CBF 4:20 | Interesting idiomatic phrases and grammar points
Coffee Break French
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4.6 • 4.9K Ratings
🗓️ 28 August 2014
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
It’s time for another lesson of Coffee Break French and this week it’s the turn of Matthieu to reply to Gabrielle. The expressions discussed by Mark and Pierre-Benoît this week include je m’en doute, using the subjunctive after jusqu’à ce que, and ramasser quelqu’un à la petite cuillère. As usual Mark and Pierre-Benoît are on hand to discuss the idiomatic expressions and grammar points, and enthuse about the wonders of the French language in general!
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| 0:00.0 | Coffee Break French, Season 4, Episode 20. |
| 0:14.0 | Yes, we haven't reached the midpoint of our season. |
| 0:17.6 | This is the middle episode. |
| 0:19.4 | And it's the episode when everything happens. |
| 0:22.0 | Bonjour à tous et tout. Moi, c'est Marc. |
| 0:25.0 | Et moi, c'est Pierre-Bonne-Wa comme d'habitude. |
| 0:27.6 | Nous sommes très content d'être ici avec vous, encore une fois, avec encore une épisode de Coffee Break French. |
| 0:33.0 | If this happens to be the first ever episode of Coffee Break French you're listening to, |
| 0:37.0 | then you might be wondering what we're all about. |
| 0:39.6 | Coffee Break French is a series in which we will help you build your knowledge of French |
| 0:45.4 | in Coffee Break length episodes, starting from the absolute basics of the beginnings of French, |
| 0:51.2 | right up to now when we're dealing with really quite complex stuff. |
| 0:55.2 | On va nous parler de 4 gens, |
| 0:58.4 | Sylvie, Hermann Monique, merci, Mathieu et sa friendly Gabrielle. |
| 1:05.6 | Et cette épisode est où nous avons fait ce qui se passe avec Mathieu et Sylvie |
| 1:12.6 | sur le station du RR, sur le platform de l'RR train en Paris. |
| 1:20.0 | Ok, c'est le temps de nous parler à notre passage. |
| 1:23.8 | Let's go for that. |
| 1:31.2 | So this is the email from Mathieu to Gabrielle. |
| 1:35.2 | Salut Gabrielle, j'ai reçu ton message matin sur mon téléphone. |
| 1:39.4 | J'étais sur le cas du RR quand j'ai remarqué que j'avais un nouveau mail. |
| 1:43.0 | Tu es bien matinale, dis donc, |
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