49: "There's a problem in my hotel room..."
A hotel guest makes contact with the front desk in relation to a problem in his room. We'll discover how to say 'I can't get it to work'. We'll also practice using several verbs, including 'se mettre ...
28 Feb 20078min
48: "I'd like to book a room for this evening, please..."
We'll learn how to carry out a common task in this lesson - to book a hotel room. We'll see how to ask the receptionist how we should pay, if we can have our luggage taken up to our room, if we can be...
26 Feb 200712min
47: The elections are approaching!
With the presidential elections in France just around the corner, it’s time to learn some vocabulary related to politics and voting, in general. That will be the topic of this lesson. We'll learn how ...
23 Feb 200710min
46: "What did you do for your winter vacation?"
In lessons 21 and 22 we spoke about a vacation we’d had. This time, in lesson 46, we’ll hear about a winter vacation and, with the World Ski Championships taking place at the moment, it's an opportune...
17 Feb 20078min
45: "Hello, and welcome to La Maternelle des Marguerites!"
In this lesson, lesson 45, a father brings his son to playschool for the first time. Let's hear the conversation between Mr. Jones and the playschool teacher. We'll meet the expressions ‘Je vais faire...
9 Feb 200712min
44: "I had a narrow escape this morning!..."
The French tendency to drive fast will form the basis of our lesson this time - our conversation will deal with a near miss on the road. We'll learn how to say 'I had a narrow escape', we'll meet the ...
30 Jan 200711min
43: "Damn! I've broken it..."
An incident in a shop where a customer drops and breaks something is the subject of this lesson. The reaction of the shop assistant will bring up the topic of the subjunctive and one particular situat...
25 Jan 20076min
42: "I'm starving! When can we sit at the table?!"
Our food is almost prepared. But we want to ask when exactly it will be ready and when we should sit at the table. Let's see how to do that in this lesson. We'll also meet the expressions 'Je meurs de...
23 Jan 20075min
