Speaker 1: Listen to this conversation, Bardon monsieur, escuvusett francis.
Speaker 2: Wom mademoiselle, Justrie, Francille, evo justus americane may vous comprenell francis.
Speaker 3: Oh lampoo jem.
Speaker 2: May see mas si bouparis trebien mersie monsieur.
Speaker 1: Notice that the French sometimes say see instead of we.
They do this especially when they want to emphasize something.
Listen again to this conversation.
Speaker 3: Bardon monsieur, escuuset franseill.
Speaker 2: Womendemoiselle, juste, francaises, evo justus americane may vou comprenell franse
oh lampoo jean massie mas si vouparais trebien mersie monsieur.
Speaker 1: Do you remember how to greet someone in French? Bousour bouseeur,
say good morning, sir, monsieur monsieur. And how do you
say goodbye?
Speaker 4: Auvoir?
Speaker 1: Auvoir say goodbye.
Speaker 4: Ma'am madame orval madame?
Speaker 1: Say again hello.
Speaker 3: Boseurvoujeon monsieur.
Speaker 1: How do you ask someone how he is?
Speaker 3: Comoderevou comoderevou.
Speaker 1: Answer very well, thanks, premier merci, I'm well, Thanks.
Speaker 4: Jever bien merci, jeverbien merci.
Speaker 1: Now say not very well.
Speaker 4: But trebien.
Speaker 1: Ask again, how are you?
Speaker 3: Comandinas vous.
Speaker 1: Try to say I'm not well.
Speaker 4: Jeenvie pabien, jeenvie pabien.
Speaker 1: I don't understand French.
Speaker 4: Jeuenu coomporpal Fancises.
Speaker 1: Say emphatically, but yes, missi, MISSI, you understand very well.
Speaker 3: V trebe v tribe.
Speaker 1: How does she ask? Are you American.
Speaker 3: Escut American escut American?
Speaker 1: Answer yes, miss.
Speaker 5: Well.
Speaker 1: Mademoiselle asked the young woman if she is American.
Speaker 4: Escot, American escott American.
Speaker 6: Mademoiselle say to a woman, you're not American unitpas American,
Say I am.
Speaker 4: Just SUI.
Speaker 1: Say that you're American.
Speaker 4: American just American.
Speaker 1: Practice the distinction between masculine and feminine.
Speaker 4: American American American American.
Speaker 1: Ask me if I am American.
Speaker 4: Escut American, How.
Speaker 1: Would I answer? I am an American.
Speaker 4: Justrise American just American.
Speaker 1: Now say I am not American.
Speaker 4: Gripe's American. Gripe's American.
Speaker 1: Say to a man, you are not French. Franse ask
the young woman if she is French.
Speaker 4: Escu escusette francis mademoiselle.
Speaker 1: Ask her if she understands English escuis answer no, sir,
no monsieur. How does she tell you she doesn't understand English?
Speaker 3: Gehens comp.
Speaker 4: Gen.
Speaker 1: How do you say you understand.
Speaker 4: Vou compne.
Speaker 1: Here's how to say you speak Listen and repeat vuparis
variis vu baris. Say again you understand.
Speaker 4: Voe vopni.
Speaker 1: Now say you speak vuvalis you speak well?
Speaker 4: Vu baribien vu baribien.
Speaker 1: Try to say I speak je bal.
Speaker 4: Varle jeval.
Speaker 1: Try to say I speak a little.
Speaker 4: Jeppal ampeu. But may.
Speaker 1: Say I don't understand.
Speaker 4: Genicompompa.
Speaker 1: Try to say, but I don't speak.
Speaker 7: Majeenapepa, I don't speak well. Geenapearlopabien, geenape lapabien.
Speaker 1: Say emphatically, but yes, missy, missy, ask you don't understand English.
Answer emphatically, yes, see, I understand a little, and I
speak a little.
Speaker 3: Is your bar lampo? Is your bar lampo.
Speaker 1: Not very well?
Speaker 3: But trebien.
Speaker 1: I understand English a little. I don't speak well. I
understand French. Now, referring to yourself, say I'm not French.
