MICHELTHOMASFRENCH(BUILDER)COURSE,2CDs

TRANSCRIPT

Thisisanapproximatetranscriptofthecourse,sinceMicheloftenchangedhismindin
themiddleofasentencetobetranslated,oradaptedhissentencesforthestudents.The
bookletthataccompaniedMichel'scourseswaswhollyinadequate,soIhavewrittenthis
transcript.Ihavefoundituseful,somaybeotherpeoplewill,too.

Naturally,itwouldbefoolishtotrytolearnthelanguageusingthistranscript,without
buyingtherecordings.

NotethatEnglishismynativelanguage,soIdon'tguaranteethattherearenomistakes.
Anasteriskdenotesaphrasethatishighlightedinthebookletwhichaccompaniesthe
recordings.Tracksandtracktimesintherecordingareshowninbrackets.Pagenumbers
inthebookletarealsoshowninbrackets.

Version2,Jan15th2006
TranscribedbyJK

CD1(79.18)
(Track1,9.47)
*Iwant...
Iwantit
Iwantthat
Iwanttohaveit
Iwanttohavethat
*Iwouldlike...
...toseeit/him/her
...verymuchliketoseeher
*Imust...
...speakwithher/him
...talktohim/her
*Ilike,Ilove...
...todoit
(YoucouldsayJevoudraisallerlfor"Iwouldliketogothere",butitismuchbetterto
usey.ymeans"toit"or"there"andasapronouncomesbeforetheverb.Youcanpush
thesofjevoudraisintoyaller)
Iamgoingtogothere
Iamgoingthere
*sometimes
once,twice,threetimes
forthefirst/lasttime
forthenexttime
(p8)
Igotheresometimes
...butnotoften
veryoften/notveryoften
...butnotveryoften
*It'srare
Itisn'tveryinteresting
(Youcanpushthesoftrsintointressant)
*besides...
...Idon'tliketodoit
*Itistoofar
Itisveryfar
Itisveryfarfromhere
Andbesides,it'stoofarfromhere
Isitfarfromhere?/Howfarisitfromhere?
It'snotfar
*Itisnear
Itisnearhere(nearfromhere)
*togoonfoot/towalk
Youcangoonfoot/walk
Itistoofartowalkthere
(When"to"inEnglishmeans"inorderto"youusepourfollowedbytheverb)
Youcantakeataxi
Onemustgotherebycar(incar)
(p9)
(Youcanpushthetofdoitintoyaller)
Onecan/musttakeataxitogothere
(Track2,6.49)
*It'sallright(itgoes,itisgoing)
ava
It'sfine,it'sgoingfine
It'sallrightthatway/likethat
It'sbetter
It'sgoingbetternow
Everythingisgoingbetternow
It'sgoingmuchbetterthatway/likethat
Whatdoyouprefer?
Ipreferitlikethat
Ilikeit...
...thatway
...betterthatway
...muchbetterthatway
Idon'tliketogotherenow
*really
Idon'treallylikeit
Idon'treallyliketogothere
notreally
(vraimentmeans"really"or"truly".vraimeans"true"c'estvraimeans"it'strue"Ah
vraiment?means"Isthatso?")
(p10)
*atanyrate(inallcase)...
...nottonight
...becauseIamtootired
Iprefer(tostay)stayinghere
Ilikebetterstayinghere
*Idon'tfeellike...
...goingout
(avoirenviedemeans"tofeellikesomething".Anounoranadjectiveneedsdeifitis
followedbyverb)
Idon'tfeellike...
...doingit
...seeingit
...stayinghere
Idon'tfeellike...
...goingtoseeit
...goingtheretonight
Ireallyfeellikegoingtothemoviestonight
Ifeellikeseeingthispicture
Ifeellikegoingtoseethispicture
*Itappears,itseems
Itappearsthatitisveryinteresting
Itappearsthatitisaveryinterestingpicture
Ifeellikeseeingit
(p11)
*Itinterestsme
Itinterestsmeverymuch
Itdoesn'tinterestme
*notatall
Itdoesn'tinterestmeatall
*Ifindit,Ithinkitis...
...veryinteresting
Whatdoyouthink?(Whatisitthatyouthink?)
Whatdoyouthinkofit?
Inmyopinion...
...one/wecangothere
...wecangothere
(onmeaning"one"isveryoftenusedfor"we"insteadofthenousform)
(Track3,8.15)
*Itisworththetrouble
Itisworthdoingit
Itisnotworthdoingit
Itisnotworthgoingthere
(For"It'snotworthit"youcanalsosayCen'estpaslapeine)
*Ithink/believethat...

