French A1.2 Listening Practice: Want Something, Want To Act
French A1 listening practice with audio, transcript, key phrases, and a speaking challenge for want something, want to act.
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Level
A1.2
Audio
1m 5s
Transcript
15 segments
What to notice while you listen
What you'll understand
Ask for something you want, or say what you want to do.
Use je veux before a noun or an infinitive in a short spoken response and one changed version.
New pattern
je veux before a noun or an infinitive
Practice aloud after listening
Je veux le café. Je veux réserver.
I want the coffee. I want to book.
A short French listening chapter with transcript.
Ask for something you want, or say what you want to do.
Read while you listen.
1. Alain · Native Speaker 1
Je veux réserver. Imagine searching the Paris library catalogue for a book you want to read.
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2. Hélène · Teacher
Printed-book loans are free after registration. But finding a title on a screen is not the same as having it in your hands.
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3. Alain · Native Speaker 1
You need a coffee first. Outside the library, you say: je veux le café.
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4. Hélène · Teacher
The coffee is the easy part. I would rather save the shelf space for a book I really want to keep.
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5. Alain · Native Speaker 1
Now the book. From the familiar word reservation, we reach the action: réserver.
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6. Hélène · Teacher
Je veux réserver.
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7. Hélène · Teacher
Listen to the verb: keep veux compact and drop that final consonant completely.
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8. Alain · Native Speaker 1
Je veux réserver.
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9. Alain · Native Speaker 1
We can reserve documents online. That sounds much better than buying every book I am curious about.
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10. Hélène · Teacher
Just leave time for the request. Reserving does not promise that we can collect it immediately.
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11. Alain · Native Speaker 1
First, the coffee before your search. Tell a friend: I want the coffee.
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12. Hélène · Teacher
Je veux le café.
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13. Alain · Native Speaker 1
Now shift straight to taking action. How do you say: I want to reserve?
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14. Hélène · Teacher
Je veux réserver.
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15. Alain · Native Speaker 1
Je veux le livre.
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