French listening practice with side-by-side translation
Listening comprehension: See links below for lessons on the phrases in italics and related information.
Trinquer | Clinking glasses |
En France, quand on trinque, on se regarde dans les yeux.
– Santé ! |
Translation
In France, when you clink glasses, you make eye contact. – Cheers! [collapse]
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Sinon, ça porte malheur : sept ans de mauvais sexe. |
Translation
Otherwise, it’s bad luck: seven years of bad sex. [collapse]
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C’est-Ã -dire, sept ans de sexe normal pour un couple anglais. |
Translation
That is, seven years of normal sex for an English couple. [collapse]
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Video courtesy of Frantastique. | Translation by LKL |
Listening comprehension
Expressions
Grammar
- en France, dans les yeux – prepositions
- on trinque – impersonal subject pronoun
- trinquer conjugations
- on se regarde – pronominal verb
- ça porte malheur – indefinite demonstrative pronoun
- mauvais sexe, sexe normal – adjective position
Pronunciation
- quand on, sept ans – required liaisons
Vocabulary