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INTRODUCTION
Sam : Hello and welcome back to FrenchPod101.com. I'm joined here by my two friends...
Alex: Bonjour c’est Alexandre.
Sam : And...
Céline: Céline.
Sam : Well, I think they're my friends. No, I'm joking. They're my friends.
Céline: Bien sûr.
Alex: Of course!
Sam : “How Much?” So, before we get started, what's the backdrop for today's lesson?
Alex: The focus of this lesson is to ask about prices.
Céline: Tout à fait. This dialogue follows the previous one and takes place in the subway where a man continues his conversation with Julie, asking for subway ticket prices.
Sam : Ok. So is this going to be formal French or informal French, Alex?
Alex: They will be speaking formally.
Sam : Oh, ok. So let's get into today's conversation.
Céline: C’est parti!
Sam: On y va!
DIALOGUE
Alex: Combien coûte le ticket Paris-visite?
Céline: Ça fait vingt-sept euros cinquante!
Alex: Deux tickets, s’il vous plaît.
Céline: Ça fait cinquante-cinq euros s'il vous plaît!
Sam : One more time, slowly.
Alex: Encore une fois, lentement.
Alex: Combien coûte le ticket Paris-visite?
Céline: Ça fait vingt-sept euros cinquante!
Alex: Deux tickets, s’il vous plaît.
Céline: Ça fait cinquante-cinq euros s'il vous plaît!
Sam : One more time with the English.
Alex: Encore une fois, avec l’anglais.
Alex: Combien coûte le ticket Paris-visite?
Sam : How much is the ticket Paris Visite?
Céline: Ça fait vingt-sept euros cinquante!
Sam : It’s 27.50 Euros, please!
Alex: Deux tickets, s’il vous plaît.
Sam : Two tickets, please.
Céline: Ça fait cinquante-cinq euros s'il vous plaît!
Sam : It’s 55.00 Euros please!
POST CONVERSATION BANTER
Sam : So guys, when you're traveling around Paris, are there any special offers for tickets or monthly passes?
Alex: Yeah. If you're going to be in Paris for a month, you can get the monthly pass, allowing you unlimited trips on the subway.
Céline: Yes, and also on busses and trains in Paris.
Sam : Ok. Now, can tourists and French citizens get this special pass?
Céline: Tout à fait.
Sam : Oh! Great.
Alex: I think you can even order it, now, via internet. Before you got France even, you know, you can get it.
Sam : Wow. You can do everything on the internet now, can't you?
Alex: Incredible.
Céline: C’est vrai.
VOCAB LIST
Sam : Ok. Now, let's look at the vocabulary and phrases from this lovely lesson. The first item is?
Céline: Euros.
Sam : Euros.
Céline: Euros. Euros.
Sam : Next.
Alex: Coûter.
Sam : To cost.
Alex: Coûter. Coûter.
Sam : Next.
Céline: Combien.
Sam : How much.
Céline: Combien. Combien.
Sam : Next.
Alex: Ça fait.
Sam : It costs.
Alex: Ça fait. Ça fait.
Sam : Next.
Céline: Ticket.
Sam : Ticket.
Céline: Ticket. Ticket.
Sam : Next.
Alex: Deux.
Sam : Two.
Alex: Deux. Deux.
Sam : Next.
Céline: Vingt-sept.
Sam : Twenty-seven.
Céline: Vingt-sept. Vingt-sept.
Sam : Next.
Alex: Cinquante.
Sam : Fifty.
Alex: Cinquante. Cinquante.
VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE
Sam : Now let's take a look at how some of these words and phrases are used in the conversation.
Céline: Oui, Sam. The first word is "coûter." This verb is "to cost" in English.
Alex: "Coûter" belongs to the regular verbs. Par exemple: ça coûte 5 euros.
Sam : This cost five Euros.
Alex: Voilà !
Céline: Tout à fait, and in the dialogue, the man asks, "Combien coûtre le ticket Paris-visite?"
Sam : How much is a Paris visit ticket?
Céline: Tout à fait.
Sam : Great.
Céline: You can also ask, "Combien ça fait?"
Sam : How much is this?
Céline: Oui. So next word is... Alex?
Alex: Ça fait.
Sam : This costs.
Alex: In this phrase, even though the verb "faire," meaning "do" or "make" is conjugated, the expression is about indicating a price.
Céline: In the dialogue, Julie says, "Ça va vingt-sept euros cinquante." She could have said "Ça coûte vingt-sept euros cinquante."
Sam : And both of those basically mean this ticket costs twenty-seven point five Euros.
Céline: Tout à fait.
Sam : Ok. The next word is vingt-sept.
Alex: Well, actually it is a number. Number vingt-sept. It is the occasion to remind you that all the numbers under a hundred take a dash between each word. Donc entre “vingt” et “sept” you have a dash. Vingt-sept.
Céline: On a lighter note there's a controversy in France about part of this number.
Sam : On twenty or seven?
Céline: It is the number 20 by itself. Some people pronounce the last "t" and others don't.
Alex: For example, some say "vingte" and some say "vingt". What do you say, Céline?
Céline: Moi je dis “vingt”.
Alex: Moi aussi, moi je dis “vingt”.
Céline: Like wine.
Alex: But I think, it's original habit more than anything else right?
Sam : Yeah, such as "Po-tae-to, Po-tA-to." Shall we move on to some grammar?
Alex: Bien sûr!
Sam : Ok.

Lesson focus

Céline: Today's grammar point is "how much." To give or ask for the price of things you want to buy, you have to use the verb "coûter" or "faire."
Alex: "Faire" has many meanings and can be used in many situations. It's as versatile as the verb "to do" in English. "Coûter" has a specific definition about indicating the financial value of something.
Céline: Combien ça coûte?
Sam : How much is it?
Alex: Or "Combien ça fait?
Sam : How much is it?
Céline: Ca coûte deux euros cinquante.
Sam : It's two and a half Euros.
Alex: Ca fait deux euros cinquante.
Sam: It's two and a half Euros.
Alex: Combien can also be used to ask for the quantity of something, as in: Combien de poissons rouges tu as?
Sam : How many goldfish do you have?
Alex: In this context, its English equivalent is "how many" or "how much."
Céline: Also you use "combien d' " for a noun that starts with a vowel.
Sam : Ok. That's a good point there and easy to remember.
Céline: Voilà.
Alex: Give us an example, Céline, please.
Céline: Combien d’argent tu as?
Sam : How much money do you have?
Alex: Rien.
Sam : Nothing? Ok. And how much time do we have left for this lesson? I think that's it.
Céline: Bravo! Combien de temps nous avons pour la leçon?
Sam : We're finished.
Céline: On a fini.
Sam : Ok.
Alex: Déjà?
Céline: Oui déjà!
Sam : Already!
Céline: Alex tu es triste?!
Alex: Oui.

Outro

Sam : But no fear. We've got many more lessons to come. So until next time.
Céline: Merci Sam!
Alex: Merci à tous! A la prochaine!
Sam : Merci. A la prochaine.

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