CBF 2:32 | Grammar review

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Let's get straight into the second part of the conversation between David, his wife, Christina, and Jean-Jacques. Just as we did last time, I'd like you to listen to the conversation, see how much you understand, and then together we'll go through the whole conversation, picking out interesting points of grammar and vocabulary to make sure that you've understood what's happening. There's quite a lot in this week's conversation, so listen carefully. Just to put things in context, we'll pick up the conversation just before we left off last week. Yes, David is here since 10 years old, so he's very young. On the other hand, he doesn't talk much about French before coming to France, but he's very busy since. Great. But how do you talk about French like all of them? So I've learned French since two or three years. But you speak very well, Madame. And almost without accent. Thank you. And you, sir? Well, I lived in France when I was little. Oh, yes, or that? In the Parisian place, near Massie, you know him. Yes, yes, you did. Maybe you didn't want to believe me, but I grew up in Burlarène. Not true. Yes, yes, it's true. I often went to Massie because I had a family there. In fact, he always used my cousin and his family. And you used to live now? Well, we were here in Ville-Franche, but we also had a small house in the mountains in the region of French Counté. You lived here in Ville-Franche? What do you have of luck? It's pretty, but it was. There are too many tourists. How much? No, no, no, I didn't want to say that. It's not serious. Well, sorry. Listen, we're on the point of arrival to Lyon d'Or. Excellent. And I suppose that the woman waiting outside is your wife. And yes, it's Sophie. Good evening, my dear. So how did you find that? Hopefully you were able to pick out a number of words and phrases and follow the conversation as it was progressing. Just as we did last time, we're going to take a closer look at what was said between David, Christina, and Jean-Jacques. Let's go back to the start of the conversation. Listen to Christina's first question. It's straightforward enough. The answer that Jean-Jacques gives her is a little more complicated. There's a verb that Jean-Jacques uses. The verb is c'est débrouiller. And it means to manage, to get by. See if that helps you understand the full exchange between Christina and Jean-Jacques. Votre femme parle français aussi? Oui, elle a vit ici depuis 10 ans, donc elle se débrouille assez bien. Par contre, elle ne parlait pas un mot de français avant d'arriver en France. Mais, elle a beaucoup vaporie depuis. Now, this really is like one of those questions you ask. You ask a straightforward question. And you get absolutely assulted with the language in return. Listen again, and we'll see if we can separate it out and help you understand everything that Jean-Jacques said. Oui, la vit ici depuis 10 ans, donc elle se débrouille assez bien. So let's separate this out. Obviously, Christina's question was Votre femme parle français aussi? Christina knows that Jean-Jacques wife is from Scotland. So she's asking, does your wife speak French too? Jean-Jacques's answer starts with. So, elle habite ici depuis 10 ans. So you should be able to work out what that means. Elle habite ici depuis 10 ans. So literally, she lives here since 10 years. She's been living here for 10 years. And she continues, donc elle se débrouille assez bien. That's not verb. I was talking about earlier. Ce débrouille, tu manage to get by, elle se débrouille assez bien. If someone asks you, vous parlez français ou tu parle français, you could say, je me débrouille assez bien. It's a reflex of verb, je me débrouille. I get by, I manage quite well. Je me débrouille assez bien. So Jean-Jacques's wife, ce débrouille assez bien. She gets by quite well. However, Jean-Jacques goes on to say, avant d'arriver en France, before arriving in France, see if you can work out how he describes her mastery of the language before she arrived. So, he says, par contre, on the other hand, or however, elle ne parlait pas un mot de français. What do they cheat, doesn't speak? A word of range, elle ne parlait pas, the imperfect tense she wasn't speaking. Un mot de français, un mot est moti, is the word for a word, un mot de français. Elle ne parlait pas un mot de français avant d'arriver en France, before arriving in France. But she's made up for it since. She's