Speaker 1: It could a conversacion mister Jamieson, an American is speaking
with Missus Berge, one of his French acquaintances, Monsieur.
Speaker 2: Jameson and American Madame Berges indocnissance Francis. It could is
a conversacion Bojean.
Speaker 3: Madam Berger, commode devou Frabias Jameson, e vu frebia mercy,
Monsieur Jameson Contes France. Yes, weir as air a commovueste
dejudjov menie.
Speaker 1: Junzipa, Corrie, you a nice in this conversation. You heard
the speakers say Jane niece, which means I haven't seen
anything yet in nice.
Speaker 4: In first at conversacion Bonjeon, Madame Berges, commote devous trebias Jameson,
e vu trebia mercy, Monsieur Jameson, contest River, France.
Speaker 5: Yes, weir a.
Speaker 6: Communoto olivoeste do don junipa.
Speaker 5: Nice.
Speaker 1: Now suppose you're speaking with a French acquaintance at her home.
Ask her how she is.
Speaker 5: Commodeivu?
Speaker 1: She answers very well.
Speaker 7: Trebian. How does she ask? And you how are you? Ivu?
Comotelevu evu comote revu? Did I am well?
Speaker 1: Thank you.
Speaker 5: Jevi b merci, jevi b merci.
Speaker 7: And how would you say?
Speaker 2: Not bad?
Speaker 5: Paml faml?
Speaker 1: How does she ask? When did you arrive? God Escot?
Did you arrive today?
Speaker 8: Escuset escouta rid No I arrived yesterday morning?
Speaker 2: No?
Speaker 5: Just matin.
Speaker 2: Command to you like.
Speaker 7: Whozimi.
Speaker 1: Now your acquaintance asks you if you'd like to drink something,
just listen.
Speaker 6: Escuvrie Buchaus, Escue buchaus e.
Speaker 9: Marier literally means would like. It is used more commonly
than voudrier, which literally means would want, equite, iribite, you would.
Speaker 7: Like vusi marier, rie.
Speaker 2: Rie, m.
Speaker 7: Emrie, vus marier. Try to say I would like.
Speaker 5: Jemrey gemire.
Speaker 7: We shall use.
Speaker 1: Gemri and v Marie from now on to mean I
would like and you would like. Now ask would you like?
Speaker 2: Escol marier, Commander Mantell.
Speaker 7: Would you like to drink something?
Speaker 6: Escool Marie Buchaus, I scool the Marie Cuchaus, some wine
or some beer? Duvanierre, Duvaulabierre, some wine plays.
Speaker 5: Duva silver play du van.
Speaker 1: She says, me too, Mosci. She goes to get two
glasses of wine. What might she say? She gives you
your glass.
Speaker 5: Roula messi bien.
Speaker 1: She then asks, what did you do todayd.
Speaker 7: Irebite you did? Who's fey fey have e fay? Who's
e fey.
Speaker 2: Is here de dumande?
Speaker 7: What did you do? Guesso's effa? Who's e feks.
Speaker 2: Effa el dumande?
Speaker 1: She asks, what did you do today, Casco? Where did
you goss?
Speaker 2: What did you do?
Speaker 1: Tell her that you bought something?
Speaker 5: Justuschass justus.
Speaker 1: And I ate with some friends. We ate at the
restaurant ses.
Speaker 3: Nusievon monsieur restaurant Jacques Nusavon monsieur restaurant Jacques. It's a
very good restaurant, Settremeu restaurant. Command to you, spoke.
Speaker 7: Jose Balis is here the deer.
Speaker 2: I spoke French, jeparis Francis. I spoke French a lot,
equite irrepity, jebou couparis Francais parivanse jebu coupari jebuparis Francis
commanded vous, I spoke French a lot, jebucuparis Francis.
Speaker 1: I did a lot of things today. How does she
ask you.
Speaker 2: If you like niee.
Speaker 7: A scum and Niese tell her, yes, you like niece.
Speaker 5: We jam nice? Did Jembukunice.
Speaker 7: Say again?
Speaker 9: I like nice very much, Jembunice, I arrived yesterday. Justus
rive Yeah, and today I bought a lot of things
shows shows, I bought too many things. Just stay te
the shows, trou do.
Speaker 5: Do shows stay shows.
Speaker 7: You want to add?
Speaker 2: But I saw nothing in niece ps COMMANDI I saw
repeated silver.
Speaker 5: Play jeevu who whoo.
Speaker 2: A vu?
Speaker 7: Jevu say I saw.
Speaker 5: Jevu?
Speaker 7: Try to say you saw who's who's ever vu? Commanded
don nothing? Yeah, what's the COMMANDI I saw nothing?
Speaker 2: He could.
Speaker 5: Jennie ree vu rieah vu.
Speaker 10: Reevo jeune jenieev jenier yevo say I saw nothing, Jennie yev.
Speaker 7: In nice A nice.
Speaker 5: Ah, A nice.
Speaker 2: Commander, mantell what did you see in nice?
Speaker 7: Guess gives a view? A nice guess gives a view
A nice.
Speaker 2: We's it? Command d nothing yet repety, silver play oh
core Yeah, oh care.
Speaker 5: O care?
Speaker 7: Oh care? Yeah, come on det yet?
Speaker 5: Oh care?
Speaker 1: I haven't seen anything yet, Equity, I repety.
Speaker 5: Jennie car you have you?
Speaker 2: Oh care have you?
Speaker 5: Jeanie Car.
Speaker 1: Jeaniel Corrie, I haven't seen anything yet in nice.
Speaker 5: Jeaniel Corrie a nice corrier. Jeannie Corrie, you a nice.
