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MICHEL THOMAS FRENCH (BASIC) COURSE, 8 CDs
TRANSCRIPT.
This is an approximate transcript of the course, since Michel often changed his
mind in the middle of a sentence to be translated, or adapted his sentences for the
students. The booklet that accompanied Michel's courses was wholly inadequate, so
Thave written this transcript. Ihave found it useful, so maybe other people will, too.
Naturally, it would be foolish to try to learn the language using this transcript,
without buying the recordings.
Note that English is my native language, so I don't guarantee that there are no
mistakes. Tracks and track times in the recording are shown in brackets.
Version 2, Jan 15th 2006
Transcribed by JK
CD 1 (58.09
«4.49
2) 9.18
(ible words stay the same in french)
possible possible
(cable words stay the same in French)
table table
comfortable confortable
possible
table
comfortable
itis, thats
life Ia vie
itis possible c'est possible
itis comfortable c'est confortable
good bon
itis good c'est bon
very trés
itis very good c'est trés bon
itis very comfortable c'est trés confortable
probable probable
acceptable acceptable
est
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itis acceptable c'est acceptable
for me pour moi
itis for me c'est pour moi
for you pour vous
itis for you c'est pour vous
itis very comfortable for me c'est trés confortable pour moi
itis
it is not ce n'est pas
not pas
itis not for me thank you ce n'est pas pour moi merei
thanks merei
itis
itis not
itis not forme
not for me thanks pas pour moi merei
itis not very comfortable for me ce n'est pas trés confortable pour moi
@) 5.12
so-so comme ci, comme ga
(literally “like this, like that”)
like that, that way comme ga
itis lke that c'est comme ga
itis not lke that ce n'est pas comme ga
itis not possible for me that way ce n'est pas possible pour moi comme ¢a
itis not possible for me lke that
T'msorry je regrette
T'msony, but je regrette, mais
T'msomry but itis not very comfortable for me that way je regrette, mais ce n'est pas
trés confortable pour moi comme ga
T'msomyy but itis not acceptable for me that way je regrette, mais ce n'est pas
acceptable pour moi comme ga
itis very remarkable c'est trés remarquable
considerable considerable
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(cent, -ant words stay the same in French)
different différent
important important
itis not very difficult that way ce n'est pas trés différent comme ¢a
but itis very important for me mais c'est trés important pour moi
(the 8 of tres leans into a following vowel, sounding like a z, ie. tre important)
evident évident
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recent récent
constant constant
(cary words become -aire in French)
ry for me ce n'est pas nécessaire pour moi
contrary contraire
on the contrary au contraire
military militaire
vocabulary vocabulaire
T would like je voudrais
to speak parler
to speak French parler frangais
T would like to speak French je voudrais parler francais
with avee
with you avee vous
with me avee moi
T would like to speak French with you je voudrais parler francais avec yous
will you, will you please voulez-vous
will you speak French with me voulez-vous parler frangais avee moi
to come venir
will you come with me voulez-vous venir avee moi
to eat manger
will you eat voulez-vous manger
to come
will you come with me voulez-vous venir avee moi
will you come eat with me voulez-vous venir manger ayee moi
(8) 4.35
to go aller
to come
to go
will you go eat with me voulez-vous aller manger avec moi
where oft
where do you want to go oil voulez-vous aller?
where do you want to go eat ot voulez-vous aller manger?
tonight, this evening ce soir
itis for tonight c'est pour ce soir
itis for me c'est pour moi
itis for tonight c'est pour ce soir
where do you want to go eat tonight oi voulez-vous aller manger ce soir
to have dimer diner
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where do you want to have dinner tonight? oi voulez-vous diner ce soir?
do you want to come have dinner with me tonight? voulez-vous venir diner avec moi
ce soir?
