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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 3 : Le petit déjeuner à l’hôtel

Serveur Bonjour ----, le buffet est par ici.    (Good morning, -----, the buffet is over here.)
Étudiant Je peux prendre cette table, ici? (Can I take this table here?)
Serveur Comme vous voulez.  (As you like)
Étudiant Où est le café s’il vous plaît? (where is the coffee, please?)
Serveur Le café est sur la table dans la carafe noire. (The coffee is on the table in the black carafe.)
Étudiant Et où est le lait, -----?  (And where is the milk, ------?)
Serveur Le lait est à côté. (The milk is on the side.)
Étudiant Et le sucre? (And the sugar)
Serveur Le sucre est sur la table. (The sugar is on the table)
Étudiant Merci. (Thank you.)
Serveur Vous avez aussi  le pain, la confiture et le fromage sur la table, si vous voulez. (You also have bread, jelly, and cheese on the table, if you want.)*
Étudiant Merci. Et il y a le jus d’orange? (Thank you. And is there orange juice?)*
Serveur Je suis desolé, ---, mais il n’y a pas le jus d’orange.  Mais il y a le chocolat chaud. (I am sorry, ---, but there is no orange juice.  But there is hot chocolate.)*
Étudiant Merci.  J’ai faim. (Thank you.   I am hungry.)
Serveur Vous avez terminé ---?  (Are you finished?)
Étudiant Oui, merci.  Et l’addition? (Yes, thank you. And the check?)
Serveur Il n’y pas d’addition pour les clients de l’hôtel.  (There is no check for the guests of the hotel.)
Étudiant Je comprends.  Merci. (I understand. Thank you.)
Serveur De rien.  (Your welcome.)
 

* instead of definite articles, one should really use partitive articles in these 3 sentences. But since this is a little bit complicated, we decided it was better to make a small mistake rather than confuse the true beginners.

 

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