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.
Fast speed:
Slow speed:
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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