(64.25
to know savoir
T would like to know je voudrais savoir
I would lke to know where je voudrais savoir oi
T would like to know where itis je voudrais savoir ou c'est
how much combien
T would lke to know how much itis je voudrais savoir combien c'est
something quelque chose
thing la chose
the same thing la méme chose
T would like to eat something je voudrais manger quelque chose
T would like to eat the same thing je voudrais manger la méme chose
will you
do you want
do you want to eat something? voulez-vous manger quelque chose?
do you want to eat the same thing? voulez-vous manger la méme chose?
the same thing for me please la méme chose pour moi s'il vous plait
please s'il vous plait
T would like the same thing for me please je voudrais la méme chose pour moi s!
vous plait
(7.7
(cence, -ance words stay the same in French)
difference différence
preference préférer
importance importance
influence influence
difference
the difference la différence
a difference une différence
the difference
a difference
at difference quelle différence
ait, which quelle
the preference
a preference
what preference
have you, do you have avez-vous
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do you hay
what preference do you have? quelle préférence ayez-vous?
turant do you have a preference tonight? pour quel restaurant avez-vous
une préférence ce soir?
(ion words stay the same in French)
opinion opinion
condition condition
the condition
a condition
what condition
position position
the position
a position
what position
reservation réservation
apreference? avez-vous une préférence?
the reservation
a reservation
w
have you, do you have
do you have a reservation for me for tonight? avez-vous une réservation pour moi
pour ce soir?
(8) 9.02,
what kind quelle sorte
ofde
iat reservation
what kind of reservation do you have for me for tonight? quelle sorte de réservation
avez-vous pour moi pour ce soir?
will you
do you want
what kind of reservation do you want for tonight? quelle sorte de réservation voulez-
vous pour ce soir?
(the 1200 nouns which end -ion in French are identical in English, there are only
three exceptions)
translation traduction
T would like a translation je voudrais une traduction
to do, to make faire
will you make a reservation for me? voulez-vous faire une réservation pour moi?
what kind of reservation to you want to make? quelle sorte de réservation voulez-
vous faire?
will you make a translation for me? voulez-vous faire une traduction pour moi?
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explanation explication
to give donner
will you give an explanation for me? voulez-vous donner une explication pour moi?
vacation les vacances
to spend (time) passer
to spend (money) dépenser
to spend the vacation passer les vacances
where do you want to spend the vacation? ot voulez-vous passer les vacances?
the situation la situation
jon do you have? quelle impression avez-vous?
jon do you have of the situation? quelle impression avez-vous de la
situation?
(9) 4.30
ical words become -ique in French
political politique
economical économique
philosophical philosophique
astronomical astronomique
logical logique
practical pratique
itis not logical, but itis very practical that way ce n'est pas logique, mais
pratique comme ¢a
(French adjectives follow the noun)
the political situation la situation politique
the economical situation la situation économique
and et
the political and economic situation la situation politique et économique
in France, to France en France
T would like to go to France je voudrais aller en France
I would like to spend the vacation in France je voudrais passer les vacances en
France
(end of recording)
CD 261.27
(1) 8.38
‘what impression do you have of the politcal and economical situation in France? quelle
impression avez-vous de la situation politique et économique en France?
at the present time présent
what kind of reservation do you have for me? quelle sorte de réservation avez-vous
pour moi?
what kind of reservation do you want for tonight? quelle sorte de réservation voulez-
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vous pour ce soir?
(consonants at the end of the word are not sounded, unless they are followed by a
silent -e)
small petit
itis very small c'est trés petit
too, too much trop
it is too small c'est trop petit
late tard
itis very te c'est trés tard
itis too ate c'est trop tard
itis too much for me ¢'est trop pour moi
(pronunciation of petite, grande)
he is bigil est grand
she is big elle est grande
she is litle elle est petite
(pronunciation of vit, vite)
fast vit
itis very fast c'est trés vit
itis too fast for me c'est trop vite pour moi
2)5.37
to speak
(infinitive verbs end -r e.g. parler)
you speak vous parlez
you speak too fast for me vous parlez trop vit pour moi
to go aller
you go, you are going vous alllez
you are going too fast for me vous allez trop vite pour moi
itis very good c'est trés bon
so si
itis so good c'est si bon
if'si
ifitis so good si c'est si bon
T would like to know ifit is so good je voudrais savoir si
why pourquoi
T would like to know why itis so good je voudrais savoir pourquoi c'est si bon
to go
youare going
T would lke to know where you are going je voudrais savoir oi1 vous allez
to have dinner
