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Nov 2012

24m 30s

French for Beginners: Lesson 2 - Backwar...

NEWS IN SLOW FRENCH

About this episode

Topics covered:

Basic verb negation
Indefinite articles
Avoir in the present
Avoir and idiomatic expressions
Il y a

Welcome to the Language Theater! Bienvenue! Do you remember my name? That’s right, je m’appelle Jean-Paul. I hope you really enjoyed Act I and are ready for Act II. Are you ready? Oh, one more thing: review the flashcard before listening to the play. These new words will be used in the play and you should memorize them. They will also be used in our coming acts.

Well, let’s begin! Today Valérie, our French teacher, is having another lesson with Jacques. Let’s see how much he remembers from his first lesson! Enjoy the show!

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