French - Lesson 2 - Dialog for Easy Vocabulary
A Dialog Showing the Use of the Easy Vocabulary Words
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This next lesson introduces a simple dialog with some easy vocabulary words, introduced in the previous lesson. Here is a suggestion on how to practice with this dialog:
- First, familiarize yourself with the vocabulary words. They are presented below, or you can go back to the Lesson 1 activities.
- Next, read through the whole dialog in French. Try to guess the meaning, but go ahead and look at the English translations if you need to.
- For further in-depth study, you can try to memorize the dialog in French. You can take small sections of the dialog and see if you can come up with the French while only looking at the English.
- You can also try the game or learning quiz to practice the dialog.
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Tim Visits François
Tim, from the U.S., is visiting his friend François who lives in France.
| bon (m.) / bonne (f.) | good |
| un jour | a day |
| bonjour | good day / hello |
| TIM: Bonjour, François! | TIM: Good day, François! |
| FRANÇOIS: Bonjour, Tim! | FRANÇOIS: Good day, Tim! |
| c'est | this is / that is |
| très | very |
| beau (m.) / belle (f.) | beautiful |
| une maison | a house |
| merci | thank you |
| TIM: C'est une très belle maison. | TIM: This is a very beautiful house. |
| FRANÇOIS: Merci. | FRANÇOIS: Thank you. |
| il y a | there is / there are |
| un chat | a cat |
| sur | on |
| le (m.) / la (f.) | the |
| une table | a table |
| TIM: Euh ... il y a un chat sur la table. | TIM: Um ... there is a cat on the table. |
| FRANÇOIS: Bien sûr! | FRANÇOIS: Of course! |
| mais | but |
| pourquoi | why |
| TIM: Mais pourquoi? | TIM: But why? |
| parce que | because |
| un chien | a dog |
| sous | under |
| un pupitre | a desk |
| FRANÇOIS: Parce qu'il y a un chien sous le pupitre. | FRANÇOIS: Because there is a dog under the desk. |
| Sometime later... | |
| je vais | I go / I'm going |
| à | to |
| mon (m.) / ma (f.) | my |
| un hôtel | a hotel |
| maintenant | now |
| TIM: Je vais à mon hôtel maintenant. | TIM: I'm going to my hotel now. |
| c'est | this is / that is |
| au revoir | goodbye |
| TIM: C'est un bon chat. Et un bon chien. Au revoir! | TIM: That's a good cat. And a good dog. Goodbye. |
| FRANÇOIS: Au revoir. | FRANÇOIS: Goodbye. |
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