...it'sworthit
...it'sworthgoingtheretoseeit
*perhaps
Butperhapsnottonight
Perhapstomorrownight...
(p12)
...ifyoulike
...ifyoufeellikedoingit
(Youcanpushthezofavezintoenvie)
*Itappealstome,itpleasesme,Ilikeit
IwouldliketohaveitbecauseIlikeit
Itpleasesmeverymuch
Itpleasesyou?Doyoulikeit?
(platasins'ilvousplatmeaning"please",literally"ifitpleasesyou")
Youwantit?
Doyouwantit?(Isitthatyouwantit?)
Youwanttohaveit?
(Formingaquestion:Thesimplestwayofformingaquestionistosayastatementina
questionintone.AnothereasywayistoputEstceque"isitthat..."atthebeginning
ofastatement)
*Youwantsomeofit?
Youwanttohavesomeofit?
Howmuchofitdoyouwant?
Iwantsome
Idon'twantany
Idon'twantanymoreofit
(enmeans"ofit"itisapronounandcomesbeforetheverb)
*toobad,sowhat
(tantmeans"somuch",pismeans"worse",literally"somuchtheworse")
(p13)
*somuchthebetter
somuchthebetterforme
somuchtheworseforyou
*Howmuchisit?
Howmuchisitworth?
It'snotworthmuch(bigthing)
Ilikeitverymuch
*Imusthaveit
*HowmuchdoIoweyou?
(Jedoismeansboth"Imust"and"Iowe")
*Idon'tlikeit
Doyoulikeit?
Doesitappealtoyou,doyoulikeit?(Isitthatyoulikeit?)
Idon'tlikedoingit
*Iamveryglad...
*...toseeyou
*Iamveryhappy...
...toseeyou
...toarrangeitforyou
*fortunately,happily
Fortunatelyitwillbepossibletodoit
(p14)
*unfortunately
ButunfortunatelyIcan'tdoittoday
Icannotdoit
Icannotdoanything...
...butpossiblytomorrow
*Ifitisallrightwithyou(ifitgoestoyou)
(Track4,6.27)
*thereis,thereare...
*Therearemanypeople
(lemondemeans"world",asintoutlemonde"everybody",literally"alltheworld")
Everybodyisthere
Therearetoomanypeople
*Thereisamessageforyou
Therearenomessages
Arethereanymessages?
*Nothingtoday
Nothinganymore
Thereisnothinganymore
*Iwouldliketoleaveamessage
CanIleaveamessage?
(laissermeans"toleave"or"toleavebehind")
(p15)
*Iamlookingforit...
...everywhere
Iseeiteverywhere
I'mlookingforiteverywherebut...
...Icannotfindit
(cherchermeans"tolookfor"or"tosearch",asinchercherlafemme,"tolookforthe
woman")
*Idon'tknowwhereitis
*Look!It'sthere
It'soverthere
(regardermeans"tolook"cherchermeans"tolookfor")
*Iknowwhereitis(emphasisingI)
(Usemoitoemphasise"I".InEnglish,foremphasis,weraiseourvoiceinstead)
*Willyoubringit?
Willyoubringittome?
I'mbringingit

