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Speaker 1: Listen to this French conversation.

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Speaker 2: Bardon escu.

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Speaker 3: No monsieur jeenum.

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Speaker 4: Jou compon peer fanci escuvousette American will mademoiselle.

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Speaker 1: In the next few minutes, you'll learn not only to

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understand this conversation, but to take part in it yourself.

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Imagine an American man sitting next to a French woman.

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He wants to begin a conversation, so he says, excuse me, pardon.

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The French speaker is going to repeat this word part

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by part, starting from the inn. You are to repeat

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each part after him, trying to make your pronunciation sound

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exactly like his. Be sure you repeat aloud.

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Speaker 2: Dun dun bah bah bardon, bardon.

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Speaker 1: How do you say excuse me in French?

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Speaker 2: Pardon?

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Speaker 1: Now he wants to ask her if she understands English.

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First the word English. Listen and repeat longelais longelais? How

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do you say English?

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Speaker 2: Longelais?

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Speaker 1: Now say the same word, leaving off the L sound

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at the beginning, only only now again with the L.

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Speaker 2: Sound longueli longeley.

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Speaker 1: The difference is that when the L sound is off,

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you're saying English, and when it's on, you're saying the English.

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Most of the time, and the l sound will be

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there in French even when the word the is not

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there in our language. Once again, say English longeleis longeleis

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say excuse me.

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Speaker 2: Pardon.

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Speaker 1: You should repeat after the speaker gives the right response,

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trying to make your pronunciation sound like his.

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Speaker 2: Pardon.

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Speaker 1: Say again English longelais.

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Speaker 2: Longeleis.

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Speaker 1: Now he wants to ask do you understand. Here's the

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word understand.

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Speaker 2: Connie, repeat part by part nay nay poonie, come come

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comprene comprene, say understand compne.

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Speaker 1: Here's how to say you understand. Listen and repeat.

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Speaker 2: Vom vous vous vopne.

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Speaker 1: Say you understand.

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Speaker 2: Vou comprene.

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Speaker 1: Do you remember how to say English ll say you understand.

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Speaker 2: Vu comprene.

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Speaker 1: And now try to say you understand English.

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Speaker 5: Vu com.

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Speaker 2: Vu compol.

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Speaker 1: Here's the phrase that makes a question in French. Listen

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and repeat escu.

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Speaker 2: Escu Escu.

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Speaker 1: Any statement can be made into a question just by

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putting this in front of it. Once again, say you

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understand vu compone, and now try to ask do you understand?

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Speaker 6: Escu Escu.

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Speaker 1: Say pardon me, pardon, Ask me if I understand escu compe,

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Ask me if I understand English.

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Speaker 2: Escu escu.

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Speaker 1: The woman answers no, listen and repeat no.

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Speaker 7: No, no, no, sir and repeat no monsieur, sieux, sieux, MH, MH, monsieur, monsieur.

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Speaker 1: How do you say, sir or mister.

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Speaker 3: Monsieur say no, sir, no monsieur.

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Speaker 1: How would you ask someone if he understands.

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Speaker 2: Escu escu?

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Speaker 1: Do you understand english?

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Speaker 2: Escu?

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Speaker 1: The man says, I understand. First the word I alone,

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listen and repeat jous, jous, jous, and now the word understand.

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Speaker 2: Compan pin.

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Speaker 8: Pran come come compin compan jus compent.

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Speaker 2: Jus comp.

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Speaker 1: Say I understand.

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Speaker 2: Ger compin.

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Speaker 1: Try to say I understand English.

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Speaker 2: Ger compart lingelais, g compre lingelais.

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Speaker 1: Listen to the words I understand and you understand together.

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Speaker 2: Gercompin vous compreni g compin vous comprene.

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Speaker 1: Say you understand, vous compny say I understand.

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Speaker 2: Gercompin say excuse me, pardon?

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Speaker 1: Ask do you understand.

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Speaker 2: Escuveux compogne?

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Speaker 1: Ask the woman do you understand English?

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Speaker 9: Escuvu compis escuvu compis?