T would like to know where you are going to have dinner tonight je voudrais savoir od
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vous allez diner ce soir
3) 10.00
port, harbour port
airport aéroport
door porte
(for consonance may be pronounced at the end of the word: ¢, r, f.1, the so-called
“careful” consonants. For example avec, sac, but not words ending -nc e.g. blanc)
bag sac
white blane
franc frane
white wine vin blane
a glss un verre
a glass of white wine un verre de vin blane
T would lke a glass of white wine je voudrais un verre de vin blane
bottle bouteille
I would lke a bottle je voudrais une bouteille
T would like a bottle of white wine je voudrais une bouteille de vin blane
water eau
fromde
T would lke a glass of white wine je voudrais un verre de vin blane
T would lke a glass of water je voudrais un verre d'eau
I would lke a glass of mineral water je voudrais un verre d'eau minérale
(words ending -el, -al are the same in French)
normal normal
normally normallement
general général
generally généralement
animal animal
special spécial
itis very special
especially for you spécialement pour vous
T would like a glass of mineral water
cup tasse
I would like a cup of cofite je voudrais une tasse de café
(4436
stil, stil more encore
a litle un pew
T would like a litle je voudrais un peu
hate
itis very late c'est trés tard
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itis too ate c'est trop tard
ter, more late plus tard
to come
will you come later voulez-vous venir plus tard
alittle un peu
a litle ter un peu plus tard
will you come a lttle ter Voulez-vous venir un peu plus tard
now maintenant
not now pas maintenant
possible
possibly possiblement
not now, possibly a lttke ter pas maintenant, possiblement un peu plus tard
(5) 4.57
T would like to eat something je voudrais manger quelque chose
("'s" between two vowels has the sound of a "2")
something
the same thing
T would like to eat the
other autre
the other thing l'autre chose
another thing une autre chose
something else autre chose
T would like something else je voudrais autre chose
to see voir
goodbye au revoir
to see
I would like to see something eke je voudrais voir autre chose
do you have something else? avez-vous autre chose?
do you want something else? voulez-vous autre chose?
(6) 8.04
to know savoir
sme thing je voudrais manger la méme chose
to have avoir
to see voir
I would like to have something else je voudrais avoir autre chose
T would like to know je voudrais savoir
I would lke a glass of white wine je voudrais un verre de vin blane
I would like another glass of white wine je voudrais encore un verre de vin blane
another please! (to waiter) encore
I would like another bottle of white wine je voudrais encore une bouteille de vin blane
I would like a cup of cofite je voudrais une tasse de café
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I would like another cup of cofide je voudrais encore une tasse de café
T would like a glass of mineral water je voudrais un verre d'eau minérale
T would like another glass of mineral water je voudrais encore un verre d'eau
minérale
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(the final -r is pronounced, except in -er e.g. parler. 90% of French verbs end -er)
to g0
beefbauf
(8) 8.39
(explanation of what noun, adjective and verb means. Infinitives end -er, -ir and -
re)
to eave partir
to sleep dormir
to know
to understand comprendre
to do, make
(when two or three verbs appear consecutively, all but the first are in infinite form)
will you
to come
to eat
will you come eat with me voulez-vous venir manger avec moi
I must je dois
T must speak with you je dois parler avee yous
will you speak French with me voulez-vous parler frangais avee moi
I must know where itis je dois savoir oi c'est
Tamje suis
tired fatigué
Tamtired
Tam very tired now
busy oceupé
Tam very busy now
(9) 6.02
alittle
T can je peux
Teana litle je peux un peu
not now pas maintenant
not for me thank you pas pour moi merci
Tean
T cannot je ne peux pas
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Tam
Tam not je ne suis pas
T'mnot tired now je ne suis pas fatigué maintenant
but I'm very busy now mais je suis trés fatigué maintenant
T'msony, but
but 'mnot very busy now mais je ne suis pas trés occupé maintenant
(end of recording)
CD 3 (62.22
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to wait attendre
to ave
Tam sorry but I cannot wait because I have to leave now je regrette, mais je ne peux
pas attendre parce que je dois partir maintenant
T'msony je suis désolée
T'msony, but je suis désolée, mais
Tean
T cannot
(2) 6.08
T'm sorry but I cannot come with you now because I am very busy je suis desolée, mais
je ne peux pas venir avec vous parce que je suis trés occupé
T would like to speak with you je voudrais parler avec vous
Thave to speak with you
you speak je voudrais encore une tasse de café
(ina question, invert the subject and verb)
do you speak? parlez-vous?
to speak French? parlez-vous frangais?
to go
youare going vous alllez
are you going? allez-vous?
where are you going? oi allez-vous?
to have dinner
where are you going to have dinner tonight? oi alle:
3) 3.48
to kave
you are leaving vous partez
at what time? & quelle heure?
vous diner ce soir?
