A1 French Conversation
The Bag at the Bank
Le sac de la banque
0:45 min video · 2 sentences · 4 key words
Conversation script with English
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- 0:28
About this lesson
Inès, a cheese seller, visits a bank for the first time with her takings. Everyone stares at her bag, and a customer explains why.
How to practise
- Listen to the conversation with English.
- When you see À toi · Your reply, answer out loud in your own words before the reply plays.
- Then repeat the real reply in the À toi · Your turn pause.
Key words
| French | English | Level |
|---|---|---|
| tout le monde | everyone | |
| il y a | there is | |
| dans | in | |
| pourquoi | why |
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