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Speaker 1: How does she answer, no, sir, no, monsieur, no monsieur.

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How do you say I understand.

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Speaker 10: J compin.

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Speaker 3: Compin.

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Speaker 1: Now she wants to say, I don't understand. Listen and repeat.

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Speaker 10: Gehene compempin.

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Speaker 3: Bah bah.

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Speaker 10: Compompa, compompa, jhen jhen gehene compompa, gehen.

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Speaker 1: Compompa, say I don't understand.

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Speaker 3: Gehen compompa.

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Speaker 1: Notice that there are two things that make this sentence negative.

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Mainly it's the bah at the end, but also there's

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the end sound of jehen. Listen again, gehen compompa. There

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are lots of little sounds like that that almost get

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thrown away in rapid speech. It's important to notice them, however,

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because they can often change them meaning of a sentence.

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Once again, say I don't understand.

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Speaker 3: Gene compompas.

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Speaker 1: Say English.

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Speaker 10: Longelais.

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Speaker 1: Say I don't understand English.

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Speaker 3: Gene compre.

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Speaker 2: Gen.

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Speaker 1: Ask do you understand.

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Speaker 3: Escape?

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Speaker 1: Ask me if I understand English escu answer no, I

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don't understand.

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Speaker 3: No zencour pempins.

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Speaker 1: Gencour pempis, I don't understand English gencmp Now Here is

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the name of the French language. Listen and repeat lu froncis.

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Speaker 2: Francis francis, lu francais, lu fronseais.

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Speaker 1: Say French, meaning the French language La francais, say I

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understand jens compin, say I understand French.

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Speaker 2: Jou compar fanci, jou compars francis.

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Speaker 1: Listen carefully to that response again, and notice how the

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L sound of la francis almost gets lost, but not quite.

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Speaker 2: Jou compar fanci.

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Speaker 1: Listen again, noticing how the L sound gets tacked onto

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the word before.

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Speaker 2: Jou compars francis.

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Speaker 1: Now you try repeating it after the speaker, part by part.

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Speaker 2: Fansei par fansei.

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Speaker 5: Par fanci, compar fanci, compar fanci, giu comports fanci ger

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compards francis.

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Speaker 1: Now tell me that you understand French.

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Speaker 2: Gier compard.

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Speaker 1: Now tell me that you don't understand French.

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Speaker 2: Geen comp geen comp.

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Speaker 1: Say you understand French.

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Speaker 2: Vou voum.

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Speaker 1: Say excuse me, Vardon, ask me if I I understand French.

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Speaker 6: Escu esco.

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Speaker 1: Here is how to say a little, listen and repeat

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um pooh pooh, pooh, uh pooh pooh, say a little humpooh,

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Say I understand a little the compin, say I understand French.

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Speaker 2: Gucum pau le fanse.

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Speaker 1: Say a little ampou I understand French a little? Listen

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and repeat.

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Speaker 5: Gaucum put poul fanse, ampou ampou lu France gucum pons poul.

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Speaker 1: Fanse, tell me that you understand French? A little.

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Speaker 2: Giu compo pul fanse giucum pin poul fanse.

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Speaker 1: Now the woman wants to ask him, are you American?

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Listen and repeat the word American American?

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Speaker 3: Count count ami Ami American American?

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Speaker 1: Say American.

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Speaker 3: American.

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Speaker 1: Here's how to say you are. Listen and repeat.

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Speaker 6: Woosette, wosette, woosette, Say.

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Speaker 1: You are wosette, Say you are American?

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Speaker 3: Woosette American, wosette American.

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Speaker 1: And now try to ask are you American?

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Speaker 3: Escot? American? Escot American?

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Speaker 1: Say excuse me, bardon? Ask do you understand French? Escol escuancie,

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Ask do you understand English?

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Speaker 6: Escu?

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Speaker 1: Ask? Are you American?

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Speaker 3: Esco American?

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Speaker 1: Here's how to say yes? Listen and repeat.

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Speaker 3: We we.

