French A1.12 Listening Practice: Checkpoint: Meet Someone
French A1 listening practice with audio, transcript, key phrases, and a speaking challenge for checkpoint: meet someone.
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Level
A1.12
Audio
1m 21s
Transcript
18 segments
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What you'll understand
Introduce yourself and exchange a few basic personal details.
Use Review of introductions, subject choice, être, c'est, and avoir in a short spoken response and one changed version.
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Review of introductions, subject choice, être, c'est, and avoir
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Je m'appelle Nora. C'est mon ami. Il est ici et il a un livre.
My name is Nora. This is my friend. He is here and he has a book.
A short French listening chapter with transcript.
Introduce yourself and exchange a few basic personal details.
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1. Hélène · Teacher
Je m'appelle Hélène. Hélène is my name. Imagine meeting beside the blue chairs on Nice's seaside promenade.
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2. Alain · Native Speaker 1
The blue chairs are a recognizable part of that real promenade. Our meeting is imagined, but the landmark is real.
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3. Hélène · Teacher
Two people have arrived. Alain is his name. One has a book, the other has a bag.
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4. Alain · Native Speaker 1
Je m'appelle Alain. J'ai un livre. Je suis ici.
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5. Hélène · Teacher
I can identify him, then say where he is and what he has.
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6. Hélène · Teacher
C'est Alain. Il est ici. Il a un livre.
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7. Hélène · Teacher
Alain can give the same useful information about me.
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8. Alain · Native Speaker 1
C'est Hélène. Elle est ici et elle a un sac.
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9. Hélène · Teacher
The bag and the book make us easier to tell apart. That helps more than saying only that we are here.
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10. Alain · Native Speaker 1
Elle est ici. Elle a le sac, et j’ai le livre.
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11. Hélène · Teacher
A bag for me, a book for you. Now our next friend can find the right people beside the chairs.
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12. Alain · Native Speaker 1
Je suis ici maintenant. J’ai le livre. Hélène a le sac.
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13. Hélène · Teacher
Imagine calling your friend from that meeting place. Introduce yourself and say you have a book. Use your own name.
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14. Alain · Native Speaker 1
Je m'appelle Alain. J'ai un livre.
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15. Hélène · Teacher
Moi, je m'appelle Hélène. J'ai un sac.
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16. Alain · Native Speaker 1
Now change the person. Your friend asks about the woman by the next blue chair.
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17. Hélène · Teacher
Say: She is here, and she has a bag.
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18. Alain · Native Speaker 1
Elle est ici et elle a un sac.
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