learned lots since. Mais, elle a beaucoup pas pris depuis. Elle a beaucoup pas pris depuis. She has lots learned since. beaucoup goes in between the auxiliary verb, elle a, and the pass participle, à prix. From the verb à prendre, to learn. So elle a à prix, she has learned. She has learned lots, elle a beaucoup pas pris. Listen to that whole section again, and see if you understand the whole thing this time. Sufer? Jean Jacques cause on, to ask David and Christina, a question about their language skills. He uses the expression, comment ça se fait que? That means how come or how is it that? See if you can work out what the question is. Mais, comment ça se fait que vous parlez français comme ça, tous les deux? Il says, comment ça se fait que vous parlez français comme ça, tous les deux? So how is it that you speak French like that? Tous les deux, literally, all the two. And tous les deux, is both of you, or tous les trois, all three of you, tous les quatre, all four of you. So how is it that you both speak such good French? Comment ça se fait que vous parlez français comme ça, tous les deux? So Christina answers first. She explains that she's been studying French for two or three years. Listen to Jean-Jacques reaction to this. What compliment does he pay, Christina? Alors moi, j'apprends le français depuis deux ou trois ans. Mais, vous parlez très bien, madame. Et presque sans accent. Merci. So he begins by saying, mais vous parlez très bien, madame. [BLANK_AUDIO] Et puis, il dit "épresque sans accent". Je suis sûr que vous pouvez travailler avec "accent", c'est-à-dire que c'est "accent", c'est-à-dire qu'il y a un accent. Et Jean-Jacques dit que "cristina" le dit "presque sans accent". "Cant" le dit "without". Donc, "cristina" le dit "almost without an accent", c'est-à-dire "without" à l'anglais sur un "scotté" à l'anglais. Notice in English, we say "without an accent" put in French, you say "sans accent". You don't use the indefinite article, you wouldn't say "sans annexant". You just say "sans accent", "without accent". So, listen to that little exchange again. Mais, comment ça se fait que vous parlez français comme ça tous les deux? Mais vous parlez très bien, madame. Merci. 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And there's some more explanation as to why that's the perfect tense there in this week's notes. Jean-Jacques asks, "Where the boss? Where was that?" Ou ça? Ah oui, ou ça? Dans la banlieue parisienne, près de "massie", vous connaissez? Oui, oui, tout à fait. So David used to live in the banlieue parisienne, which is the outskirts of Paris, the suburbs of Paris. And he mentions this specific area. "Massie", "massie" is to the south of Paris. David says to Jean-Jacques, "vous connaissez? Do you know that area?" From the verb "connêtres", remember there are two verbs for "to know" in French. One's "connêtres", which is "knowing a place" or "a person". And the other one is for "knowing a fact". Can you remember what that verb is? It's "savoir". When you say "I know", it's "je sais". And "I don't know", "je ne sais pas". Or, as we learned last time, "je sais pas", dropping the "n" when you want to be more informal. So, he asks "vous connaissez?" Let's listen to Jean-Jacques' response to David's question. That's quite tricky. Listen again and see if you can spot two words. One would be an adjective that you're very familiar with. And the other is the word for "perhaps". Listen again to the response. So, Jean-Jacques says "peut-être", "perhaps que vous n'allez pas me croire". Now, that's tricky. "Croire" is the verb "to believe". So, "perhaps you are not going to believe me". Peut-être que "vous n'allez pas me croire". "vous n'allez pas me croire". "Perhaps you're not going to believe me". "Perhaps you won't believe me", we would say in English. And then he goes on to say, "Mais j'ai grandi à Bourlarène". "Bour larène" is another area, another town in the south of Paris. "Bour larène". And it's very near, "massie", it's on the same metro line, or the same RR line, at least. He says, "J'ai grandi". Now, I said you were looking for an adjective in there and perhaps you recognized the word "grand". However, an actual fact that's not on its own as an adjective, is part of the verb "j'ai grandi". "J'ai grandi", comes from the infinitive, "grandir". "grandir" means "to grow up, to become big", OK? So, that's where the adjective is linked in. "J'ai grandi à Bourlarène". "I grew up in Bourlarène". Peut-être que "vous n'allez pas me croire", mais "j'ai grandi à Bourlarène". Now, David is quite surprised at this. It's quite a coincidence that he has a good coincidence, as we heard last week. And he reacts by saying, "No way, I don't believe you. It's not true". "Pas vrai". Jean-Jacques says that he used to go often to "massie". "J'allais souvent à massie". If you can tell why he used to go to "massie". Oui, oui, c'est vrai. "J'allais souvent à massie", parce que j'avais de la famille là-bas. En fait, il dit habite toujours mon cousin et sa famille. "J'avais de la famille là-bas". J'avais de la famille là-bas. J'avais de l'imperfectance, j'avais de l'imperfectance, j'avais de l'imperfectance, j'avais de l'imperfectance. J'avais de l'imperfectance, j'avais de l'imperfectance, j'avais à juste avoir un peu de la famille là-bas. Et puis, il a fait de l'imperfectance, j'avais de la famille là-bas. Donc, il dit habite toujours les stools, love their. Et qui est la stools de l'imperfectance? Mon cousin et sa famille. C'est Jean-Jacques Cousin, un de ses familles. Cristina then asks Jean-Jacques, where he loves now, "Listen to his answer." Et vous habitez-vous maintenant? Alors, nous passons l'été ici à Ville-Franche, mais nous avons aussi une petite maison dans les montagnes dans la région de Franchet-Conté. Donc, Jean-Jacques says, "We spend the summer here in Ville-Franche, nous passons l'été ici à Ville-Franche." Mais nous avons aussi une petite maison, un petit lause dans les montagnes, dans la région de Franchet-Conté. Et là, c'est la région de Franchet-Conté, qui est dans l'East of France, sur le swiss border, un très bon mountainous région de France. David reacts à ça. Il dit que Jean-Jacques est très lucky. "Listen to how he expresses this." Vous habitez ici à Ville-Franche? Qu'est-ce que vous avez de la chance? Il utilise le "qu'est-ce que" en front de la Statement, "to make it more than fatigue." Vous avez de la chance à voir de la chance? "Mince to be lucky." "Let's let you have some luck." "Avoir de la chance." Vous avez de la chance "you are lucky." Et "qu'est-ce que vous avez de la chance?" "How lucky you are." Mais, according to Jean-Jacques, "there are some disadvantages of living in Ville-Franche." "What does he say there are?" C'est bien joli, mais il était. Il y a trop de touristes. Comme dit? L'été, il y a trop de touristes. Donc, dans le moment où il y a trop de touristes, il y a trop de touristes. Et, bien sûr, Christina, j'aime sending. C'est comme nous, c'est comme ça, mais Jean-Jacques est plus d'appréhender pour qu'elle ne peut pas s'assurer. Non, non, non, je ne voulais pas dire ça! C'est une interesting phrase. Je ne voulais pas dire ça. "Vouloir" means "to want", "dire" means "to say". So "vouloir dire" means "to want" to say, in other words, "to mean". "I didn't want to say that, je ne voulais pas dire ça". It's the same thing, "I didn't mean that". "Je ne voulais pas dire ça". "I didn't mean that, je ne voulais pas dire ça". David says "it doesn't matter, it's not a problem". Ce n'est pas grave, c'est pas grave. But Jean-Jacques apologises nonetheless. He then says "they're about to arrive at the restaurant". But they're on the point of arriving at the restaurant. C'est pas grave. Enfin, désolé, hein. Écoutez, on est sur le point d'arriver au Lyon d'or. Excellent. No, there is "une femme qui attend dehors le restaurant". The lady waiting outside dehors le restaurant. Outside the restaurant. And David says "je suppose que c'est votre femme". "I suppose that's your wife". And it is indeed. Et je suppose que la femme qui attend dehors c'est votre femme. Eh oui, c'est Sophie. Bonsoir, ma chérie. And that's where we leave the conversation this time. We'll meet Sophie in next week's episode. Let's go back now and listen through to the whole conversation and you'll be able to see how much you've understood this time. Disant, donc, elle se débouille assez bien. Mais elle a beaucoup appris depuis. Sous faire. Mais comment ça se fait que vous parlez français comme ça, tous les deux? Merci. Et vous, monsieur? Ben moi, j'ai vécu en France quand j'étais petit. Ah oui, où ça? Dans la banlieue parisienne, près de Macie, vous connaissez? Peut-être que vous n'allez pas me croire, mais j'ai grandi à Bourlarène. Pas vrai. J'allais souvent à Macie parce que j'avais de la famille là-bas. En fait, il y a vite toujours mon cousin et sa famille. Et vous habitez eux maintenant? 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