French Level 2
Unité 3: Leçon 3b
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Revue: La Famille II
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I told you that you would have the opportunity to test your knowledge of the conversation in the previous leçon. Let's see how you did:
 Track 16
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Des Phrases
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La Famille
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EN FRANÇAIS
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EN ANGLAIS
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Luc, vous avez combien d'enfants dans votre famille?
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Luc, you have how many children in your family?
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On a trois enfants. Deux garçons et une fille.
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We have three children. Two boys and one girl.
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Comment s'appellent-ils?
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What are there names?
(Lit: How do they call themselves?)
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Ma soeur s'appelle Lynette et mon frère s'appelle Steven.
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My sister is Lynette and my brother is Steven.
(Lit: My sister calls herself Lynette and my brother calls himself Steven.)
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Ta soeur, est-ce qu'elle joue des sports?
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Does your sister play sports?
(Lit: Your sister, is it this that she plays some sports?)
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Pas tellement. Elle préfère regarder la télé.
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Not that much. She prefers to watch t.v.
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Ton frère, est-ce qu'il aime des sports?
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Does your brother like sports?
(Lit: Your brother, is this that he likes some sports?)
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Mais oui! Il aime tous les sports mais il préfère le basket!
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Oh yeah! (Lit: But yes!)
He loves all sports but he prefers basketball!
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Il est grand, ton frère?
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Is your brother tall?
(Lit: He is tall, your brother?)
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Oui! Il est très grand!
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Yes! He is very tall!
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Il est beau?
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Is he handsome?
(Lit: He is handsome?)
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Très beau!
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Very handsome!
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Hmmm. Puis-je te visiter un jour?
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Hum. May I visit you some day?
(Lit: May I you visit one day?)
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Bien sûr, mon amie!
Tu pourrais rencontrer mes parents aussi!
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Of course my friend!
You will be able to meet my parents also!
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Tes parents aussi? SUPERBE!
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Your parents also? SUPER!
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So how did you do? I'm sure you did great! However, I'm sure you noticed a few new words such as "ton", "ta", "tes". These words are informal possessive pronouns. Another new word was "votre". This word is a formal possessive pronoun. There are a number of these words. In the next leçon I will show you how all of these words work.
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