Learn to make requests in French
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| Do you know how to ask someone to do something 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 ask someone to do something 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. |
| Mamie, apprends-moi comment cuisiner ! |
| D'accord. Préparons une tartiflette. D'abord, mets de l'eau dans le faitout. |
| C'est fait. |
| Lave ces pommes de terre. Ne les mets pas dans le faitout. |
| D'accord ! |
| Attends une minute, ce ne sont pas des pommes de terre, ça ! |
| Let's hear it with the English translation. |
| Mamie, apprends-moi comment cuisiner ! |
| "Grandma, teach me how to cook!" |
| D'accord. Préparons une tartiflette. D'abord, mets de l'eau dans le faitout. |
| "Okay. Let's make a tartiflette. First, put some water in the stew pot." |
| C'est fait. |
| "Done." |
| The next sentence is the one we'll focus on. Let's take a closer look and break it down into its parts. |
| Lave ces pommes de terre. Ne les mets pas dans le faitout. |
| "Wash these potatoes. Don't put them in the pot." |
| First is the verb, lave, the imperative form of laver, meaning "to wash." Lave (enunciated). Lave. |
| Next is the demonstrative adjective, ces, meaning "these." Ces (enunciated). Ces. |
| After this is the noun phrase, pommes de terre, which means "potatoes." Literally, it translates as "apples of the earth." Pommes de terre (enunciated). Pommes de terre. |
| All together, it's Lave ces pommes de terre. This means "Wash these potatoes." |
| Lave ces pommes de terre. |
| The next sentence begins with the negative marker Ne, which starts a negative command. Ne (enunciated). Ne. |
| Next is the object pronoun, les, which replaces a plural noun—in this case, les pommes de terre, "the potatoes." It means "them." Les (enunciated). Les. |
| After this is the verb, mets, the imperative form of mettre, meaning "to put." Mets (enunciated). Mets. |
| Next is the second part of the negation, pas, which comes after the verb. Pas (enunciated). Pas. |
| Last is the phrase, dans le faitout, meaning "in the pot." Dans le faitout (enunciated). Dans le faitout. Faitout literally means “do everything” |
| All together, it's Ne les mets pas dans le faitout. |
| This means "Don't put them in the pot." |
| Ne les mets pas dans le faitout. |
| D'accord ! |
| "Okay!" |
| Attends une minute, ce ne sont pas des pommes de terre, ça ! |
| "Wait a minute, those aren't potatoes!" |
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