Three Step French - Learn #25 - Making Requests in French - Dialog
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Do you know how to ask someone to do something in French? You'll learn how in just a moment. Hi, my name is Fanny and this is 3 Steps French by FrenchPod101.com. In this lesson, you'll learn how to ask someone to do something through a quick conversation. Let's look at the dialogue. As you listen, pay attention to how they ask about the topic and how the other person responds.
Mamie, apprends-moi comment cuisiner. D'accord, préparons une tartiflette. D'abord, mets de l'eau dans le faitout. C'est fait. Lave ces pommes de terre. Ne les mets pas dans le faitout. D'accord. Attends une minute, ce ne sont pas des pommes de terre ça. Let's hear it with the English translation. Mamie, apprends-moi comment cuisiner. Grandma, teach me how to cook. D'accord, préparons une tartiflette.
D'abord, mets de l'eau dans le faitout. Ok, let's make a tartiflette. First, put some water in the stew pot. C'est fait ! Done ! The next sentence is the one we focus on. Let's take a closer look and break it down into its parts. Lave ces pommes de terre. Ne les mets pas dans le faitout. Wash these potatoes. Don't put them in the pot. First is the verb « lave ».
"Laver" "Laver" "Sais" "Pomme de terre" "Pomme de terre"
Altogether, it's "Lave ces pommes de terre." This means "Wash these potatoes." Lave ces pommes de terre. The next sentence begins with the negative marker "ne" which starts a negative commande. Ne. Next is the object pronoun "les" which replaces a plural noun. In this case, les pommes de terre, the potatoes.
It means "derm", "les". After this is the verb "mais", the imperative form of "mettre", meaning "to put". Mais. Next is the second part of the negation "pas", which comes after the verb. Last is the phrase "dans le faitout", meaning "in the pot". Dans le faitout.
dans le faitout. Faitout literally means "do everything". Altogether, it's "Ne les mets pas dans le faitout". This means "Don't put them in the pot". Ne les mets pas dans le faitout. D'accord, ok. Attends une minute, ce ne sont pas des pommes de terre ça. Wait a minute, those aren't potatoes.