CBF 3:03 | Idiomatic expressions and grammar review
Coffee Break French
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4.6 • 5.1K Ratings
🗓️ 2 November 2010
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
It’s time for our third episode of Coffee Break French Season 3 and this week we’re getting to know Alf a bit more. In the free version of the podcast we’ll be concentrating on adjective agreements and looking at some of the words and expressions used in Alf’s text. Please note that lesson 03 of Season 3 was originally known as lesson 303 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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| 0:00.3 | Coffee break French Season 3 Episode 3 |
| 0:10.5 | Bonjour à tous et à toutes et tastingz bienvenue à Coffee Break French. |
| 0:14.3 | Welcome once again to Coffee Break French. In this season, |
| 0:18.1 | we're following the life of Alpha Veronica and Katie. |
| 0:22.0 | Three students studying French in the Southern french town of Nice. |
| 0:26.0 | Last time, we got to know Katie a little, and in this episode, we'll get to know Alph a little more and find out what he is doing in this. |
| 0:35.0 | A couple of weeks ago, we heard presentations from all three of our characters, Alph, Katie, |
| 0:41.0 | and Veronica, and you heard the introduction to Alph's text. Today we'll listen to the whole of Alph's text starting with the part that you've already heard. |
| 0:56.0 | We'll find out a little about his family, and indeed about what he's doing in this south of France. |
| 1:04.0 | After listening to the text, we'll pick up on a couple of language points, and today we're looking in particular at adjectives and their agreements. |
| 1:19.0 | In addition to this version of the lesson that you're listening to, we also provide a members version, and that's a full 30 minutes of line by line analysis of the text from Alph's presentation. |
| 1:32.0 | To access this extended version and indeed our lesson guides, then please visit coffeebreakfrench.com where you can find out how to become a member. |
| 1:42.0 | Okay, let's have a listen to Alph's presentation. |
| 1:47.0 | Bonjour, je m'appelle Alph, je suis anglais, et en ce moment j'habite près de Nice en France. |
| 1:54.0 | Je parle un peu français, je suis mariée, et ma femme Jennifer habite toujours en Angleterre. |
| 2:01.0 | Elle va arriver bientôt parce que nous avons acheté une maison près de Nice. |
| 2:07.0 | Je essaye de rénover la maison avant son arrivée. |
| 2:12.0 | J'ai commencé à apprendre le français à l'âge de 13 ans quand j'ai commencé l'école secondaire. |
| 2:19.0 | Mais ça c'était en 1962, donc j'ai beaucoup oublié. |
| 2:26.0 | Néanmoins, j'ai toujours aimé le français, et nous sommes allés en vacances en France plusieurs fois. |
| 2:33.0 | Donc j'ai toujours voulu améliorer mon français. |
| 2:38.0 | Je suis maintenant à la retraite. |
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