I'mbringingittoyou
(apportermeans"tobring"portermeans"tocarry"andalso"towear")
*ofcourse
*naturally
(aller+cherchermeans"toget",sojevaislechercherdoesn'tmean"I'mgoingtolook
forit",but"I'mgoingtogetit"."Iwilllookforit"isjelechercherai)
(p16)
*IknowwhereitisandIamgoingtogetit
*Imusthurry(Imustdispatchmyself)
Iamgoingtohurry
Willyouhurry?
*Iaminahurry,Iampressedfortime
I'mverymuchinahurry
Imusthurrybecause...
...Iamverypressedfortime
(Track5,13.52)
*Thereisalotof...
...traffic
Itisgoingtotakeaverylongtime...
...togetthere
*late
Iamgoingtobelate
Iwillbetherelate
Iwillbethereinafewminutes
(InFrenchthereisadifferencebetween"late"meaning"belated"asinJesuisenretard
and"late"asin"Itistoolate"C'esttroptard)
*something
Istheresomethingforme?
No,thereisn'tanything
Whatdoyouhaveforme?
(p17)
*somethingto...
Doyouhavesomethingtoeat?
Ihavesomethingtotellyou
Ihavemanythingstodo
Ihavenothingtodonow
Nothingdoing
*Itdoesn'tmatter(Itdoesn'tdoanything)
Itisn'tveryimportanttodoit
Itdoesn'thavemuchimportance
*Itgivesmepleasure(itmakesmepleasure)
I'mverypleased...
...toseeyou
...todoitforyou
Itwillgivemegreatpleasuretoseeyou,Iamlookingforwardtoseeingyou

Iamtired
Iamexhausted
Imustrest(Imustrestmyself)
Iamgoingtohavearest(restmyself)
*Thereismuchnoise
Thereistoomuchnoise
Oneismakingtoomuchnoise
Itmakestoomuchnoise
Itdisturbsme(Itderangesme)
(p18)
Itdisturbsmeverymuch
Itdoesn'tdisturbme
Itdoesn'tdisturbmeatall
Itannoysme
Itdoesn'tannoyme
*Ihavetheimpressionthat...
...shedoesn'twantit
...shedoesn'twanttodoit
IwanttodoitbutIwon'tdoittoday...
...becauseIamtoobusyto(inorderto)doittoday
(Youcanpushthepoftropintooccup)
*Itseems(me)that...
...shedoesn'tfeellikegoingthere
*Inmyopinion...
...Iagree(Iaminaccord)withyou
It'sOK
OK,agreed
*Itinterestsmeagreatdeal
Itinterestsmeenormously
Butunfortunatelyitdoesn'tinterestmeatall
*Idon'tthink(believe)that...
...heisgoingtobetherethisafternoon
(p19)
(aprsmeans"after"andmidimeans"midday"or"noon"midimeans"atnoon")
*...butwewillsee
Idon'tknowifIcandoitbutwewillsee
Itwon'tbepossibletodoitthisway
Idon'tthinkso,Idon'tbelieveit
Idon'tthinkso
Areyousure?
Ofcourse
OfcourseI'msure
Look!

