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Today's podcast is for you, romantic French learner, who might date a French demoiselle or monsieur one day and need to know how to compliment someone in French and - because, of course, you are going to take them to a fancy restaurant - how to ask for the check.
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billkaulitzlover says
September 7, 2008
La leçon a été très drôle. J'ai été assez surprise quand j'ai ecouté la femme faire ça!
Mon Dieu! c'est vraiment gênant haha, no wonder the guy asked for la addition tout de suite^^
bababardwan says
September 8, 2008
Great lesson.It had it all;romance,embarrassing social situation,humour,great background music,a feel of authenticity,and education all in one brief podcast.Initially I thought the guy was calling for the bill as she was about to be sick,but obviously it was all a bit much for him.Bit disappointed in him;he should have stuck with ce n'est pas grave,but then it wouldn't have been so funny.
I didn't realise you could drop the "ne"/ "n" of "ne ...pas" altogether in speech if I've heard you correctly [I suppose the "pas" part gives away that it is still in the negative ].Does this apply to speech as well ? For example ,could "Ce n`est pas grave" be written "C'est pas grave",which is what I think you're saying? I'm guessing no,but would be interested to know.
pinkjeans says
September 8, 2008
Fantastic burping sounds!
Est-ce qu'on peut utilise aussi "la note" pour demander "l'addition"? Et, qu'est-ce que c'est "la facture"? Merci.
alkrasnov says
September 8, 2008
Heh, I really found it hard concentrating on the lesson and repeating together with the dialogue and the hosts, because I was too busy laughing from the dialogue. :)
bonwatts says
September 8, 2008
J'aime beaucoup cette lecon. Comment on dit "LOL" en francais?
anna8 says
September 8, 2008
Comme vous êtes drôles, Frenchpod! Mais Christela, tu as fait tois-même le bruitage? :D
christela says
September 8, 2008
Wow! Thanks for your comments everyone! Really glad you liked the lesson! Non anna8, malheureusement, ce n'est pas moi qui ai fait le bruitage... J'aurais été tellement fière... hihi
To answer your question, bababardwan, yes very often in spoken French, French people drop the "n'/ne" of "ne pas". For instance, "je n'ai pas faim" (I am not hungry) will become "j'ai pas faim" or "il ne m'aime pas" (he doesn't love me) will be " il m'aime pas".
But when writing, I would say it is better to write everything, that is "ne" and "pas", unless you really want what you write to be a reflection of what people actually say (like some modern authors do).
Pinkjeans, oui tu peux utiliser "la note" pour dire l'addition. Mais tu ne peux pas utiliser le mot "la facture" quand tu vas au restaurant ou dans un café.
Tu peux utiliser le mot "la facture" (invoice) quand tu achètes des vêtements par correspondance, ou quand une entreprise passe une commande auprès d'un fournisseur (supplier), ou pour parler de facture d'électricité, d'eau (electricity bill, water bill).
I hope that helps!
christela says
September 8, 2008
Ah, j'ai failli oublier: LOL en français se dit... LOL!
On utilise aussi MDR (mort de rire). Mais le plus utilisé est LOL, bonwatts.
bababardwan says
September 9, 2008
Thanks Christela for your clear explanation.
pisces says
September 9, 2008
can someone please tell me the french way to spell the first translation in this dialogue?
bejebew says
September 11, 2008
heyhy... nice lesson.. i laughed out loud when the first time i heard it... MDR!! hahha...
btw could you say que tu es belle? is it the same sense??
yes i think all of the french speaker leave the 'ne' so it's getting a little bit confusing at first when they say "il y'a qu'une place, il y a personne, etc..." usually they say the 'ne' when they emphasizing the no.... like "it's iiimmpoossiibbbllleeee" they would say "Ce N'est pas possible" rather than "c'est pas possible"... isn't it?? heheh hope it helps...
thx!
desdemona says
September 24, 2008
it's perfect lesson and i really don't know the .ne. rule before, so i really want to thank you for this information
thank you so much
uryamil says
September 24, 2008
My mother tongue is Spanish and I find so difficult to pronounce French correctly...I don't get what you 'say' according to what is 'written'. I hope I'll get it eventually...
The lessons are really good, it helps a lot.
ericat says
September 26, 2008
Merci desdemona for your comments!
ericat says
September 26, 2008
You'll get it, uryamil - bon courage!
Read this posting I wrote about some strategies in listening to French when you're first starting and hopefully it will help:
http://frenchpod.com/community/conversations/post/16
dkeir87 says
October 26, 2008
haha very funny :D
french pronunciation is quite difficult i agree with you uryamil
spanishlearners says
December 2, 2008
If pronunciation is difficult it means that you will be one of the few that can read it if you go the extra mile.Imagine yourself ordering the French magazine while others gaze at you???.
If it was easy you would be listening to the advanced lessons then. People keep going and encourage yourself.
Saying few words is far better than sealing your lips while you do not have a clue what is going on. It is very hard but at the same time very rewarding, give yourself at least a year or two of effort then measure what you did to what you were, if u put decent effort you should be ahead some distance of what you were (no one said it is easy).
icfan says
April 30, 2009
merci par tout les lacon.
son maravilles. j'aime ecouter et apprendre plus avec les lacon. =]
Merci beaucoup =D
icfan says
April 30, 2009
now its time to correct myself =P
1. not tout but tous
2. maravilles = merveilleux XDDDD oops
3. lacon = leçon
well i guess i need to learn more MDR =P
amaurylibeer says
May 5, 2009
Salut icfan,
Merci beaucoup pour ce commentaire.
To make it perfect, you need to write :
merci pour toutes les leçons. (as 'leçon' is feminin)
Elles sont merveilleuses. (same reason)
J'aime écouter et apprendre plus avec les leçons.
Merci beaucoup =D
csmith9 says
June 3, 2009
Merci merci merci!
I laughed sooo hard every time he asked for l'addition...
Comme drole!
Chi
marynavoa says
August 14, 2009
hi teachers,,,something is confusing me,,,on your previous lessons you always use ' EXCUSEZ-MOI' which means excuse me...right??? but here you use PARDON...
an you tell me what is the difference between the two and how will i use it in the sentence...
thanks in advance...
god bless
amaurylibeer says
August 16, 2009
Salut marynavoa,
The truth is that the two expressions are interchangeable. I would say that 'excusez-moi' is a little bit more formal. Here, in the discussion, the girl could have said 'Excusez-moi' instead of 'pardon'.
In the newbie lesson 0004 'Do you have a light?', it's the same thing : the first line of the dialog 'Excusez-moi, vous avez du feu?' could be 'Pardon, vous avez du feu?'
Here is another example : let's say you're want someone in front of you to move, you can say : 'Pardon' or 'Excusez-moi'
Hope this helps. Let me know if you have further doubts.
samiziko says
October 23, 2009
hi
i want to know the name of this sound i heard before the word l'addition...
Merci
amaurylibeer says
October 24, 2009
Hahaha, ok, le son que tu entends avant le mot addition est un 'rot' ou un 'renvoi' en français (same thing).
Et le verbe 'to burp' se dit en français 'roter' samiziko.
samiziko says
October 24, 2009
Merci beaucoup.
samiziko says
July 11, 2010
rot = burp
What do we say when someone sneezes?
Thank you
amaurylibeer says
July 15, 2010
'To sneeze' is "éternuer" Sami.
Par exemple:
"Je suis malade, j'éternue tout le temps" (I'm sick, I sneeze all the time).
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February 5, 2011
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February 5, 2011
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