CBF 2:33 | Grammar review "do you fancy eating with us?"
Coffee Break French
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🗓️ 27 January 2010
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Coffee Break French our conversation between David, Christina and Jean-Jacques continues, and they are joined by Jean-Jacques’ wife, Sophie. Topics covered include the use of ça vous dirait de + infinitive to suggest an activity. We also take a look at negatives in the form of ne … pas and ne … jamais. Please note that lesson 33 of Season 2 was originally known as lesson 73 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 et bienvenue à Coffee Break French. Welcome back to Coffee Break French. In |
| 0:14.3 | lesson 73 you're continuing to follow the conversation between David and |
| 0:18.3 | Christina and Jean-Jacques and this week his wife Sophie will be covering again |
| 0:24.0 | a range of vocabulary and expressions and in this lesson we'll also pick up on |
| 0:28.6 | one particular expression that's no jamit, it's how to say never in French. We hope |
| 0:35.6 | that you enjoy this lesson. |
| 0:49.6 | Let's begin by listening to the next part of the conversation. As you'll |
| 0:53.9 | know that remember David and Christina bumped into Jean-Jacques on the way to |
| 0:57.8 | the restaurant le di en dehors. They've been talking all the way to the restaurant |
| 1:02.4 | they've never arrived and it's time to introduce Sophie Jean-Jacques wife. Have a |
| 1:08.4 | listen to the conversation and then we'll discuss the language used. |
| 1:27.8 | Sophie and I, it's Jean-Jacques. Sophie, you're not going to believe it and they're |
| 1:33.2 | going to marry. Ah, well, and you're living here? No, no, we're |
| 1:38.1 | living in France. But you speak very well in French. They live in Greece. |
| 1:43.3 | You never heard of it. I'm making effort, that's what's important, isn't it? |
| 1:48.5 | Anyway, we're practically Scottish neighbors. I grew up in a |
| 1:52.9 | language. No, no, please speak in French. I'm learning French so I'm keen to practice as much as possible. |
| 2:12.9 | Okay, what do you want? |
| 2:15.9 | Listen Sophie, you know if the table is ready. Well, it would tell you to eat with us, David and Christina. |
| 2:21.9 | We don't want to impose you. Not at all. If you want a little romantic evening in your head, |
| 2:29.9 | it's not a problem. But if you say so, we can go together. |
| 2:35.9 | We're going to eat together. Are you sure? Yes, it would be very nice. |
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