CBF 3:22 | Focus on the subjunctive and idiomatic expressions
Coffee Break French
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🗓️ 1 June 2011
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
In this week's episode of Coffee Break French we hear about Veronica’s exciting weekend at the Monaco Grand Prix. We’ll be hearing about the party she attended at the house of one of her clients. We will be hearing more examples of the subjunctive along with a couple of interesting preceding direct objects! Please note that lesson 22 of Season 3 was originally known as lesson 322 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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| 0:00.5 | Coffee Break French Season 3 Episode 22 |
| 0:10.6 | Salut tout le monde et bienvenue à Coffee Break French! |
| 0:13.4 | Welcome once again to Coffee Break French! |
| 0:16.2 | Now if you've been keeping track of world sporting events, |
| 0:19.6 | then you'll know that this weekend in Monaco, |
| 0:22.3 | the Formula 1 motor racing Grand Prix took place. |
| 0:26.3 | And as you know, our friend Veronica was invited to a party |
| 0:30.8 | that would be taking place in Monaco at the weekend. |
| 0:34.3 | We're going to hear all about this party in this week's lesson. |
| 0:51.2 | As usual, we're going to begin the episode by listening to Veronica's text |
| 0:55.2 | in its entirety. After that, we'll go through the text |
| 0:58.9 | and help you understand the language used by picking up on one or two of the grammar points |
| 1:04.1 | included in the text. If you'd like a line-by-line analysis of the text, |
| 1:08.9 | then you can use our extended version, and you can find out more about how to access this |
| 1:13.4 | version at coffeebreakfrench.com. At the end of the show, we'll tell you a little more about what |
| 1:19.5 | you can get from our extended version and the other members' materials. |
| 1:23.1 | Okay, let's listen to Veronica's text now. |
| 1:54.0 | But it was a real party, and they used it as a champagne. |
| 2:03.6 | After the party, I went to the Paris hotel with Gabrielle and Gilles, |
| 2:11.3 | and a few guests. Or we still had champagne. |
| 2:18.5 | Just before leaving, I saw Elton John entering. |
| 2:23.7 | Finally, I think it was him. Incredible. |
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