It'sonthetable
(srmeans"sure"andsurmeans"on")
Willyouputit...
...underthetable?
...onthefloor(terra,land)?
It'sonthefloor
I'mgoingtoputitonthefloor
Willyouputitthereonthefloor?
(Track6,10.04)
*Wehaveto/mustgothere
*One/wemust...
...gotherenow
...gothererightaway
(p20)
(Youcanpushthetoffautintothevowelsoundatthebeginningofyaller)
Iwouldliketohaveitrightaway
Imusthaveitstraightaway
*One/Wemustnot...
...buyit
Wemustnotbuyit...
...becauseit'stooexpensive
Ineedthisbook,that'sall
*That'sall(that)...
...Iwant
...youwant
That'sallIneed(allthatisnecessarytome)
Doyouneedanythingelse?
Nothankyou
Thatwillbeall
Willyoushowme?
*Willyouletme(mademe)see?
Iamgoingtoshowyousomethingelse
Icanshowyousomethingelse
Willyoushowmewhatyouhave?
*Willyouletme(makeme)know?
Iwillletyou(makeyou)knowtomorrow
(p21)
Iamgoingtoletyouknowtomorrow
Willyouletmeknow...
...atwhattimeitwillbeready?
...atwhattimeitisgoingtobeready?
*tofindout(toenquireoneself)
toteach
enquirieswindow
I'mgoingtofindout
Willyoufindout?
Ineed(Ihaveneedof)information
Ineedsomeinformation
Imustfindout...
...andIwillletyouknowtomorrow
...andIamgoingtoletyouknowtomorrow
*tobeableto
thepower
Hedoesnothavethepowertodoit
Hecannotdoit
Icannotdoit
Iamnotgoingtobeabletodoit
Iwillbeabletodoit
Iwillnotbeabletodoit
(Inthefuturetense,pouvoircontracts.Otherverbsendinginoiraresimilarinthe
futuretense:voir(jeverrai),savoir(jesaurai),devoir(jedevrai)andsoon)
Iwon'tbeabletofindithere
(p22)
*Doyouhaveany(ofit)?
No,Idon'thaveany(ofit)
*Thereis/aresome(ofit)
Thereis/arestillsome,thereis/arestillsomeleft
Idon'thaveanymore(ofit)
Thereis/arenomore(ofit)(We'reoutofit)
Thereisn't/aren'tany(ofit)
*I'msorry...
...butthearen'tanymoreofit
(Track7,8.13)
*Howareyou?(Howareyougoing?)
I'mfine(goingwell).Andyou?
I'm/It'sfine,I'm/It'sallright
*Igetby,Imanage,Iammanaging
IgetbyinFrench
Iwillmanage,Iwillfindaway(todosomething)
Idon'tknowhowbut...
...Iamgoingtomanage
(Youusedeafterdemander,direanddecideriftheyarefollowedbyafull(infinitive)
verb)
*Iamgoingtodecideto...
Iamgoingtodecidetodoit
Icannotdecidetodoit
(p23)
I'mgoingtoaskhim/her
I'mgoingtoaskthem
I'mgoingtoaskhim/her...
...ifhecan/ifshecandoit
...tocomewithus
*Iwouldliketoaskyou...
...tocomewithus
*Willyoutellhim/her...
...towait?
Willyouaskhim/hertocallmelater?
Ithinkthathewilldecidetodoit
Iamdecided/determinedtodoitimmediately
totry,totryon
*Iwouldlike...
Iwouldliketotryiton
MayI?
MayIseeit?
CanIseeit?
Isitallright?MayI?(Youpermit?)
(Youusedeafteressayerandoublierifaverbfollows)
*Iamgoingtotry...
...todoit
Idon'tknowifIcandoit...
...butIamgoingtotrytodoit
(p24)
*Iamnotgoingtoforget...
...todoit
...totellyou
...togiveittoyou
...togiveittohim/her
(Whentherearetwolwords,asinleluiandleleur,lecomesbeforethepronoun
beginningwithl.Whenthereisonlyonelwords,allotherpronounssuchasme,te,
nous,vouscomebeforele)
Iwouldliketogiveittoyou
Iwouldliketogiveittohim/her
I'mnotgoingtoforget...
Iwon'tforget...
...togiveittohim/her
(Track8,5.51)
*Ireallyfeellikedoingit...
...butIdon'tknowifIcandoit
*Iwill/Iamgoingtotrytodoit
Shewouldliketotryonthedress
Hewouldliketotryiton
*Isitworthgoingthere?
It'snotworthdoingit
One/Wecangotherenowifyouwant
(p25)
(Youcanpushthetofpeutintoyaller)

