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Discussing a movieyouve seen

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Lesson 10: Wednesday, July 5th, 2006

Level: beginner. DISCUSSING A MOVIE YOUVE SEEN louer [un DVD]

a parle de

Cest une histoire [absurde / drle, etc]

a se passe / a sest pass

Quest-ce qui se passe?

passer son temps [faire] rencontrer / retrouver

sortir

Dialogue

Where you see

this symbol

its your turn

to repeat what

youve heard.

Then well

repeat once

more.

Hello once again, and welcome to Learn French byPodcast. My name is Hugh Nagle and here with me isAmlie Verdier bonjour Amlie!

Bonjour!

and Julien Gruet bonjour, Julien!Bonjour!

Today, were going to learn some vocabulary which willbe useul when talking about a movie weve seen. First,well listen to a brie conversation between Amlie andJulien. As were listening, try to gure out the answers tothe ollowing questions: (1) How does Amlie describe theplot that is, le scnario, and (2) what is the basic plot?Allons-y!

Quas-tu ait hier soir ?Samedi dernier ? Pas grand-chose ! J ai lou unDVD. Ctait Amlie Poulain , le flm de Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Cest vraiment super comme flm !

a parle de quoi ?Cest une histoire un peu complique. a se passe Paris, surtout dans le quartier de Montmartre.

Le scnario est assez trange ! Cest lhistoire duneflle qui passe son temps aider les autres. Ellerencontre un garon un peu bizarre comme elle, etils sortent ensemble la fn

Now, lets hear all that once againQuas-tu ait hier soir ? []

Lets hear all that once againQuas-tu ait hier soir ? []

Now, you didnt see the lm in the cinemaNon. Jai lou un DVD.

Thats the verb louer, au pass compos, nest-ce pas?Lets practice using that verb: Karl rented a DVD wouldbe

Karl a lou un DVD.Karl a lou un DVD.

We rented a DVDNous avons lou un DVD.Nous avons lou un DVD.

The girls rented a DVDLes flles ont lou un DVD.Les flles ont lou un DVD.

Note!

Dont forget the auxiliary verbavoir:

Its essential or the Past tense lepass compos.

avoirjai

tu asil / elle / on a

nous avonsvous avezils / elles ont

Note!

Quas-tu fait?

= What did you do?I we were

addressing several people, we wouldsay Quavez-vous fait?

Montmartre

Montmartre

Basilica of the Sacr Coeur, Montmartre, Paris

Montmartre is a hill in the north o Paris, in the 18th

arrondissement. The (Catholic) basilica o the Sacr Coeur(above) and the district around it attract tourists and pilgrimsrom all over the world. The name Montmartrecomes rom

Mont des martyrs the hill o the martyrs. At the end othe 19th century, Monmartre was a centre o artistic lie in

the capital. Many artists and musicians, including Picasso andBerlioz, lived, worked and played here.

Note!

grand-chose

Combined almost invariably with

the negative, (pas) grand-chosemeans nothing much.

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a parle de?

Cest unehistoire []

a se passe

a sest pass


Dialogue



a parle de





sortir

Where you see

this symbol

its your turn

to repeat what

youve heard.

Then well

repeat once

more.

Now, to ask what the lm was about, Julien, you saida parle de quoi?

aparledequoi? Whats it about? Now, i our questionwas Who is it about?, we would change that questionto

a parle de qui?

and one more time:a parle de qui?

Amlie, you said the story wasalittlecomplicatedOui. Cest une histoire unpeucomplique.

We could have dierent possibilities here. We could saythe story is absurd

Cest une histoire absurde.Cest une histoire absurde.

Or unnyCest une histoire drle.Cest une histoire drle.

Or excitingCest une histoire passionnante.Cest une histoire passionnante.

Now, to tell us where it all takes place, you saida se passe Paris.

Thats the refexive verb se passer to happen or totake place. So, once again, It takes place in London,would be

a se passe Londres.a se passe Londres.

or New York?a se passe New York.a se passe New York.

Well need to amiliarise ourselves with this ormula in thepast tense, too: lepasscompos. When we want to sayIttookplacein Germany, we would have

a sest pass en Allemagne.

Lets hear that pronunciation againa sest pass en Allemagne.a sest pass en Allemagne.

Its important to remember both possibilities: in the

Present, we havea se passe

un peu

That is, a little.

We could also fnd (un) peu in

expressions like: Il dort peu [= he sleeps little]

Adjectives

Dont orget that adjectives mustagree with the nouns they

describe, in both number andgender.

Here, une histoire is a emininenoun, so an extra e is required onthe adjective passionnant.

(I the masculine orm o an adjective

already ends in e as is the case withboth absurde and drle, there is nochange to the eminine orm.)

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Quest-ce quise passe?

Quest-ce quisest pass?

passer sontemps [aire]

rencontrer /retrouver




a parle de





sortir

Dialogue

Where you see

this symbol

its your turn

to repeat what

youve heard.

Then well

repeat once

more.

while in the Past, we havea sest pass

Finally, in a wide range o situations, we will want to askthe question: Whats happening? Thats


And once moreQuest-ce qui se passe?Quest-ce qui se passe?

I we hear a crash in the kitchen maybe someone hasdropped a glass on the foor well rush in and exclaim

Quest-ce qui sest pass?!Quest-ce qui sest pass?!

This is the ormula in the Past tense le pass compos.

