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Conversations for beginners

Authors : Allen Kalik and Camille Chevalier.

Note: Audio samples require Quicktime to be installed.

We recorded these dialogues at 2 different speeds; you should have enough time to repeat after each sentence when using the slow speed dialogues.
Note the adjective ending differences between when a man or a woman speaks.

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Dialogue 2 : Au magasin (at the store)

P: shop owner, S: shopper

S Bonjour Monsieur/Madame (hello sir/ma'am)
P Bonjour Monsieur/Madame. (hello sir/ma'am)
(after the shopper looked around the store)
P Excusez-moi, je peux vous aider? (Excuse me, may I help you?)
S Vous avez des cartes postales?   (do you have post cards?)
P Oui, là-bas (yes, over there)
S (pointing to the card)
Ça coûte combien?   (how much is it?)
P Un euro cinquante . (1.50 Euro)
S (pointing to another card) Et ça coûte combien?   (And how much is this?)
P Deux euro vingt.   (2.20 Euros)
S Je prends la carte postale   (I   take the post card).
P Bon. Et vous desirez un timbre?   (Good. And would you like a stamp?)
S Oui. S'il vous plaît.   (Yes please).
P Pour les États-Unis? (For the United States)
S Oui. (yes)
P C'est quatre-vingts centimes, monsieur. (That's 80 cents, sir)
S Bon. Je prends le timbre, aussi.   (Good. I take the stamp aussi)
P La carte postale et un timbre pour les États-Unis, ça fait trois euros, s'il vous plaît.(the post card and a stamp for the United States, that makes 3 euros, please.)
S Voila cinq euros, Monsieur . (Here are 5 euros, sir)
P Voilà votre monnaie, une pièce de deux euros. (There is your change, a 2 euro coin.)
S Merci. (thank you )
P De rien. Je vous remercie monsieur.   Bonne journée) .(your welcome. thank you sir, have a good day)
   
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