
Sam: So guys, when you were growing up, did you have a favorite nursery rhyme?
Céline: “Frère Jacques”
Sam: I know that one.
Céline: C’est vrai?
Sam: Yes.
Céline: Oh! Do you learn like in America? French comptines.
Sam: In French class, yes.
Céline: Oh c’est mignon.
Alex: Et moi je chantais des… “L’alouette”.
{all singing}
Céline: C’est mignon! Yeah, “Une poule sur un mur”.
Alex: The chicken on the wall you mean?
Sam: Or chicken in the freezer.
Alex: Well, it sounds very strange, the chicken on the wall.
Céline: Et “Sur le pont d’Avignon”.
Alex: I don't know this one.
Céline: Ah bon? {singing}
Alex: Which means under the bridge of Avignon, right?
Céline: Yes.
Alex: Ok.
Céline: Everybody dance.
Sam: It sounds familiar.
Céline: Ok. Why don't we check the vocab?
VOCAB LIST
Sam: Ok. The first item is...
Céline: Cerises.
Sam: Cherries.
Céline: Cerises. Cerises.
Sam: Next.
Alex: Neuf.
Sam: The masculine form of new.
Alex: Neuf. Neuf.
Sam: Next.
Céline: Panier.
Sam: Basket.
Céline: Panier. Panier.
Sam: Next.
Alex: Rouge.
Sam: Red.
Alex: Rouge. Rouge.
Sam: Next.
Céline: Manger.
Sam: To eat.
Céline: Manger. Manger.
VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE
Céline: Now, let's have a look at the vocab usage.
Sam: Sounds good. The first word is...
Alex: To eat. It's a regular verb from the first group.
Céline: Ok. In French, "manger".
Alex: Manger. Par exemple “nous mangeons la salade niçoise.”
Sam: We eat the Nicoise salad.
Alex: Yes.
Sam: What is "nice"? Nice?
Céline: Nice is a city from south of France.
Alex: Ok, so I'm back to the salade niçoise. This salad is composed of tomatoes, tuna, lettuce, vegetables, olives and garlic. It's a sort of Cobb salad, you know?
Céline: It's really good.
Sam: Ok. Sounds good.
Céline: So, next word is, "cerise".
Alex: This pit fruit is a cherry.
Sam: I love cherries.
Alex: Especially when picking them out of the tree, n’est-ce pas?
Céline: Oui c’est bon les cerises. So after that we have "neuf".
Sam: This word means "new". It's a masculine adjective. The feminine is "neuve."
Alex: And of course, we will give an example. For example...
Céline: In the dialogue, what is "neuf," Sam?
Sam: Le panier.
Céline: Yes. Exactement. Le panier est neuf.
Alex: And how about the feminine?
Céline: J’ai une voiture neuve.
Sam: I have a new car.
Céline: And the last word is "rouge."
Alex: This is the color red. The color. And this color is one of the colors on the French flag.
Céline: But do you know what this color means on the flag?
Sam: Does it stand for the blood shed of the people during the revolution?
Céline: Eh Non! The red represents the nobility.
Sam: How about the white and blue?
Alex: Blue represents la bourgeoisie, and white is for...
Céline: Le clergé.
Alex: The clergy. Right.
Céline: Actually, red and blue were the colors of Paris. It is said that Lafayette, the commander of guard, added the white.
Alex: Yes, and the exact meaning came later. Blue being the bourgeoisie, white the clergy, and red representing the nobility. Right?
Sam: Oh le tricolore. How interesting.
Céline: Tricolore.
Sam: Tricolore.
Céline: Oui!

Lesson focus

Sam: Shall we move on to some grammar?
Alex: Bien sûr!
Sam: Ok.
Alex: Today we are going to count from one to twelve. De un à douze.
Céline: Sam, can you recall some of the numbers?
Sam: Un, deux, trois. How does one say zero?
Alex: Zéro.
Céline: So how about four?
Sam: I don't know.
Céline: Quatre! As a four little piglets and the evil wolf destroying their houses.
Alex: Then there is cinq, six, and sept. C’est chouette. That's nice.
Sam: After, I think, it's huit, neuf, dix.
Céline: Give me a kiss.
Sam: Not to you.
Alex: To me?
Sam: No. Not to you either.
Alex: To whom?
Céline: Ok, and the one I think a little more complicated is onze, as the number of players in a football team, and douze.
Sam: Football? You mean soccer?
Céline: I mean, soccer.
Sam: Oh. Soccer's a real popular sport, isn't it?
Alex: Oh yeah. And people gamble and scream over games.
Céline: So, Sam, let's review and do some very simple math, but in French. What is un plus quatre?
Sam: Cinq.
Alex: Bravo! Ok. Carry on. Give me another one. A hard one!
Céline: Ok je t’en donne un autre. Onze plus deux.
Alex: Treize?
Céline: Treize.
Alex: Oh! I'm good.
Céline: Yes, you're good.
Alex: Je suis bon hein?
Sam: What's the square root of zero? No, joke.
Alex: This is complicated. Please, Sam.
Céline: Oh n’importe quoi. Et puis en plus c’est en anglais hein. I think we should end now, and have a nice salade niçoise.
Sam: How many?
Alex: How many what?
Sam: Salads!
Céline: Trois? Trois salades?
Alex: One for you, one for me, and one for Céline.
Sam: That would be trois salades.
Céline: Trois salades niçoises, s'il vous plaît.
Sam: Sounds good.
Céline: Oh mon Dieu. Allez. Ok, so this is the end.

Outro

Sam: Ok.
Alex: Merci à vous tous!
Céline: Merci!
Alex: Au revoir.

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