Speaker 4: Jones step a fanse jep fanse.
Speaker 1: Ask and you.
Speaker 3: If you.
Speaker 1: Say but yes, maybe maybe say please.
Speaker 4: Silvou play, silvou play.
Speaker 1: Let's learn to ask for directions. We'll start by asking
the way to Saint Jacques. Straight, just listen, don't repeat ui.
Speaker 4: La hu, Saint Jacques sylvou play.
Speaker 1: Jacques is a common name in French practice, saying it Jacques, Jacques, Jacques.
And now the word Saint.
Speaker 4: San San San, Saint Jacques, Saint Jacques, say Saint Jacques,
Saint Jacques.
Speaker 1: Now here's another common French name, Michael.
Speaker 8: Michelle, Michelle, Michelle, Sa Michel, Sa Michelle, say Saint Michael,
sa Michel, and now the street.
Speaker 1: Listen and repeat.
Speaker 4: Larux hu ru ru.
Speaker 1: LaRue, LaRue, say the street.
Speaker 4: LaRue.
Speaker 1: Did you notice that this word begins with and not
with lou as in La francis. That's because it's a
feminine word. Words beginning with la are feminine, while those
beginning with lou are masculine. All French nouns are either
one or the other. Again, say the street LaRue, and
now repeat after the speaker, Saint Jacques, street.
Speaker 5: Larus, Saint Jacques, Larus, Saint Jacques, Larus, saint Jacques.
Speaker 1: And now you try to say Saint Michael street.
Speaker 4: Laroussein Michel, Laroussein Michel.
Speaker 1: Now here's how to ask where is such and such.
First the word where ooh, ooh ooh, and now the
word is.
Speaker 4: Ah eh hey.
Speaker 1: Now you try to ask where is.
Speaker 4: Ooh ooh a.
Speaker 1: And now try to ask where is the street.
Speaker 4: Larux hui laroux.
Speaker 1: Ask where is Saint Jacques straight.
Speaker 9: Hui laru Saint Jacques, Hui laru, Saint Jacques. Say please,
silvousplay Here is the word for a boulevard in French.
Listen and repeat, being sure you imitate the French pronunciation
in every way.
Speaker 10: Leu boulevard, boulevard, boulevard, le boulevard, le boulevard.
Speaker 1: Say the boulevard, le bouvard. And now try to say
Saint Michael boulevard.
Speaker 4: Le boulevard, Saint Michel, le boulevard s Michel.
Speaker 1: Now ask where this boulevard is.
Speaker 11: Uila boule Varsal Michel, Uila Boulvarsal, Michel, Uila boulvars michels who.
Speaker 1: Play well, the answer is it's here. Practice the word
here e.
Speaker 10: Se e s.
Speaker 4: E see.
Speaker 1: And now it is.
Speaker 4: Say say, say.
Speaker 1: Which part of that means is eh eh, Well, the
first sound is what means it, Sir, sir, now say
again it is.
Speaker 3: See see.
Speaker 1: Say here.
Speaker 3: He see.
Speaker 1: And now try to say it's here. Let me give
you the clue that the word say has a disappearing
tea on the end of it, said Si Seidi Si,
Ask where the Saint Michael boulevard is.
Speaker 4: Uil boulevard. Saint Michel uil boulevard s Michel.
Speaker 1: Now ask where Saint Jacques uestreta.
Speaker 12: Is ui la rue Saint Jacques uila rou Saint Jacques
lui la Rousain Jacques.
Speaker 4: It will play.
Speaker 1: Answer it's here.
Speaker 3: Sir, saidie Si monsieur, saidie Si monsieur.
Speaker 1: And now try to ask is it here, escuciti se.
Speaker 4: Escusity s.
Speaker 1: Reply yes, it's here, we said to see. And again
ask is it here, escusity s. And now try to
say no, it's not here.
Speaker 3: No sonipezzy Si, no soni pezzy Si.
Speaker 1: Say again it's not here, sonipazzy si. Here's how to
say it's over there. Practice the expression meaning over there
or down there.
