French A1.17 Listening Practice: Describe A Place
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A short French listening chapter with transcript.
Unit 4: reuse agreement from nationality to describe a city or place.
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1. Hélène · Teacher
Welcome to today's quick listening session! Let's hear two friends describe places around town. Focus on how words change depending on the place.
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2. Alain · Native Speaker 1
Le parc est grand.
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3. Mathieu · Native Speaker 2
Oui, la ville est grande.
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4. Alain · Native Speaker 1
Le restaurant est grand ?
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5. Mathieu · Native Speaker 2
Non, le restaurant est petit.
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6. Alain · Native Speaker 1
Ah, le jardin est grand !
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7. Hélène · Teacher
Let's break that down. First, we heard 'Le parc est grand', meaning 'The park is big', and 'La ville est grande', meaning 'The city is big'.
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8. Étienne · Student
Why does 'grand' have an 'e' at the end when talking about 'la ville'?
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9. Hélène · Teacher
'Ville' is a feminine noun, so we add an 'e' to make 'grand' match it as 'grande'.
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10. Hélène · Teacher
Next, we heard 'Le restaurant est petit', which means 'The restaurant is small'.
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11. Étienne · Student
So 'petit' stays without an 'e' because 'restaurant' is masculine?
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12. Hélène · Teacher
Exactly! 'Le restaurant' is masculine, so 'petit' stays in its masculine form. Great job listening today!
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