This Is Actually The Best Way To Improve Your French

Bonjour ! Aujourd’hui, on va explorer les rencontres spontanées et inattendues. Comment est-ce qu’on peut discuter comme ça en français ? Écoutez et répétez après moi !
Hello! Today, we are going to explore spontaneous and unexpected encounters. How can we discuss like that in French? Listen and repeat after me!

C’est parti !
Here we go!

1 - Chance Encounters, anywhere

2 - At the bus stop – at the train station

3 - In the park

4 - At the art gallery – at the museum

5 - In a bookstore – in a library

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  • Chapeau pour cette leçon super utile. Mais pourquoi « Je ne connaissais pas » et pas « Je connaissais pas » ? N’est-il pas courant de supprimer le « ne » ?

    • Oui, plutôt à l’oral qu’à l’écrit @Barry !

      Fabien
      Comme une Française Team

  • Thanks Geraldine.
    As you said, this is a very useful way to improve our french. Mastering these expressions will help a lot to go along in french during encounters in some particular situations

  • Your approach is very different and directly addresses my needs as a traveller. These lists and the accompanying videos in particular will help me prepare for so many common situations which are bound to come up during travel. Thanks, very much appreciated.

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