Speaker 3: Celeb lebal lebal celeb.
Speaker 1: Say it's down there, Say leba, it's here, said you see,
it's not down there.
Speaker 4: Sene pa la bas.
Speaker 1: Ask again, is it.
Speaker 4: Here, Escucity c Escucity s.
Speaker 1: Say yes, it's here. Sir, we said you see. Monsieur say,
Saint Michael Boulevard is here.
Speaker 4: Le bouvars.
Speaker 3: Michel let you see.
Speaker 4: Le boulvars.
Speaker 3: Michel lets.
Speaker 12: Ask where Saint Jacques Street is Uila rue, Saint Jacques
Uila ru Saint Jacques woul play.
Speaker 1: Is it here?
Speaker 4: Escucity s.
Speaker 1: No, Sir.
Speaker 3: No, Monsieur.
Speaker 1: Answer it's not here.
Speaker 3: Soney BASSISI sone BASSISI.
Speaker 1: Say it's down there.
Speaker 3: Celeba.
Speaker 1: Now let's try a French conversation. The young woman will
say things to which you are to respond. When there's
a problem about what to answer, I'll clue you in.
Let's begin.
Speaker 4: Bausieur beauchem mademoiselle.
Speaker 1: Comoderevo tribe.
Speaker 3: Tribe escav American.
Speaker 4: Well, mademoiselle, jouise American, justuise American.
Speaker 3: Just franss esca.
Speaker 1: Say a little au, say I understand French a little?
Speaker 4: The compon francis the compan.
Speaker 1: I speak a little.
Speaker 4: Je parle ampeux.
Speaker 1: Now she'll ask you some directions. I'll tell you what
to respond.
Speaker 3: Pardon ui larousseur Jacques replay.
Speaker 1: Tell her it's here, ce deis sie Mademoiselle, elboule larsam
Michel tell her it's down there.
Speaker 4: Ce Lebas.
Speaker 1: Tell her that Saint Jacques Street is not down there.
Speaker 4: Larou Saint Jacques Nepo la bas, Larou Saint Jacques nepe Laba.
Speaker 1: Tell her Saint Michael Boulevard is down there.
Speaker 4: Le bouvarde, Michel leba, le boulvar Semichel Leba tell her,
but Saint Jacques straight is here, Malaru, Saint Jacques et
se Malaru, Saint Jacques etic.
Speaker 1: How would you respond to her next question?
Speaker 3: Savevouillienbau restaurant.
Speaker 1: Jeune comport per Mademoiselle, She says, never mind, Saint Ferien
say good bye to her.
Speaker 4: Oh ll, mademoiselle.
Speaker 3: Au revoir.
Speaker 1: Now try this conversation again.
Speaker 4: Monsieur jieur mademoiselle, comodelevu trebia merciev.
Speaker 3: Trebie escov America.
Speaker 4: Wom mademoiselle, Justrie is America.
Speaker 3: Justrie Frances Escu.
Speaker 1: Say a little, au say I understand French a little?
Speaker 4: The comp francis je compt mpeu le francis, I speak
a little Je parle ampeaux.
Speaker 3: Parnand ui Larou Saint Jacques silver play.
Speaker 1: Tell her it's here.
Speaker 4: Citis sie, Mademoiselle.
Speaker 1: Laboul vas Saint Michel tell her it's down there.
Speaker 4: Ce Lebas.
Speaker 1: Tell her that Saint Jacques Street is not down there.
Speaker 4: Larou Saint Jacques nepo.
Speaker 1: Lebas tell her Saint Michael Boulevard is down there.
Speaker 4: Lu Boulevard Saint MICHELI l'abas.
Speaker 1: Tell her, but Saint Jacques Street is here.
Speaker 4: Milarue Saint Jacques, etc.
Speaker 3: Monsieur savevouillen beau restaurant, je lu comport part. Mademoiselle Saint Ferien,
Saint Ferien.
Speaker 1: Say good bye to her.
Speaker 4: A rolle mademoiselle.
Speaker 3: Revoir.
Speaker 1: This is the end of Unit four.