Speaker 1: I did a lot of things today. I bought a
lot of things.
Speaker 5: Jest shows, jest shows.
Speaker 1: But nice is very large, much too large. Your acquaintance
wants to know if you're familiar with ken repeti.
Speaker 7: Escavo can can is see voi escav can?
Speaker 1: She's asking are you acquainted with can? The expression is
commonly used to ask if someone knows a person, a place,
a book of film, and so on.
Speaker 7: Du mondel in are you acquainted with can? Escn?
Speaker 1: Now listen to another common way of asking the same.
Speaker 7: Question, vucn is it can vucon can?
Speaker 9: In this case, escoux is dropped because it's understood. Now
ask do you know can? Using this way of asking
the question.
Speaker 7: Vocun can vucon can? Did no not yet.
Speaker 5: No passan cour pasancourt pasancour, I don't know.
Speaker 7: Can equity irripitypa.
Speaker 5: Can cone nukune can.
Speaker 7: Commanded vous I don't know can? And how would you say?
Speaker 2: I know can?
Speaker 7: A little? Literally? I know a little can.
Speaker 5: Can can?
Speaker 1: Try asking again do you know can? First with escou
and then without.
Speaker 7: Asc hug can l d can is not far can
Nepalin and it's very beautiful. Can is it trebo? Can
is it trebo? Can?
Speaker 2: Commander Monteil, How long are you going to stay in France?
Commre the tois use rest France. Commire the toisk rist France.
A week.
Speaker 3: Untemen repond dicuse rested men jevresti tser men trossmen is
he the dear? And I'm going to stay two days
here in.
Speaker 11: Nice juvriste due a nice jevereste a nice.
Speaker 2: Here's how to say the city or the town equity
irrepeity Laville, will will Laville?
Speaker 7: Would you like to visit the city equite irrepeity Escove?
Speaker 6: The marivisited Leville of who the Mariavisville.
Speaker 1: Commandito to visit visite Would you like to visit the city.
Speaker 7: Asco? The Maria visited Leville of the Maria Visiteville the
monday when.
Speaker 2: Con and repont.
Speaker 7: Tomorrow morning, the Mametta Matta the Mametta.
Speaker 9: Died, I don't have much time, Jeanniepabu, could I don't
have much time tomorrow morning.
Speaker 2: Genniptin Gin try to say I am working tomorrow.
Speaker 5: Je travs dem.
Speaker 1: Now ask how does one say.
Speaker 5: Come d'tou.
Speaker 1: How does one say work in French? Come detour work
fani command de too work of Francis repont One says
travais in French, on the travaill en franseis lot travais.
Speaker 5: Indeed, I have a lot of work, jeb travais, jebouk
wuld travais.
Speaker 7: I have a lot of work.
Speaker 1: Tomorrow morning, jeb do mamette, Well, then would you like
to visit the city tomorrow evening?
Speaker 7: Hello?
Speaker 6: Ask who the more you have visited? Avill do Masi
whose more visited levill doms war?
Speaker 7: Yes, agreed tomorrow.
Speaker 5: Evening with deco the mass, wir with the call the mass.
Speaker 1: Not tomorrow morning, Padu ma Matta, I have too much
work tomorrow morning.
Speaker 5: Retro de travide mamatin.
Speaker 1: Very well, see you tomorrow.
Speaker 7: Evening, trebia ademassir.
Speaker 1: Do you remember how to say something to drink?
Speaker 5: Cau cachous abois ABOi cave cachous abois.
Speaker 1: Now, imagine that you want to buy something to drink.
Speaker 2: Imagine him at now astake.
Speaker 1: Imagine that you want to buy something to drink. How
do you greet the lady in the shop, Madame m.
Speaker 2: Hm did cavrier diuvainv died ca LaBier.
Speaker 1: Labierre ask how much the beer is? Ask literally, it's
how much the beer.
Speaker 5: Sa combiere Labierre, s combiere Labierre.
Speaker 1: She says that it's eight francs. Literally, it's eight francs
the beer.
Speaker 7: Serf Labierre.
Speaker 1: Ask how much the wine is.
Speaker 7: Sa combire.
Speaker 1: She replies that the wine is not expensive. Lecher tell
her that you're going to take the beer and the wine.
Speaker 2: Je ldame pose and kissed you. The lady asks a question,
who is it American?
Speaker 5: We just sees America.
Speaker 1: Tell her you understand a little. Jacopond ask her if
she speaks English.
Speaker 2: Esculpari no, madame pousy, notre Christian.
Speaker 1: The lady asks another question.
Speaker 2: Connie, tell her you arrived last night, yesir?
Speaker 7: Who can say no? Not yet?
Speaker 5: No passoncle.
Speaker 7: Casco a Nice.
Speaker 1: Say, I haven't seen anything yet.
Speaker 5: Greevo jenik Jev.
Speaker 1: Say, I'm going to visit Nice tomorrow morning, visit nis
to Mamatin. I have a lot of work and i
have not much time, but I'm going to visit the
city tomorrow. Major Ville de Matin, goodbye, ma'am.
Speaker 5: Al a madame.
Speaker 7: Oh well, monsieur vu josse.
Speaker 1: And that's true. You do understand more than just a
little French. Don't be concerned if you've not made every
response correctly. All that you've learned here and in Speak
and Read Essential French one will be reviewed in future units.
If you've mastered about eighty percent of the material in
this lesson, you're ready to move on to the next.
Otherwise you should invest some time and review. This is
the end of today's lesson. When you continue with the
next unit tomorrow, please begin with track number two.