Alors on Danse - Meaning
Now that you have mastered mimicry for these normal speed, normal conversation French sounds, the final task is to associate these sounds with their proper meanings. Remember, language is nothing more than sound-meaning conventions. This course focuses on our ability to perceive and reproduce the sounds of French, but that is only half of the equation. These sounds are useless unless they old some sort of real world relevance to you.
In the tracks below, the same native speaker as before repeats each line twice in a normal conversation voice. Below each track, you will find:
While listening to the track and practicing your mimicry one more time, associate the appropriate meanings. Do not worry if you do not understand what a word means exactly. The nuances of meanings do not come until later when you have practical experience communicating in the language.
In the tracks below, the same native speaker as before repeats each line twice in a normal conversation voice. Below each track, you will find:
- A Phonetic transcription with word boundaries.
- An English translation
While listening to the track and practicing your mimicry one more time, associate the appropriate meanings. Do not worry if you do not understand what a word means exactly. The nuances of meanings do not come until later when you have practical experience communicating in the language.
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| ki | di | pχɔʃ | tə | di | dœi |
Whoever says close tells you mourning kaʁ | le | pχɔ - blɛm | nə | vjɛn | pa | sœl | Because the problems do not come alone |
| ki | di | kχis | tə | di | mɔ̃d |
Whoever says crisis, tells you world | di | fa - min | di | tjɛʁ | mɔ̃d | say famine, say third-world |
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| ki | di | fa - tig | di | ʁɛ - vei |
Whoever says "tired" says "awake" |
| ɑ̃ - kɔ | suʁ | də | la | vei |
Again deaf from the eve (night out) |
| a - lɔʁ | ɔ̃ | sɔ̃ʁ | puʁ | u - bli - e | tu | le | pχɔ - blɛm | a - lɔʁ | ɔ̃ | dɑ̃s |
Let's go out to forget all the problems, let's go dance
Let's go out to forget all the problems, let's go dance
After you've spent some time reviewing these sound-meaning associations, you may continue on to the Benchmark Exam.
