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Will You Tell Me the Truth?

Vous allez me dire la vérité ?

0:45 min video · 3 sentences · 5 key words

Transcript with English

Hide the English to test yourself.
  1. Docteur, vous allez me dire la vérité ?Doctor, are you going to tell me the truth?
  2. Vous n’avez rien, mais vous avez beaucoup parlé de votre mère.There is nothing wrong with you, but you have talked a lot about your mother.
  3. Oui, elle m’appelle chaque soir, et ce soir, personne.Yes, she calls me every evening, and tonight, no one (has called).

About this lesson

In a lecture hall after hours, a young doctor tells a nervous patient he is fine, but he admits he only came to hear his mother's voice in the corridor. The ending loops back to the first question.

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
la véritéthe truth
votre mèreyour mother
chaque soirevery evening
personnenobody
beaucoupa lot

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