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at what time are you leaving? & quelle heure partez-vous?
at what time do you kave?
to stay rester
you are staying vous restez
Tam staying je reste
he
he is staying il reste
she
she is staying elle reste
ny fiend mon ami
my fiiend is staying mon ami reste
everybody tout le monde
(43.20
Tamstaying
Tam not staying
I don't stay
(there are three ways to express the present tense in English, which are all
translated the same way into French)
(3.10
Tam busy
Tam not busy now
Tamtired
Tam not tired
ready pret
Tam ready (spoken by man) je suis prét
Tam ready (spoken by woman) je suis préte
he isilest
he is reading il est prét
she is reading elle est préte
to stay
(6.44
Tamstaying
Tmready
Tam eating
Tam speaking
do you speak?
are you speaking?
to wait
you wait vous attendez
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wait a moment! attendez! attendez un moment!
you are waiting
you are not waiting vous n'attendez pas
you don't wait
why
why do you wait? pourquoi attendez-vous?
why are you waiting?
to ave
at what time
at what time do you eave? & quelle heure partez-vous?
at what time are you keaving?
(7) 11.25
wwe, us nous
we are kaving nous partons
you are waiting
wwe are waiting
you speak
wwe speak
to start commencer
you are starting vous commence
wwe are starting nous commencons
at what time are you starting? & quelle heure commence7-vous?
at what time do you start?
tomorow
at what time are we starting tomorrow? & quelle heure commencons-nous demain?
Tamready
Tam starting
Tam not starting
he is starting
she is starting
she is ready
she is starting
she is not starting
she doesn't start
itis
itis not
it, this, that (at begining of sentence) ga
it starts ¢a commence
it is ready c'est prét
itis starting ga commence
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itis possible
itis very important
itis very different
itis not necessary
itis starting
it is not ready ga n'est pas prét
itis not starting ga ne commence pas
it doesn't start
Tean
he can il peut
she can elle peut
it can start now ga peut commencer maintenant
it must start now ga doit commencer maintenant
(8) 5.34
(many French words can be guessed, such as "arrive" arriver)
arrive arriver
at what time do you arrive tomorrow? &t quelle heure arrivez-vous demain?
at what time are you arriving? & quelle heure arrivez-vous?
moming matin
tomorow moming demain matin
moming (the whole moming) matinge
to spend the whole moming passer la matinée
to spend the whole evening passer la soirée
good day bonjour
day jour
to spend the whole day passer la journée
in, to (a city) &
at to (a country) en
at what time do we arrive in Paris tomorrow moming? & quelle heure arrivons-nous &
Paris demain matin?
Tam
Tam arriving j'arrive
Tam busy
Tamtired
Tmready
Tam eating
9) 7.44
he is ready
he is arriving
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she is ready
she is arriving
soon bient6t
so Jong, until soon & bientat
she is arriving soon elle arrive bientt
today aujourd'hui
(au is short for @ le)
the restaurant le restaurant
at the restaurant au restaurant
the office le bureau
Tamat the offic je suis au bureau
not today pas aujourd'hui
to be dire
here iei
T would like to be here je voudrais étre ici
I would like to be here with you je voudrais @tre ici avee vous
at what time are you going to be here? & quelle heure allez-vous étre ici?
Thave jai
Thave something for you j'ai quelque chose pour vous
Thave a message for you j'ai un message pour vous
(10) 9.28
he has il a
he has something for you il a quelque chose pour vous
Thave
I don't have je n'ai pas
he has
he doesn't have il n'a pas
Tam hungry j'ai faim
T would like to eat something now because I'm hungry je voudrais manger quelque
chose parce que j'ai faim
Tam going je vais
Tam going to stay here je vais rester ici
T'm going to leave soon, I'm not going to stay je vais partir bient6t, je ne vais pas
rester
T'm going to eat je vais manger
T'm going to start soon je vais commencer bientdt
T'mnot going to leave today je ne vais pas partir aujord'hui
Tam going
T'mnot going
he is going il va
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Tam going to start soon je vais commencer bientdt
he is going to start soon il vous commencer bientot
he isilest
there Ia
he is there il est la
he is not there il nest pas la
(il n'est pas 1a also means "he is not in")
(end of recording)
CD 455.39
(5.51
who qui
who is there? qui est IX?
