CBF 2:04 | Using the present tense to make arrangements
Coffee Break French
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🗓️ 7 February 2009
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
In this week’s lesson, Mark and Anna talk about making arrangements. By looking more closely at the grammar behind the French, we hope you will gain a better overall understanding of the language and be able to put what you learn to practical use. Please note that lesson 04 of Season 2 was originally known as lesson 44 of Coffee Break French. We have renumbered the lessons of each season as lessons 1-40 to make things more simple for our listeners.
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| 0:00.0 | Imagine sweeping through green fields, floating five feet above ground, sun on your face as you slide by on track to your destination, not a car in the world as you simply lean back. |
| 0:17.0 | And before you know it, you're there. |
| 0:20.0 | This is how travel should feel, and on our trains, it does. |
| 0:25.0 | Avanti West Coast, feel good travel. |
| 0:41.0 | Bonjour tout le monde et bienvenue à Coffee Break French. |
| 0:44.0 | Welcome back to Coffee Break French. |
| 0:46.0 | It's lesson 44, and in this lesson, we're continuing to talk about the present tense. |
| 0:51.0 | We'll use it in the context of making arrangements, and we'll also look at the new form of the present tense, |
| 0:59.0 | which can be used to say, let's do something. |
| 1:02.0 | Allons au cinéma, let's go to the cinema. |
| 1:05.0 | Dans son, let's dance, chanteau, let's sing. |
| 1:08.0 | We hope that you enjoy this lesson of Coffee Break French. |
| 1:22.0 | OK, so far we've been looking at two ideas, one. |
| 1:27.0 | What are you doing at the moment? |
| 1:29.0 | So for example, qu'est-ce que tu fais en ce moment? |
| 1:32.0 | And a qu'est-ce que tu fais en ce moment? |
| 1:35.0 | Qu'est-ce que tu fais en ce moment? |
| 1:38.0 | And how could you answer that? |
| 1:40.0 | Let's say, I'm speaking French. |
| 1:42.0 | Je parle français. |
| 1:44.0 | OK, if you were watching television, how would you say I'm watching television? |
| 1:49.0 | Je regarde la télé. |
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