*Willyouaskhim/hertowaitforme?
Willyoutellhim/hertowaitforme?
Willyoucomewithme?Doyouwanttocomewithme?
*Yes,certainly
*Iwouldliketo
Iwantto
Agreed,certainly
Gladly
Youareverynice
It'sveryniceofyou
*OK?IsitOK?
Doesitagreewithyou?(Itgoeswithyou?)IsitOKwithyou?
Isitallrightwithyou?(Itconveneswithyou?)
It'sallrightwithme
It'sgoingwell
It'snotallrightwithme,it'snotconvenientforme
Ilikethat
Itpleasesme
It'sagoodidea
Ilikethatidea
Thatisagoodidea

(endofrecording)


CD276.06
(Track1,3.27,p26)
*Ilike...
Ilikeverymuch...
Ilikeverymuchtotravel,Iverymuchliketravelling
*tospendtime
tospendtheweekend
Ithink(believe)thatIamgoingtospendmyvacation
...firstinFrance
...andthen/laterinItaly
*Iplanon...
(pensermeans"tothink"andalso"toplan")
Iplanonleaving(thinktoleave)soon
Whendoyouplanonleaving(thinktoleave)?
Howlongdoyouplanonstaying?
IplanonleavingMonday
IplanonleavingnextMonday
(Daysoftheweek:MostoftheDaysoftheweekarenamedafterLatinandGreekgods
andtheplanets:)
(Track2,3.46)
*Monday
*Tuesday
(p27)
nextTuesday,Tuesdaymorning
*Wednesday
nextWednesday,Wednesdayevening
*Thursday
*Friday
*Saturday
*Sunday
Sundaymorning
(Monthsoftheyear)
*January
inJanuary,inthemonthofJanuary
thenextmonth,nextmonth
inamonth
*February,inthemonthofFebruary
*March,April,May,June,July
*August,September,October
*November,December
(Track3,3.58)
*Iplanon...
...spendingafewweeksinFrance
*Iexpectto,Ihopeto...
...spendafewweeksinFrance

*Iintendto...
...spendafewweeksinFrance
Iexpect/hopetospendseveralweeksinFrance
(p28)
Iintendtoleavenextweek
Iwillseeyou/I'mgoingtoseeyou...
...inaweek
eightdaysago
*Iamgoingtoleave...
...intwoweeks/inafortnight
Iamgoingto/Iwillsee...
...intwoweeks
Wewillarriveintwoweeks
(Askingfordirections:IfyoustopapolicemantoaskfordirectionsyouwillsayPardon
Monsieur.SimplysayPouraller..."togoto...",theplaceyouwanttogotoands'il
vousplat?"please?".Usingaquestioningtoneofvoiceyoucanevensayjustthename
andtheplaceands'ilvousplat?)
(Track4,4.46)
Excuseme...
...(canyoutellme)thewayto
Placedel'Opraplease?
...(canyoutellme)thewaytoLyon/theroadforLyon?
*Crossthestreet...
*...thenyoucontinue/keepgoingstraightahead
...turnleft
...turnright
(p29)
...atthethirdstreetyouturnright
*Itisontherightside/toyourright
Itisontheleftside/toyourleft
(Notethedifferencebetweentoutdroit"straightahead"anddroite"ontheright".The
tissoundedthere)
*Itisrightinfront
Itisonthisside
*Itisontheotherside
Ithankyouverymuch
Thanksathousandtimes/manytimes
*Itisthisway
Youcanfindit...
...thisway
...thatway
Youwillfinditthatway
Itisthatway
Itisatthecorner