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Speaker 1: Yes, Miss, listen and repeat.

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Speaker 2: Will Mademoiselle, Moille, Moiselle, Mademoiselle, Mademoiselle, Will Mademoiselle.

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Speaker 1: Ask are you American?

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Speaker 3: Escusette, American, escoosette American?

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Speaker 1: Answer yes, Miss.

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Speaker 2: Will Mademoiselle. Will Mademoiselle.

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Speaker 1: Asked the woman do you understand English?

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Speaker 9: Escu veaux compreneilingelais escue vaux Compouneilingelais.

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Speaker 1: Answer, No, I don't understand.

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Speaker 10: No zencour pompins.

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Speaker 1: Gencom pempins, I don't understand English genomparpeillngelais, say I understand

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French A little.

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Speaker 2: Jeer compon francis je comprancis.

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Speaker 1: Now sit back and listen to a French conversation, the

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same one you heard at the beginning of this tape

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just a few minutes ago.

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Speaker 2: Pardon escu.

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Speaker 3: No monsieur, je.

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Speaker 4: Jou compani escuvousette American wom mademoiselle.

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Speaker 1: Listen to it again.

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Speaker 2: Pardon escu.

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Speaker 4: No monsieur, ju componi escuvouset American women, mademoiselle.

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Speaker 1: Now imagine that you're the person sitting next to the

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French woman. You want to begin a conversation. So what

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do you say, pardon pardon mademoiselle. She doesn't answer, So

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try asking her if she understands.

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Speaker 2: Escu escu.

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Speaker 1: Ask her if she understands French.

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Speaker 2: Escu escu.

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Speaker 1: Still no answer. Now ask her if she understands English.

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Speaker 2: Escu esc.

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Speaker 3: No, no monsieur.

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Speaker 1: How does she tell you that she doesn't understand English.

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How does she ask you if you understand.

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Speaker 7: French escuse escu compliment France monsieur.

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Speaker 1: Tell her you understand a little.

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Speaker 2: Jo comp jo comp.

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Speaker 1: She wants to ask you if you're American. How does

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Speaker 3: Escuse American? Escuse American?

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Speaker 1: Tell her, yes, Miss.

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Speaker 2: Womendemoiselle.

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Speaker 1: She'll ask you a question. Try to answer it truthfully.

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Speaker 3: Escu esca.

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Speaker 2: Womendemoiselle.

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Speaker 1: She'll ask you another question. Answer it using the expression

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a little.

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Speaker 6: Escu escu.

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Speaker 2: A peu jem.

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Speaker 1: Now try this conversation again, say it. Excuse me this.

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Speaker 2: Pardo mademoiselle.

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Speaker 1: She doesn't answer. Ask her if she understands.

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Speaker 2: Escuvux comprene.

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Speaker 1: Ask her if she understands French escuev Still no answer. Now,

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ask her if she understands English.

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Speaker 3: Escuev no monsieur.

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Speaker 1: How does she tell you that she doesn't understand English.

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Speaker 5: Je?

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Speaker 1: How does she ask you if you understand French esc

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Tell her you understand a little.

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Speaker 2: Je comp.

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Speaker 1: How does she ask you if you're American?

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Speaker 3: Escuse American?

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Speaker 1: Tell her yes, Miss.

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Speaker 2: Will mademoiselle.

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Speaker 1: She'll ask you a question, Answer it truthfully.

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Speaker 2: Esc wollm mademoiselle.

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Speaker 1: Jem she'll ask you another question. Answer it using the

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expression a little.

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Speaker 3: Escuvoucoponnfanse umpeu.

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Speaker 2: Ju compont ampeur ufanse.

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Speaker 1: And that's true. Now you do understand French a little.

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Don't be concerned if you've not made every response correctly.

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All that you've learned here will be reviewed in future units.

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If you've mastered about eighty percent of the material in

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this lesson, you're ready to move on to the next.

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Otherwise you should invest another thirty minutes in doing this

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unit over again. This is the end of today's lesson.

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When you continue with the next unit tomorrow, please begin

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with track number two.