French listening practice with side-by-side translation
Listening comprehension: See the links at the bottom for lessons related to the phrases in italics.
| Présentez-vous | Introduce yourself |
| – Bonjour, Monsieur. Vous vous appelez comment ?
– Je m’appelle David. – David comment ? – Dubois. D – u – b – o – i – s. |
Translation
– Hello, sir. What is your name? – My name is David. – David what? – Dubois. D – u – b – o – i – s. [collapse]
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| – Très bien. Euh, vous avez quel âge ?
– J’ai 45 ans. – Vous habitez où ? – J’habite à Toulouse, au 12 rue de Provence. |
Translation
– Very good. Uh, how old are you? – I’m 45. – Where do you live? – I live in Toulouse, at 12 rue de Provence. [collapse]
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| – OK. Et vous faites quoi dans la vie, M. Dubois ?
– Je suis architecte. – Très bien. À bientôt ! – À bientôt. |
Translation
– OK. And what do you do, Mr. Dubois? – I’m an architect. – Very good. See you soon! – See you soon. [collapse]
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| Video courtesy of Language Teacher. | Translation by LKL |
Listening comprehension
Vocabulary
Grammar
- Vous vous appelez comment ?, vous avez quel âge ? – asking questions
- Vous vous appelez, Je m’appelle – reflexive verb
- comment, où – interrogative adverbs
- vous avez, J’ai – avoir conjugations
- quel âge – interrogative adjective
- Vous habitez, J’habite – regular -er verb
- vous faites – faire conjugation
- Je suis – être conjugation

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