French listening practice with side-by-side translation
Listening comprehension: See the links at the bottom for lessons related to the phrases in italics. Try not to look at the subtitles in the video as they contain several spelling mistakes.
| Bonjour, bonjour ! Alain le Lait | Hello, hello! Alain le Lait |
| Bonjour, bonjour ! Comment ça va ? Bonjour, bonjour ! Très bien, merci. |
Translation
Hello, hello! How are you? [collapse]
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| Je suis content d’être ici avec tous mes petits amis. |
Translation
I’m happy to be here with all my little friends. [collapse]
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| Bonjour, bonjour ! Comment ça va ? |
Translation
Hello, hello! How are you? [collapse]
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| Merci, merci, merci d’être ici. Merci, merci … Écoutez ! |
Translation
Thank you, thank you, thank you for being here. Thank you, thank you … Listen! [collapse]
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| Aimez-vous cette chanson ? J’espère que je suis dans le ton. |
Translation
Do you like this song? I hope I’m in key. [collapse]
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| Merci, merci, merci d’être ici. |
Translation
Thank you, thank you, thank you for being here. [collapse]
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| Bonjour, bonjour ! Comment ça va ? Bonjour, bonjour ! Très bien, merci. |
Translation
Hello, hello! How are you? [collapse]
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| Je suis content d’être ici avec tous mes petits amis. |
Translation
I’m happy to be hear with all my little friends. [collapse]
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| Bonjour, bonjour ! Comment ça va ? |
Translation
Hello, hello! How are you? [collapse]
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| Video courtesy of tialela99. | Translation by LKL |
Listening comprehension
Vocabulary
Grammar
- Je suis – present tense of être
- être – infinitive
- mes petits amis – possessive adjective
- Écoutez ! – imperative
- Aimez-vous – inversion
- cette chanson – demonstrative adjective
- J’espère – present tense of espérer, a stem-changing verb
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