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A2 French Story

Dad, What Is That Smell?

Papa, c'est quoi cette odeur ?

1:36 min video · 8 sentences · 5 key words

Transcript with English

Hide the English to test yourself.
  1. Papa, c’est quoi cette odeur ?Dad, what is that smell?
  2. Je ne sais pas, il y a un problème.I don't know, there is a problem.
  3. Nous ouvrons la fenêtre de la cuisine.We open the kitchen window.
  4. Nora ouvre le four et regarde dedans.Nora opens the oven and looks inside.
  5. Le propriétaire a laissé un vieux poisson !The landlord left an old fish!
  6. Papa ne peut pas cuisiner ce soir.Dad cannot cook tonight.
  7. Nous mangeons une pizza par terre.We eat a pizza on the floor.
  8. C’est le meilleur dîner de ma vie !It's the best dinner of my life!

About this lesson

On moving day, Nora's father brings dinner to her new flat for a quiet evening, but a bad smell and a broken oven ruin the plan. They end up eating pizza on the floor and laughing.

How to practise

  1. Watch once with the English subtitles to understand the story.
  2. Watch again and repeat every sentence out loud in the À toi · Your turn pause.
  3. At the end, read along with the narrator at the same time.

Key words

FrenchEnglishLevel
le fourthe oven
la fenêtrethe window
le propriétairethe landlord
un vieux poissonan old fish
par terreon the floor

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