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Audio Podcasts For Learners of French As A Foreign Language: Learn French by Podcast
FRENCH
BY PODCAST
AUDIO PODCASTS
FOR LEARNERS
OF FRENCH Lesson
9
AS A FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
Discussing a
sports event
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Lesson 09
Level: intermediate. DISCUSSING A SPORTS EVENT
• “I went…”
• The Imperfect to describe a scene in the past
• “to play well/badly”
• “On aurait dit que…”
• marquer un but
• Ça va être…
Dialogue
“I was singing…”
Je chantais.
Je chantais.
“I was shouting…”
Je criais.
Je criais. Note!
“Je criais…” – “I was shouting”, not “… crying”. crier [= to shout (out)]
je crie
tu cries
“I was jumping…” il / elle / on crie
Je sautais. nous crions
Je sautais. vous criez
ils / elles crient
Where you see pleurer [= to cry]. A regular –er verb.
this symbol…
Let’s hear this section again. Before that though, let’s put
a couple of questions to our listeners and see if we can
ne ... que
discover the answers while listening a second time: = only
(1) what do we hear with regard to the refereeing, and
This combination – ne ... que – when
(2) why should we remember Ribery’s performance? “wrapped around” a verb means only:
Ok, then. Let’s hear this a 2nd time… that is, the referee only gave (out) a
Mes amis pensent que […] few yellow cards.
• Je n’ai que deux stylos.
[I have only 2 pens.]
Now, the answers were (1) that the refereeing was
“just” or good and that the referee gave just a few
yellow cards, and (2) Ribery’s performance was
memorable because he scored the first goal and he verb
made some excellent passes. Let’s listen a final time so retenir = to remember, to retain
we can hear that information once again… je retiens
Mes amis pensent que […] tu retiens
il / elle / on retient
Let’s point out a couple of expressions which would recur bien / mal nous retenons
vous retenez
when discussing the performance of a team. You said… jouer ils / elles retiennent
L’équipe a très bien joué.
past participle: retenu
That is, “The team played very well.” Let’s practice: [This verb is conjugated in the same
way as:
“Jack played well”… • venir (to come), and
Jacques a bien joué. • tenir (to hold)
Jacques a bien joué.
“Ça va être…”. Now, if it was going to be a difficult Ça va être… • … depuis leur défaite [… since
their defeat]
encounter, we could say… • Depuis trois mois j’étudie le français.
Ça va être difficile. [I’ve been studying French for three
Ça va être difficile. months.]
… or an “easy” one?…
Ça va être facile.
Ça va être facile.
If you understood our lesson, then you should be ready for… Vocab extra!
• ambiance (f)..........atmosphere
• après......................after
1. He went to the bank.
Now it’s your turn…
• arbitrage (m)..........refereeing
• ballon (m)..............ball
2. They went to the library.
• Brésil, le~..............Brazil
3. We went to the pub. • carton (m)..............card, box
• chauvin..................patriotic,
4. We were shouting, jumping, singing. chauvinistic
• concernant.............with regard to
5. My sister played well.
• contre, par ~..........on the other
6. Roddick played badly in Wimbledon. hand
• copain (m)..............friend, pal
7. It’s going to be exciting! • coupe (f)................cup
• d’habitude.............usually
• début, au ~............at the start
• défaite (f)...............defeat, loss
• dégoûté..................disgusted
click! • égalisation (f)........drawing level
• équipe (f)...............team
• Espagnol (m)..........Spaniard
See the answers at http://www.learnfrenchbypodcast.com/FTEW_pages/answers.htm • folie (f)...................madness
• gagner...................to win
• jeu (m)...................game
• joie (f)....................joy
• maintenant............now
• monde (m).............world
• monde, tout le ~....everybody
• parce que...............because
• passe (f).................pass [in sport]
• pendant.................during
• penser....................to think
• pote (m).................mate, pal
Any questions?… • premier..................first
• pub (m)..................pub, bar
• rond.......................round
click!
Submit them to us at http://www.learnfrenchbypodcast.com/FTEW_pages/question.htm • sinon......................but, otherwise
• surtout...................especially
• tellement...............so
• toujours..................still, always
• tour (m)..................round
Any comments?… • volé........................stolen
• vraiment................truly, really
click!
Submit them to us at http://www.learnfrenchbypodcast.com/FTEW_pages/feedback.htm