Itisonthecorneroftheroad
Itisnotfarfromhere,itisonthecornerofthestreet
Itisattheendofthestreet
Itisrightthereattheendofthestreet
Itisthere,Itisoverthere(theredown)
Youcanfinditoverthere
Vouspouvezletrouverlbas
(aussi...quemeans"as...as"aussibyitselfmeans"also"nonplusmeans"neither")
(Track5,3.21,p30)
Willyouaskhim...
...tosendittome?
*...asquicklyaspossible?
Iwillalsodoit
Itpleasesmealso,Ilikeitalso
Idon'twantit
Idon'twantitanymore
Meneither
*Canyoudoitassoonaspossible?
Canyoubehereasquicklyaspossible?
Iamgoingtoarrangeitforyouasquicklyaspossible
*Ibegyouto...
...doit
...arrangeitforme
Willyou...
...doitplease?
...arrangeitformeplease
Willyoucomewithme...
...please?
...Ibegyou?
(Jevousprie,fromprier"tobeg"isamoreemphaticformof"please")
(Track6,7.46)
*Itis...
...terrible
...horrible
...awful
(p31)
Iamgoingtofindout(informmyself)
Imustfindout
Ihavejustfoundout(Icomefromfindingout)
*Willyoutryto...
...getitforme?
Iamgoingtotryto...
...getitforyou
...doit
Iamgoingtotaketheplane...

...togo(inordertogo)toLondon
*Itworks,itfunctions(itmarches)
Itworkswelllikethat
*Itdoesn'twork
Itdoesn'tworkwell
(Usefairefor"tohavesomethingdone")
*Iwanttoget/spacehavemyshirtswashed
Willyou...
...havemysuitcleaned(madeneat)?
...havethedresscleaned?
...haveitcleaned?
...haveitrepaired?
...haveitwashed?
...haveitironed?
...havehimwait,makehimwait?
...havehimcomeuptomyroom?
...havemyluggagetakendown?
(p32)
...haveittakenup?
...havemybreakfastbroughtup?
...havemeawakened/wokenuptomorrowmorningateighto'clock?
...letmeknow?
(montermeans"togoup","tocomeup","tobringup","totakeup","tocarryup"etc
descendremeans"togodown","tobringdown","totakedown","tocarrydown")
Iwillletyouknow
Iamgoingtoletyouknow
Willyouhaveitchanged?
Canyoushowmesomethingelse?
Canyoushowmesomethingelse?(Canyoumakemesee...?)
*I'mgoingtohaveitdone(tomakeitdo)
Willyouhaveitdone/madeforme?
Willyouget(makecome)adoctor?
Willyougetataxi?
Willyoucallataxi?
Willyoupassthesugar?
*MayI...?
MayIseeit?
(Ifyouarereachingoutthesomething,youwillsayVouspermettez?"Youpermit?",
"MayI?".Or,ifsomeonesaysthistoyou,youwillapplyJevousprie"Ibegyou"orJe
vousenprie"Ibegyouofit","pleasedo")
Willyourepairitforme?
Willyouhaveitrepairedforme?
(Track7,7.00,p33)

Pardon?Pardonme?Excuseme?(Whenyouwantsomeonetorepeatsomething)
Pardon?Pardonme?Excuseme?(How?)
Willyourepeatit,please?(Youaresaying?)
Iwouldliketosayit...
...butIdon'tknowhowtoexpressitinFrench
IwouldliketoknowhowtoexpressmyselfbetterinFrench
*HowdoesonesayitinFrench?Howdoyousayit...?(Howdoesitsayitself?)
IwouldliketoknowhowitisbeingsaidinFrench
Willyou/CouldyoutellmehowonesaysitinFrench?
*HowdoyouspellitinFrench?(Howdoesitwriteitself?)
Iamcertain/shortthatheisgoingtohavealotoftrouble
(Englishwordsendinginty:AllEnglishwordsendingintyendintinFrench:
"liberty"libert,"opportunity"opportunit,"facility"facilit,"difficulty"difficult.
Similarly,EnglishwordsendinginemendinmeinFrench:"problem"problme,
"system"systme)
(p34)
Oneisgoingtohavemanyproblems
*tomean
Youmean...(Youwanttosay...)
*Imean...
That'snotwhatImean
Whatdoyoumean?(Whatdoyouwanttosay?)
Idon'tunderstandwhatyoumean
*Itmeans...
Willyouexplainwhatyoumean?
Canyouexplainwhatthatmeans?
*Whatdoesitmean?
Idon'tunderstandwhatitmeans
*Doyouwantadrink?
Willyouhaveadrinkwithme?
Asyoulike
Ifyoulike,Ifyouwant
Idon'tcare(Itisequaltome)
It'snotworthinsisting
Whyinsist?Don'tbotherinsisting
*Itisevident
(Track8,10.20)

