Bonjour mademoiselle, est-ce que votre père est à la maison ?
IPA/bɔ̃ʒuʁ madmwazɛl ɛs kə vɔtʁ pɛʁ ɛ.t‿a la mɛzɔ̃/
Assimil · French
ContentsCourse 08
Une visite
A visit
A visitor asks whether someone's father is at home, learns he is at the office, and gets his office address.
22 minA polite doorstep exchange with a young woman turns into a quick request for an office address.
Dialogue
Non, monsieur ; il est au bureau aujourd'hui.
IPA/nɔ̃ məsjø il ɛ.t‿o byʁo oʒuʁdɥi/
À quelle heure est-ce qu'il rentre après le travail ?
IPA/a kɛ.l‿œʁ ɛs kil ʁɑ̃tʁ apʁɛ lə tʁavaj/
Oh, pas avant huit heures normalement.
IPA/o pa.z‿avɑ̃ ɥi.t‿œʁ nɔʁmalmɑ̃/
Vous voulez l'adresse de son bureau ?
IPA/vu vule ladʁɛs də sɔ̃ byʁo/
Oui, s'il vous plaît.
IPA/wi sil vu plɛ/
Attendez un moment, je cherche mon carnet d'adresses.
IPA/atɑ̃de œ̃ mɔmɑ̃ ʒə ʃɛʁʃ mɔ̃ kaʁnɛ dadʁɛs/
Voilà. Sept rue Marbeuf, dans le huitième.
IPA/vwala sɛt ʁy maʁbœf dɑ̃ lə ɥitjɛm/
Merci beaucoup, mademoiselle. Au revoir.
IPA/mɛʁsi boku madmwazɛl o ʁəvwaʁ/
De rien, monsieur. Au revoir.
IPA/də ʁjɛ̃ məsjø o ʁəvwaʁ/
Vocabulary
une visite
a visit
mademoiselle
miss
votre père
your father
à la maison
at home
monsieur
sir / Mr.
au bureau
at the office
aujourd'hui
today
à quelle heure ?
at what time?
rentrer
to come back / to return
après
after
le travail
work
avant
before
normalement
normally
vouloir
to want
une adresse
an address
attendre
to wait
un moment
a moment
chercher
to look for
un carnet d'adresses
an address book
une rue
a street
le huitième
the eighth / the eighth district
merci beaucoup
thank you very much
de rien
you're welcome / don't mention it
au revoir
goodbye
Exercises
Exercise 1
Translate from audio.
Prompt 1
Is your father at home today?
Hint: Use `est-ce que`, then `votre père` and `à la maison aujourd'hui`.
Prompt 2
He's at the office, sir.
Hint: `Au bureau` means at the office.
Prompt 3
Here is the address: he lives in the sixth [district].
Hint: Start with `Voici l'adresse`, then use `dans le sixième`.
Prompt 4
Thank you very much, sir. - Don't mention it, miss.
Hint: Use `merci beaucoup` and answer with `de rien`.
Prompt 5
What time does he come home? - Not before 7.00.
Hint: Use `À quelle heure` and the answer `Pas avant sept heures`.
Exercise 2
Fill in the missing words.
Prompt 1
My father is at home (at the house) and my daughter is at the office.
Mon
est
et ma fille est
.
Hint: Use the family noun, then the two place phrases from the lesson.
Prompt 2
Do you want the address? Wait, I'm looking for my book.
Vous
l'
? Attendez, je
.
Hint: Use `voulez`, then the address noun and the notebook phrase.
Prompt 3
(At) What time does he come back?
est-ce qu'il
?
Hint: Begin with `À quelle heure`, then use the verb from the dialogue.
Prompt 4
I'm going to the office and after I'm going back.
Je vais
et après je
.
Hint: Use the office phrase, then the verb for coming back.
Prompt 5
Do you want my father's address? - Yes please.
voulez l'adresse
? - Oui, s'il vous plaît.
Hint: Start with `Vous`, then add `de mon père` after `l'adresse`.
After the lesson
Arrondissements
The three major cities in France, Paris, Lyon and Marseille, are divided into districts called arrondissements, from the adjective rond, round. Paris has 20 arrondissements numbered from the first, le premier, to the twentieth, le vingtième. In everyday conversation, it is usual to omit the word arrondissement after the figure: Elle habite dans le septième, she lives in the seventh district. In Belgium, un arrondissement is a subdivision of one of the country's ten provinces. In Switzerland, the word refers to an administrative area in the canton of Bern.
Remember to read aloud the numbers at the beginning of each lesson and at the top of each page.