Bonjour, this is Frederic and I would like to personally welcome you to the forty-fourth episode of the Talk in French Podcast!
This podcast is intended for beginner to intermediate French language learners and French culture enthusiasts. For advanced level learners, I also have an all-French Podcast which you would probably enjoy more.
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In this episode:
- Discover Mardi Gras and other cool Carnivals in France
- Tips and Tricks on how to improve your French listening skills
- Some French Words and expressions
What's in this Podcast?
French Travel and Culture
Discover some interesting aspects of French travel and culture.
Vocabulary and Expressions
Learn useful French vocabulary and idiomatic expressions.
French Grammar Explanation
Get to know important grammar points and learn how to use it.
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French Vocabulary Included in This Episode:
| donner (verser) un pourboire | to tip | |
| une serveuse | a waitress | |
| un serveur | a waiter | |
| c'est moi qui paye (/paie) la note / allez, je te l'offre/ c'est ma tournée | don't worry about it. I'll pick up the tab | |
| le menu enfant | children's menu | |
| le plat du jour | the dish of the day /today's special | |
| tu prends quoi comme plat principal | what do you pick as main course? | |
| qu'est | ce que tu/vous me conseilles/ez? | could you recommend something? |
French Expressions from This Podcast Episode:
| Passer sur le billard | To get an operation |
| la vache! | expletive, exclamation like "hell!" or "damn!" |
| Il y a de l'eau dans le gaz | Things aren't running too smoothly |
| avoir d'autres chats à fouetter | to have other/better things to do, to have bigger fish to fry |
| Haut comme trois pommes | About a person: small |
French Language Point
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Links to Articles and Resources Mentioned in This Episode:
Mardi Gras
(Source: Femme Actuelle)
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I believe it should be “C’est moi qui PAIE”, not “paye”.
Not necessary, it can be both actually
I have never heard of that. What is your source? Any grammar book I have read does not offer an option.
➔ Verbs like payer that end in -yer, have the following stem change: y → i in the je, tu, il, ils forms of the verb
je paie tu paies il/elle paie ils/elles paient but: nous payons vous payez
“Ces verbes peuvent changer le y en un i devant un e muet. Mais ils peuvent aussi garder ce même y. Pour eux, nous avons une double conjugaison.” Source: https://leconjugueur.lefigaro.fr/frmodeleyer.php
I can confirm what Frederic says. Both are possible.
Source: I am French
Thanks for the useful expressions! What kind of pastry is it in one of the pictures? It looks like something we have in Poland for ‘Fat Thursday’ called ‘faworki’.
It is called “beignets de mardi gras”. There are different shapes.
Hi!
Livemocha is no longer in business and that link no longer works.
Also, site, https://www.lingq.com/, is an web and mobile language learning tool for learning languages in context. This is a great analog of Livemocha!