(Englishwordsendinginly:ToformtheequivalentoflywordsinEnglish,ingeneral
yousimplyaddmenttotheadjectiveinFrenchprobable,probablement.Forall
wordsendinginantandent,suchas"evident"and"constant",droptheendingandadd
ammentoremment,e.g.evidemment,constamment)
*possible,possibly
comfortable,comfortably
evident,evidently
recent,recently
constant,constantly
Heisdoingitconstantly
Heisdoingthesamethingconstantly
notveryfrequently
tofrequent,togooftento
Iliketofrequentthisrestaurant
*Itdoesn'tmatter(Itdoesn'tdoanything)
Itisallthesametome,Idon'tcare
Really,Isthatso?(Truly?)
Somuchthebetter
It'smuchbetterthatway
Toobad,Somuchtheworse,Sowhat?
Therearenoproblems
Iamangry
*evening,day,morning
Thankyouforthatlovelyevening
togiveaneveningparty
(p36)
Itis/wasapleasant(agreeable)evening
tospenda(whole)day
tospenda(whole)morning
*together
Ifyouwant,wecangotothemoviestogether
Wecandrivetherebycar
Itisridiculous
Itistoobad
Ithankyou
*Itseemstomethat...
...everythingisallright(isgoingwell)
*atleast(atless)
Iwouldliketogothere...
...atleastIwillseewhatitis
*specially
Itisveryspecial
thespeciality
Whatspecialitydoyouhave?
Whatisthespecialityofthehouse?

Especiallyifyoucantellmewhatyouthink
*Aboveall/Mainlyifyoucantellme...
*toreflect,tothinkabout
Iamgoingtothinkaboutit
Letmethinkaboutit
(p37)
Iamgoingtoletyouknowinaweek
Iwillletyouknow...
Itisgoingverywell
Itisgoingmuchbetter
*tofeel
Ifeelit
*Ifeelfine(feelmyself)
Ifeelbetter
Ifeelmuchbettertoday
IfeelmuchbetterwhenIamalone
IworkmuchbetterwhenIamalone
*Idon'tneed/haveneedofanything
Idon'tneed/haveneedofit
Ineed/haveneedofthat
Ineed/haveneedofit
(Track9,6.31)
*Therearetoomanypeoplehere
Everybodyishere
Everybodyisgoingtobehere
Everybodyisgoingtobetheretonight
Therearemanypeople
Idon'twanttostayhere...
...becausetherearetoomanypeoplehere
...alsoitisverywarmhere
(p38)
Thereisnoairconditioninghere
Itisnotairconditioned
Icannotstandtheheat
(Tosay"itis..."whenyouaretalkingaboutwhether,useilfait"itmakes...",not
c'est...)
*Itis...
...warm,hot
...fine,beautifulweather
...fine,beautifulweather
...cold
*tobe(tohave)cold/warm
Iam(have)warm
Areyoucold?
(Note:Ifyousaytesvousfroid?thismeans"areyouacoldperson?")