Now, we spoke about une flle qui passe son temps aider les autres.

une lle qui passe son temps aider les autres, that

is, agirlwhospendshertimehelpingothers. Noticethat, in French we have the innitive o the verb aiderwhile, in English, we have the word helping. Lets seesome urther examples. He spends his time reading

Il passe son temps lire.Il passe son temps lire.

Hespendshistimeplaying computer games.Il passe son temps jouer des jeux vido.Il passe son temps jouer des jeux vido.

Theyspendtheirtimeworking.Ils passent leur temps travailler.Ils passent leur temps travailler.

On a dierent point, remind us o how you said Shemeetsa boy:

Elle rencontre un garon.

Thats the verb?Recontrer. Cest un verbe rgulier en er.

To take one more example, Hemeetsa girl would beIl rencontre une flle.

une lle a girl. Lets remember not to pronouncethose two ls: une lle. Now this verb rencontrer tomeet, is not the verb we would use i we wanted to say I

meetmy riends in town: that would beJe retrouve mes amis en ville.Je retrouve mes amis en ville.

verb

rencontrer = to meet [or the frst

time]je rencontretu rencontres

il / elle / on rencontrenous rencontrons

vous rencontrezils / elles rencontrent

past participle: rencontr

verb

retrouver = to meet [riends in

town, etc]je retrouve

tu retrouvesil / elle / on retrouvenous retrouvons

vous retrouvezils / elles retrouvent

past participle: retrouv

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sortir

lmdune aon[moderne]


Dialogue



a parle de





sortir

Where you see

this symbol

its your turn

to repeat what

youve heard.

Then well

repeat once

more.

So, we have the verb recontrerwhich we can use whentalking omeetingsomeoneorthefrsttimeandretrouverwhen talking about meetingriendsorameal,orwhatever.

Now, nally, in this lm, the boy and girl go out together.Oui. Ils sortent ensemble.

Thats the verb sortir to go out. That verb can meanto go out once or to go out with a person, that is, to havea relationship with that person and go out regularly. Letstry a ew examples: JackisgoingoutwithJill

Jacques sort avec Jill.Jacques sort avec Jill.

Theygoouton Saturday eveningsIls sortent le samedi soir.Ils sortent le samedi soir.

Weregoingout togetherNous sortons ensemble.Nous sortons ensemble.

What about the lm, in general? Lets hear the end o theconversation

Et, ten penses quoi ?Cest un flm gnial ! Il y a plein de couleurs, demusique et de mouvements de camra. Cest flmdune aon assez moderne. Les personnages sonttrs strotyps. On a vraiment limpression dedcouvrir Paris lorsquon regarde ce flm !

En plus Audrey Tautou est une excellenteactrice. Elle joue trs bien et elle est trs mignonne !

Lets hear that once againEt, ten penses quoi ?

Cest un flm gnial ! []

And one nal timeEt, ten penses quoi ?

Cest un flm gnial ! []

You said, Amlie, that its lmed in a modern way:Oui. Cest flm dune aon moderne.

So, we could say: Its lmed in an interesting wayCest flm dune aon intressante.Cest flm dune aon intressante.

or, in a bizarre way

Cest flm dune aon bizarre.Cest flm dune aon bizarre.

Verb

Sortir [= to go out]je sorstu sors

il / elle / on sortnous sortons

vous sortezils / elles sortent

en

In this case, en means of it, in

other words, [What do you think]of it?

plein de

Similar in unction and meaning tobeaucoup de, plein de is a casual

way o saying manyor a lot.

Note!

Un strotype is the noun. Theadjective is strotyp with thefnal , accent aigu.

Here, were talking about several

characters (les personnages) so wehave an son the adjective to makeit plural.

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mignon /mignonne




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sortir

Dialogue

Where you see

this symbol

its your turn

to repeat what

youve heard.

Then well

repeat once

more.

or, in an unusual wayCest flm dune aon inhabituelle.Cest flm dune aon inhabituelle.

To nish, Amlie, you used an interesting word in relationto Audrey Tautou. You said

Elle est trs mignonne.

So, we might say about Angelina Jolie thatElle est mignonne.Elle est mignonne.

On the other hand, we would say about Brad Pitt thatIl est mignon.Il est mignon.

Lets hear the dierence in pronunciation between themasculine and eminine orms o that adjective

Angelina est mignonne Brad est mignon!

Angelina est mignonne

Brad est mignon!

Ok, Amlie and Julien. Weve covered a lot here today,including some very useul cinema-specic vocabulary.Until next time

A la prochaine! A la prochaine!

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If you understood our lesson, then you should be ready for

1. Elaine and Jacqueline rented a DVD.

2. The boys rented a DVD.

3. It takes place in England.4. It took place in the U.S.

5. She spends her time playing the piano.

6. She meets her riends in town.

7. Jack and Jill are going out [together].

8. The girls are cute!

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Vocab extra!

aider ...................... to help assez .....................quite

autre (m) ...............other [person] bien ....................... well, good

ce ..........................this comme .................. as (a) couleur () .............colour

dcouvrir ...............to discover dernier ..................last

ensemble ..............together trange .................strange aon () ................way, manner

flle () ................... girl fn ().....................end

gnial* .................. brilliant*, great* hier........................yesterday histoire () .............story

jouer......................to play lorsque .................. when

mignon .................cute mouvement (m) ....movement parler ....................to talk, to speak

personnage (m)..... character [in

movie] plus, en ~ ..............ur thermore quartier (m) ..........area quoi? .....................what?

regarder ................ to look (at), towatch

soi r (m) .................evening surtout .................. especially temps (m) .............time

trs ........................ very vraiment ...............really, truly

*slang, colloquial

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