CBF 3:21 | The subjunctive and idiomatic expressions
Coffee Break French
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4.6 • 5.1K Ratings
🗓️ 23 May 2011
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
In this week's lesson we’ll be hearing from Alf, one of our three students learning French in Nice. Alf will be telling us about a chance meeting he had with his neighbour and his new interest in the game of pétanque, French boules. Please note that lesson 21 of Season 3 was originally known as lesson 321 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 | Coffee Break French, Season 3, Episode 21. |
| 0:11.0 | Bonjour tout le monde et bienvenue à cet épisode de Coffee Break French. |
| 0:15.0 | Welcome back to Coffee Break French. |
| 0:17.0 | This is Episode 21, the first in our second half of Season 3. |
| 0:23.0 | We're going to be continuing to follow the stories of Alph, Veronica, and Katie. |
| 0:28.0 | Cette week, we're with Alph, |
| 0:30.0 | and he's going to be updating us on how he's getting on renovating his house in the south of France, |
| 0:35.0 | and we'll also be hearing how he is improving his French by getting to know some of the locals. |
| 0:41.0 | Alors, est-ce que vous êtes prêts ? Allez, c'est parti ! |
| 0:51.0 | As usual, we're going to begin by listening to Alph's text in full, |
| 0:55.0 | after which we'll go through the text picking up on one or two of the language points used |
| 0:59.0 | and helping you understand what Alph says. |
| 1:02.0 | If you'd like a line-by-line analysis of the text with further practice on the language used, |
| 1:07.0 | then you can use our premium materials. |
| 1:09.0 | Coffee Break French, Season 3, is available to purchase at coffeebreakfrench.com. |
| 1:15.0 | And this will give you access to the full version of this recording |
| 1:18.0 | and also lesson notes in PDF and EPUB format. |
| 1:22.0 | And you can use on your computer or on your mobile device. |
| 1:26.0 | Let's get on with today's text. |
| 1:28.0 | Here's Alph. |
| 1:53.0 | And I told him that I didn't understand what he said. |
| 1:58.0 | In fact, he's the president of the Society of Pétangue de Notre-Village |
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