French A1.14 Listening Practice: Say What You Do Not Like
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A short French listening chapter with transcript.
Unit 3: make a preference negative while keeping the same sentence engine.
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1. Teacher
Welcome to ChickyTutor! Today, we are learning how to say what we do not like in French. Let's listen to our native speakers, Pierre and Marie.
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2. Native Speaker 1
Tu aimes le sport ?
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3. Native Speaker 2
Non, je n'aime pas le sport.
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4. Native Speaker 1
Ah, tu aimes le café ?
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5. Native Speaker 2
Oui, j'aime le café !
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6. Native Speaker 1
Moi, je n'aime pas le café.
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7. Teacher
Let's break that down. Our main phrase today is: 'Je n'aime pas le sport.' This means 'I do not like sports.' Notice how we wrap the verb 'aime' with 'ne' and 'pas' to make it negative.
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8. Student
Why does it say 'n'aime' with an apostrophe instead of 'ne aime'?
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9. Teacher
Excellent question! In French, when 'ne' is followed by a word starting with a vowel, like 'aime', the 'e' drops and becomes an apostrophe. So 'ne' becomes 'n'. Je n'aime pas.
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10. Teacher
Now, let's look at 'Moi, je n'aime pas le café.' This means 'Me, I do not like coffee.'
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11. Student
Do we always use 'le' or 'la' after 'je n'aime pas'?
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12. Teacher
Yes! When expressing general likes or dislikes in French, we always use the definite articles: 'le', 'la', or 'les'. So, 'le sport' and 'le café'.
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13. Teacher
That is all for today's quick practice. Keep listening and happy learning!
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