my fiend is there mon ami est Ia
everybody is there tout le monde est Ia
nobody personne
the person la personne
a person une personne
nobody is there personne est la
(personne est la also means "nobody is in")
everybody is ready
she is ready
he is ready
Tam going to be ready soon je vais étre prét bientat
he is going to be ready soon il va @tre prét bientt
she is going to be ready soon elle va étre préte bientat
who is going to be there tonight qui va tre Ia ce soir
he is going
she is going
everybody is going tout le monde va
nobody is going personne va
3.31
all, everything tout
everything is going tout va
well bien
everything is going very well tout va trés bien
nothing rien
nothing is going rien va
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nothing is going to be ready today rien va @tre prét aujourd'hui
he is ready
nothing is ready rien est prét
who is ready? qui est prét?
she is ready
he is ready
who is ready
everybody is ready tout le monde est prét
nobody is ready personne est prét
everything is ready tout est prét
nothing is ready
@)7.10
isest
is going va
Tam
Tam going
T'mready
Tam going to be ready soon je vais étre prét bientat
he is
she is
everybody is ready
everybody is going to be ready soon tout le monde @tre prét bientot
he is going
she is going
who is going
everybody is going
nobody is going
nothing is going
itis going ga va
how comment,
how's it going? comment ¢a va?
itis going well ga va bien
it's going very well ga va trés bien
it's going very well the way itis ¢a va trés bien comme ¢a
itis going to be ready soon ga va @tre prét bientot
T'm going to be ready soon je vais étre prét bientat
to go
you go
we are going nous allons
Tam going
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he is going
she is going
who is going
itis going
itis not going ¢a ne va pas
itis not going to be ready today ga ne va pas @tre prét aujourd'hui
but everything is going to be ready for you tomorrow mais tout va @tre prét pour vous
demain
(4) 5.46
everybody is going to be here tout le monde va @tre ici
everybody must leave soon tout le monde doit partir bientdt
who speaks English here? qui parle anglais ici?
T understand je comprends
I don't understand je ne comprends pas
he understands il comprends
nobody understands personne comprends
everybody understands very well tout le monde comprends trés bien
to ave
youare leaving
we are kaving
Tam leaving je pars
(only -er verbs sound the stem in the Ist person singular e.g. j'arrive, compare je
pars)
everybody is leaving tout le monde part
nobody is leaving personne part
to wait
Tam waiting jtattends
everybody is waiting tout le monde attends
nobody is waiting personne attends
(6)4.28
to understand
to take prendre
Tam taking je prends
he is taking il prends
time temps
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too much time trop de temps
itis taking too much time ¢a prends trop de temps
it doesn't take too much time ga prends pas trop de temps
itis not taking too much time
to sell vendre
Tam selling je vends
he is selling il vends
everybody can start now tout le monde peut commencer maintenant
everybody must start now tout le monde doit commencer maintenant
(there are only three verbs and French which do not conjugate in sound following
the first person singular e.g. je dois, il doit etc)
Tamje suis
he is il est
Thave jtai
he has il a
T'm going je vais
he is going il va
(3.39
will you come with me voulez-vous venir avee moi
will you come have dinner with me at the house tonight because I would like to speak with
you. It is very important voulez-vous venir diner avec moi a la maison ce soir parc
que je voudrais parler avec vous. C'est trés important pour moi
and I would lke to know et je voudrais savoir
at what time you're going to be here & quelle heure vous allez @tre ici
because I'm going to prepare the dinner for us parce que je vais préparer le diner
pour nous
(many French verbs can be formed simply by adding -er to an English verb)
(7) 4.09
formation formation
to form former
to conform conformer
to confirm confirmer
will you confirm the reservation for me voulez-vous confirmer la réservation pour
moi?
to observe observer
to reserve reserver
will you reserve a table for two for dinner for tonight voulez-vous réserver une table
pour deux pour diner pour ce soir
to invite inviter
to consider considérer
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to accept accepter
will you accept the condition voulez-vous accepter la condition?
