CBF 2:25 | Relative pronouns qui and que
Coffee Break French
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🗓️ 26 August 2009
⏱️ 26 minutes
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In this lesson you’ll solve the mystery of qui or que. Please note that lesson 25 of Season 2 was originally known as lesson 65 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 | Bonjour tout le monde et bienvenue à Coffee Break French, welcome back to Coffee Break French. |
| 0:13.5 | In this lesson, we're looking at two small words, key and cup. |
| 0:18.3 | And normally, learners find these words quite difficult to use in the correct situation. |
| 0:23.8 | But hopefully, after this lesson, all will be clear. |
| 0:27.2 | We hope that you enjoy Lesson 65 of Coffee Break French. |
| 0:42.4 | So Anna, I know I said that we were going to move on from the Imperfect Tense, |
| 0:45.8 | but just before we do, I'd like to double check that you and indeed our listeners know exactly |
| 0:50.7 | how the Imperfect Tense is used. |
| 0:53.3 | So can you give me some examples of how it's used? |
| 0:57.1 | Okay, so you would use Imperfect Tense when you're describing something in the past. |
| 1:01.6 | Okay, so can you remember the kind of things that you might describe? |
| 1:05.1 | Okay, I remember that we used a numonic question. |
| 1:07.7 | We said indeed. |
| 1:08.8 | Was France, Philip, changes his wig frequently? |
| 1:13.8 | Frequently, yeah. |
| 1:15.2 | So P stood for? |
| 1:17.0 | People? |
| 1:17.6 | Yeah, the other P. |
| 1:18.8 | Places, clothes. |
| 1:23.0 | And what was the other thing that C could stand for? |
| 1:25.6 | Colors, hair, wether, and frequently was F for feelings, okay? |
| 1:39.7 | So when you're describing these things in the past, you tend to use the Imperfect Tense, |
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