Wearewarmhere
Itiswarmhere
Iamcold...
...becauseitiscoldhere
*tobehungry/thirsty
Iamhungry(Ihavehunger/famine)
Iamnothungry
Iwouldliketoeatsomething...
...becauseIamhungry
Iamthirsty
Iwouldliketodrinksomething...
...becauseIamthirsty
Whatdoyouwanttodrink?
(p39)
*totake,tohave(foodordrink)
Whatwouldyouliketohave(toeatordrink)?
(Ifyouwanttosay"have"referringtofoodordrink,neveruseavoir.Insteaduse
prendremeaning"totake,intake")
Iamgoingtohave(take)acupofcoffee
Iamgoingtohavemybreakfast
Willyouhavebreakfastwithme?
Atwhattimedoyouwanttohavebreakfasttomorrowmorning?
Iamgoingshopping(todopurchases)
(Track10,7.32)
*myself
IthinkIcandoitmyself
Iamgoingtotrytodoitmyself
*anyway,evenso
Iamgoingtodoitanyway
Iwilldoitanyway
*evenif...
EvenifyoutellmethatIcannotdoit...
...Iamgoingtotrytodoitanyway
(p40)
Iamgoingtodoitslowly
Itisnotgoingverywell
Itisgoingbadly
Itastonishesme,surprisesme
Iamsurprised
Heissurprised
*Heisquitesurprised
(bienbeforeanadjectivemeans"quite")
*Sheissurprised
Areyousurprised?

(Ifyouaretalkingaboutawoman,addetosurpristomakeitfeminine)
*Itdoesn'tsurpriseme
*Itis...
*...magnificent
...superb
...great
...fantastic,tremendous
*bad/badly
Itisverybad
Idon'tlikeitbecauseitisverybad
Heisdoingitbadly
Itisgoingbadly
Itisnotgoingbadlytoday
Onthecontrary,itisgoingverywell
(p41)
*Itisverylight
Itisveryheavy
Itistooheavy
*tolift/togetup
Iamliftingitup
Iamgettingup(liftingmyselfup)
Iamgoingtogetup
Iamgoingtogetupearly
Iamgoingtogetupearlier
Itistooearly
Iamgoingtogetupearly(ofgoodhour)tomorrowmorning
*Itisveryheavy
Icannotliftitup...
...becauseitistooheavy
*Itisfull
Itistoofull
*tofillup/tofillin(aform)
Willyoufillintheform?
Itisveryempty(void)
Itistooempty
*toempty
Iamgoingtoemptyit
Willyoufilluptheglass?
Willyoufillupthebottle?
Itisnotclean
Willyoucleanitup?
Itisverydirty
Itistoodirty
(Track11,6.50,p42)
*toanswer(respond)

togiveananswer
Willyougivemeananswer?
Iamwaitingforyouranswer
Willyouanswerme?
Itisperfect
Itisreallyperfect
Wheredoyouwanttoputit?
Iwouldliketoknowwhereitis
*Itis(findsitself)...
Iwouldliketoknowwhereitislocated
Iwouldliketoknowwhereistherestaurant
Therestaurantisnearhere
Therestaurantisquitenearhere
Youcanwalkthere
Itisnotfar
*anyway,anyplace,nomatterwhere
Youcangetitanywhere
Youcanfinditanyplace
*anybody
Anybodycantellyou
*anytime,nomatterwhen
Youcancomeanytime
*atanytime
Youcancomeatanytime
(p43)
Youcandoitatanytime/nomatterwhen
anyhow,nomatterhow
*Iamlookingforiteverywhere...
...butyoucanfinditanyplace
*without
Ican'tdoitwithoutyou
withoutworries
without...
...tellingme
...findingit
...leaving
...sayingaword
Heisgoingtoleavewithoutsayingaword
(ForverbsinEnglishwhichendiningsuchas"doing","making"saysandwhichfollow
aprepositionsuchassans,youusethewholeinfinitiveverbinFrench)
*Itisenough
*It/Thatisenough(Itsuffices)
Itisenoughfortoday
Itisenoughlikethat

Goodtrip!
Goodluck!
*towish
Iwishyougoodluck
toyourwishes(saidaftersneezing)
untilsoon

(endofrecording)