to prefer préférer
you prefer vous pré!
wwe prefer nous préférons
I prefer je préfére
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I must speak with you je dois parler avee yous
he must be here soon doit étre ici bientot
she must be ready now elle doit @tre pré
he must be ready il doit @tre prét
it must be ready ga doit @tre prét maintenant
it can be ready ga peut étre prét maintenant
maybe, perhaps peut-étre
(so peut-étre literally means "can be")
perhaps it can be ready now peut-étre ga peut étre prét maintenant
it must be ready now ¢a doit étre prét maintenant
Tmust je dois
(sis the first person singular ending for -ir and -re, and -t is the ending for 3rd
person singular)
to do, make
Tam doing je fais
he is doing il fait
it makes a big difference that way a fait une grande différence comme ¢a
to say, tell dire
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I say, [tell je dis
he says il dit
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see je vois
he sees il voit
to know
you know vous savez
we know nous savons
we don't know nous ne sayons pas
you don't know vous ne savez pas
do you know? savez-vous?
do you know where it is? savez-vous oit c'est?
T know je sais
I don't know je ne sais pas
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he knows il sait
T know where itis je sais oft c'est
(10) 7.49
nobody knows where it is personne sait oi c'est
nobody knows
everybody knows where it is tout le monde sait oii c'est
who knows? qui sait?
to have
to see
you have
we have
you know vous save
you have vous avez
we know nous savons
we don't know nous ne savons pas
you don't know vous ne savez pas
we have nous avons
we don't have nous n'avons pas
you have vous avez
you don't have vous n'avez pas
do you have? avez-vous?
do we have? avons-nous?
to have avoir
to have to devoir
you must vous devez
‘we must nous devons
we have to leave soon nous devons partir bientt
you have to come with me vous devez venir avee moi
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you have to wait vous devez attendre
he has to wait il doit attendre
Thave to wait je dois attendre
T'm going to wait here je vais attendre ici
everybody is going to wait tout le monde va attendre
nobody can wait personne peut attendre
can you? pouvez-vous?
you can vous pouvez
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I would like to know if you can come with me now je voudrais savoir si vous pouvez
venir avec moi maintenant
(2) 5.45
can you wait here? pouvez-vous attendre ici?
we can nous pouvons
‘we camnot wait, we have to leave now nous ne pouvons pas attendre, nous devons
partir maintenant
youare going
wwe are going
Tam going
he is going
she is going
everybody is going
who is going
itis going
itis going very well
how's it going? comment ¢a va?
is it going to be ready soon? ga vas @tre prét bientot
to do, make
to do ite faire
T would like to do it je voudrais le faire
I must do it je dois le faire
Tam going to do it je vais le faire
Tam not going to do it je ne vais pas le faire
wwe are going to do it nous allons le faire
‘we are not going to do it now nous n'allons pas le faire
you are going to do it vous allez le faire
you are not going to do it vous n'allez pas le faire
8) 3.46
when quand
when are you going to do it? quand allez-vous le faire?
Tam going to do it je vais le faire
Tam not going to do it je ne vais pas le faire
he is going to do itil va le faire
he is not going to do itil ne vas pas le faire
because he camnot do it parce que il ne peut pas le faire
but he must do it mais il doit le faire
you have to do it vous devez.le faire
we have to do it nous devons le faire
I cannot do it now je me peut pas le faire maintenant
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can you do it? pouvez-vous le faire?
‘we camnot do it nous ne pouvons pas le faire
(4) 3.46
to see
T would like to do it je voudrais le faire
to see
todo
to doit
to see
to see it
to see it, to see himle voir
Tam going to see it tonight je vais le voir ce soir
Tam going to see him tonight
to understand
T camnot understand it je ne peux pas le comprendre
T cannot understand him
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to take prendre
Tam going to take it je vais le prendre
to know
I would like to know it je voudrais le savoir
T must know it je dois le savoir
to have
T would like to have it je voudrais l'avoir
T must have it today je dois avoir aujourd'hui
when you want to have it? quand voulez-vous l'avoir?
to buy acheter
I would like to buy it because I must have it je voudrais l'acheter parce que je dois
Vavoir
will you prepare it for me voulez-vous le préparer pour moi?
will you accept the condition voulez-vous accepter la condition?
