23: "Sorry, I can't make it tonight..."
Learn French by Podcast
Plus Publications
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🗓️ 19 September 2006
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
In this lesson we'll discover how to postpone an appointment we've made. We'll study the expression "Je ne vais pas pouvoir ... [+ infinitive]" and we'll work with the verb "décevoir", to disappoint (someone).
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome back to Learn French by podcast. |
| 0:15.0 | My name is Hugh Nagel and with me is Amelie Verdeer. |
| 0:18.0 | Bonsie A meelie. In this lesson, lesson 23, we'll discover how to postpone an appointment we've made. |
| 0:33.0 | Before we get started, |
| 0:35.0 | remember that the PDF guide which accompanies this lesson |
| 0:38.0 | contains a complete transcript of our conversation |
| 0:40.0 | and a lot more information also. |
| 0:43.0 | You can download that guide right away from our website at |
| 0:46.0 | www. |
| 0:48.0 | Learn French by Podcast.com. |
| 0:50.0 | Now let's start with a short but quick dialogue. |
| 0:53.2 | Then we'll come back and look more closely at the conversation piece by piece. |
| 0:57.2 | A long Zee. |
| 0:58.2 | Hello, Xavier? |
| 1:02.2 | Yes. |
| 1:03.0 | And C, I really desolee, but I've never been desolee, but I've never |
| 1:06.0 | to veneer this soo. |
| 1:08.0 | I've one day on the epizant and I've been creve. |
| 1:10.0 | Oh, no, you can't see that. |
| 1:12.0 | It's very much when we're in part of this |
| 1:14.4 | why you may destroy too much? |
| 1:17.0 | Well, but that's a note for example the Mardi. |
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