Unlocking French with Paul Noble: Your key to language success with the bestselling language coach. Paul Noble
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Название: Unlocking French with Paul Noble: Your key to language success with the bestselling language coach
Автор: Paul Noble
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Хобби, Ремесла
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What word does that give you?
réservé
(ray-zurv-ay)
This means “reserved”. (And notice, from the pronunciation guide underneath “réservé”, that “é” is always pronounced “ay” in French).
Let’s try doing this again, this time with the word “invitation”. Once more, cut off the “ation” from the end of the word and replace it with the “é” you find at the end of the word “café”.
Doing this, what do you get?
invité
(earn-vit-ay)
This means “invited”.
Let’s try this one more time, as the more practice you get, the easier it will become.
Take the word “préparation” as the starting point this time. Again, cut off the “ation” from the end and add an “é” in its place.
What does that give you?
préparé
(pray-par-ay)
This means “prepared”.
Now again, what was “I have” in French?
J’ai
(zhay)
So, how would you say “I have prepared”?
J’ai préparé
(zhay pray-par-ay)
And “I prepared”?
J’ai préparé
(zhay pray-par-ay)
And “I did prepare”?
J’ai préparé
(zhay pray-par-ay)
(Once again, just in case you’d forgotten, you get three English past tenses for the price of one in French!)
“The dinner” in French is:
le dîner
(luh din-ay)
How would you say “I have prepared the dinner”, “I prepared the dinner”, “I did prepare the dinner”?
J’ai préparé le dîner.
(zhay pray-par-ay luh din-ay)
Alright, let’s return again to our 1200 “ation” words for a moment.
Once more, what was “reservation” in French?
réservation
(ray-zurv-ass-yon)
As before, let’s cut the “ation” off the end of “réservation” and replace it with the “é” from “café” to create the word that means “reserved” in French.
If you do that, what is “reserved”?
réservé
(ray-zurv-ay)
And this actually means both “reserved” and “booked”. So, how would you say, “I have reserved” / “I have booked”?
J’ai réservé
(zhay ray-zurv-ay)
“A table” in French is
une table
(oon tarb-luh)
Right, how would you say “I have reserved a table” / “I have booked a table”?
J’ai réservé une table.
(zhay ray-zurv-ay oon tarb-luh)
“For you” in French is:
pour vous (poor voo)
How would you say “I have reserved a table for you” / “I have booked a table for you”?
J’ai réservé une table pour vous.
(zhay ray-zurv-ay oon tarb-luh poor voo)
And again, what was “the dinner” in French?
le dîner
(luh din-ay)
And what was “for you”?
pour vous
(poor voo)
So, if “pour vous” means “for you”, what do you think is the word for “for” in French?
pour
(poor)
Now, to say “for dinner” in French, you will literally say “for the dinner”. How do you think you would say that?
pour le dîner
(poor luh din-ay)
Alright, how would you say “I have reserved a table for dinner” / “I have booked a table for dinner”?
J’ai réservé une table pour le dîner.