thank you very much merei beaucoup
many, much, very much beaucoup
(vou never say tres beaucoup in French)
thanks very much
T would lke very much to accept the condition je voudrais beaucoup accepter la
condition
but I'm sony
but I cannot accept it mais je ne peux pas I'accepter
because itis not acceptable for me that way parce que ce n'est pas acceptable pour
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to see
I'm going to see it tonight je vais le voir ce soir
T'm going to see him tonight
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to see
to see it, see him
her la
to see her la voir
I'm going to see her tonight je vais aller la voir ce soir
themes
to see themles voirs
to see
to see it
to see him
to see her
to see them
to see you vous voir
I would like to see you je voudrais vous voir
T'm going to see you tonight je vais vous voir ce soir
Thope j'espére
to hope espérer
(in French, the conjunction "that" is compulsory)
that que
Thope I'm going to see you j'espére que je vais vous voir
because I would like very much to see you parce que je voudrais beaucoup vous voir
to see
to see it, see him
to see him
to see them
to see you
to see us nous voir
to see me me voir
‘an you come see me? pouvez-vous venir me voir?
(7) 5.05
to understand it le comprendre
to understand him
to understand her
to understand them
to understand you
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I cannot understand you je ne peux pas vous comprendre
can you understand me? pouvez-vous me comprendre?
to say, tell
to tellit le dire
to tell you
to tellus
to tell me
Tmust tell you je dois vous dire
Tam going to tell you later je vais vous dire plus tard
to find trouver
wwe find nous trouvons
find je trouve
‘would you tell me where itis because I camnot find it voulez-vous me dire ott
parce que je ne peux pas le trouver
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will you tell me voulez-vous me dire
can you tell me pouvez-vous me dire
expensive, dear cher
it is very expensive c'est trés cher
it is too expensive c'est trop cher
will you tell me how much itis because I would like to have it and I'm going to buy it fit is
not too expensive voulez-vous me dire combien c'est parce que je voudrais 'avoir
et je vais l'acheter, si ce n'est past trop cher
T would like to buy it je voudrais l'acheter
Tam going to buy it je vais l'acheter
to call appeler
to phone télphoner
will you call me later voulez-vous m'appeler plus tard
(9) 4.39
can you call me later? pouvez-vous m'appeler plus tard?
when can you call me? quand pouvez-vous m'appeler?
when are you going to call me? quand allez-vous m'appeler?
Tam going to call you later je vais vous appelez plus tard
will you call me later and can you tell me at what time it is going to be ready, be
must have it today ifit is possible voulez-vous m'appeler plus tard et pouvez-vous me
dire & quelle heure ¢a va étre prét, parce que je dois avoir aujourd'hui si c'est
possible
because I have to have it today parce que je dois "avoir aujourd'hui
lest
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I cannot understand him je ne peux pas le comprendre
to wait attendre
(attendre is used like "to await”, not "to wait for somebody")
will you wait for me? voulez-vous m'attendre?
can you wait for me? pouvez-vous mattendre?
Tam going to wait for you je vais vous attendre
Tam ina huny je suis pressé
(10) 6.02
T'msorry but I cannot wait for you because I am very much in a hurry and I have to leave
soon je regrette mais je ne peut pas vous attendre parce que je suis trés pressé et
je dois partir bientat
T'm going to see him je vais le voir
(when him is used in the sense "to him", the French word is not le but tui)
to give
to carry, wear porter
to bring apporter
T'm going to bring you something je vais vous apporter quelque chose
the book le livre
Tam going to bring you the book je vais vous apporter le livre
to send envoyer
I'm going to send him the book je vais lui envoyer le livre
1 want to send it to him je vais le lui envoyer
(1) 4.17
will you send it to him voulez-vous le lui envoyer
when can you send it to him? quand pouvez-vous le Iui envoyer?
I'm going to see him tonight and I'm going to give him the book je vais le voir ce soir, et
je vais lui donner le livre
to her lui
I'm going to see her tonight and I'm going to give her the book je vais la voir ce soir, et
je vais lui donner le livre
to who, to whom A qui?
itis for me c'est pour moi
itis for you
itis for us
itis for him e'est pour lui
itis for her c'est pour elle
(note that after pour, we say elle and not tui)
with him avee lui
with her avec elle
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