LESSON NOTES

Lower Intermediate S1 #4
What Does Your Future Hold in
Store for You?

CONTENTS
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Informal French
Informal English
Vocabulary
Sample Sentences
Grammar
Cultural Insight

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INFORMAL FRENCH
1.

Fortune seller:

Je vais lire votre avenir.

2.

Pretty Julie:

Intressant, je vais lcrire.

3.

Fortune seller:

Vous allez rencontrer votre fianc.

4.

Pretty Julie:

Mais je suis dj marie !

5.

Fortune seller:

Il va demander votre main

6.

Pretty Julie:

a, ce nest pas mon destin.

7.

Fortune seller:

Cest un homme clibataire.

8.

Pretty Julie:

Incroyable, vous tes tmraire.

9.

Fortune seller:

a va coter 100 euros !

10.

Pretty Julie:

a ne va pas ! Mais, c'est beaucoup trop !

INFORMAL ENGLISH
1.

Fortuneteller:

Im going to read your future.

2.

Pretty Julie:

Interesting, Im going to write it.

3.

Fortuneteller:

Youre going to meet your fianc.

4.

Pretty Julie:

But Im already married.

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5.

Fortuneteller:

Hes going to ask for your hand.

6.

Pretty Julie:

That's not my destiny.

7.

Fortuneteller:

Hes a single man.

8.

Pretty Julie:

Incredible, you are daring.

9.

Fortuneteller:

That's going to be 100 euros!

10.

Pretty Julie:

Ahh no, its too much!

VOCABULARY
Fr e nc h

English

C lass

Ge nde r

fianc

fianc, husband-tobe

noun

masculine

trop

too

adverb

clibataire

single

adjective

tmraire

daredevil, reckless

adjective

coter

to cost

verb

homme

man

noun

masculine

destin

destiny, fate

noun

masculine

dj

already

adverb

mari(e)

married

past participle

demander

to ask

verb

main

hand

noun

lire

to read

verb

avenir

future

noun

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masculine or
feminine

marie (feminine)

feminine

masculine

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rencontrer

to meet

verb

crire

to write

irregular verb

SAMPLE SENTENCES
Mon fianc m'attend.

Ma jupe est trop grande.

"My fianc is waiting."

"My skirt is too large."

Il n'est pas clibataire, il est mari.

C'est le clibataire de l'quipe.

"He's not single, he's married."

"It's the single one of the team."

Les cascadeurs sont tmraires.

Cette bouteille cote vingt-cinq euros.

"Stunt men are daredevil."

"This bottle costs twenty-five euros."

George Clooney est un bel homme.

L'homme de la situation n'est pas venu.

"George Clooney is a handsome

man."

"The right man for the job didn't

come."

Je ne crois pas au destin.

Je ne veux pas connatre mon destin.

"I don't believe in fate."

"I don't want to know my destiny."

Il est dj amoureux!

Il a dj pris une dcision.

"He is already in love!"

"He already made a decision."

Il est mari ma meilleure amie.

Demander un service, n'est pas un

problme.

"He is married with my best friend."

"Ask for a favor/service, is not a

problem."
J'ai mal la main.

Il adore lire le journal le dimanche matin.

"My hand hurts."

"He loves to read the newspaper on

Sunday morning."

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Vous pensez trop lavenir.

J'ai rencontr beaucoup de gens hier soir.

"You think about the future too

much."

"I met lots of people last night."

Je rencontre des gens mon travail.

crire un blog est comme crire un

journal, mais sur Internet.

"I meet people at my work."

"Writing a blog is like writing a

journal, but on the Internet."
Il peut crire une synthse.

"He can write a synthesis."

GRAMMAR
Exprimer le mcontentement et l'tonnement "Express Discontent and Amazement."
Using idiomatic French expressions to expressing amazement and discontentment will
greatly enhance your ability to speak and understand the language and sound as a native
speaker.
L'tonnement/"Surprise"
French "English"
Ah oui? "Oh, yeah?"
Vraiment? "Really?"
Ce n'est pas possible! "It's not possible!"
C'est incroyable! "It's incredible!"
Vous en tes sr? "Are you sure?"
Moi, a m'tonnerait. "Me, I'd be amazed!"
Tu crois vraiment? "You really think so?"
C'est tonnant de sa part! "It's amazing from him/her!"
Tu me racontes des histoires! "You're telling me stories!"
Le Mcontentement/"Dissatisfaction"
French "English"
Mais qu'est-ce que a veut dire? "But, what does it mean?"
On n'a jamais vu a! "We've never seen that!"
Ce n'est pas une faon de traiter les gens! "It's not a way to treat people!"
Je ne suis pas content du tout! "I'm not happy at all!"

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a ne va pas du tout comme a! "It doesn't work that way!"

Tu exagres! "You exaggerate!"
Il ne faudrait pas exagrer! "You shouldn't exaggerate!"
Non, mais qu'est-ce que tu t'imagines? "No, but what are you imagining!"

CULTURAL INSIGHT
Premium members, be sure to check the bonus dialog. Listen to the fortune teller and his
intriguing accent!

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