Learn to talk about health in French
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| Do you know how to talk about health problems in French? |
| You'll learn how in just a moment. |
| Hi, my name is Fanny, and this is Three Step French by FrenchPod101.com. |
| In this lesson, you'll learn how to talk about health problems in French through a quick conversation. |
| Let's look at the dialogue. |
| As you listen, pay attention to how they ask about the topic and how the other person responds. |
| Corentin, tu n'as pas l'air d'aller bien. Qu'est-ce qui ne va pas ? |
| J'ai mal à la tête. J'ai aussi mal à l'estomac. |
| Tu es malade ? |
| Je ne sais pas. |
| Tu veux rentrer chez toi ? |
| Oui, je vais rentrer. |
| Let's break it down. |
| Corentin, tu n'as pas l'air d'aller bien. Qu'est-ce qui ne va pas ? |
| "Corentin, you don't look well. What's wrong?" |
| After that is the focus statement. |
| J'ai mal à la tête. J'ai aussi mal à l'estomac. |
| "I have a headache. I also have a stomachache." |
| First is the sentence, J'ai mal à la tête, or "I have a headache." |
| J'ai mal à la tête. |
| This starts with the subject and verb, j'ai, meaning "I have." |
| J'ai (enunciated). J'ai. |
| Next is the word mal, meaning "pain" or "ache." |
| Mal (enunciated). Mal. |
| After this is the phrase à la tête, meaning "in the head" or "in the head area." |
| À la tête (enunciated). À la tête. |
| Together, it's J'ai mal à la tête. "I have a headache." J'ai mal à la tête. |
| Next is the sentence, J'ai aussi mal à l'estomac., or "I also have a stomachache." |
| J'ai aussi mal à l'estomac. |
| This starts again with the subject and verb, j'ai, meaning "I have." |
| J'ai (enunciated). J'ai. |
| Next is the adverb aussi, meaning "also." |
| Aussi (enunciated). Aussi. |
| Next is mal, meaning "pain." |
| Mal (enunciated). Mal. |
| After this is à l'estomac, meaning "in the stomach." |
| À l'estomac (enunciated). À l'estomac. |
| Together, it's J'ai aussi mal à l'estomac. "I also have a stomachache." J'ai aussi mal à l'estomac. |
| Tu es malade ? |
| "Are you sick?" |
| Je ne sais pas. |
| "I don't know." |
| Tu veux rentrer chez toi ? |
| "Do you want to go home?" |
| Oui, je vais rentrer. |
| "Yes, I'm going to go home." |
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