Hostage Negotiations: Hostage: The TV Remote
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Key Phrases
Marché conclu !
Deal!
Préparez-vous à devenir des experts en mousse
Get ready to become experts in foam
Si je commence à ronfler, tu changes de chaîne
If I start snoring, you change the channel
Skills You'll Learn
Understanding negotiation phrases
Compréhension des phrases de négociation
Expressing anticipation for learning
Exprimer l'anticipation d'apprendre
Making conditional statements
Faire des déclarations conditionnelles
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine a scenario where two friends are in a playful argument over a television remote. One friend is determined that everyone should first watch their documentary about moss. Despite initial skepticism, the other friend agrees to give it a chance for twenty minutes. The conversation is light-hearted and playful, reflecting the friend's enthusiasm for the documentary.
Pose ce télécommande, et on fera comme si les spoilers du soap opera n'avaient jamais eu lieu.
Put down that remote, and we'll act like the soap opera spoilers never happened.
Jamais ! Pas avant que vous regardiez tous mon documentaire sur la mousse.
Never! Not before you all watch my documentary on moss.
Oh, vraiment ? Un documentaire sur la mousse ? Ça semble… fascinant.
Oh, really? A documentary on moss? That sounds... fascinating.
C’est incroyablement intéressant. Vous allez voir, c'est captivant !
It's incredibly interesting. You'll see, it's captivating!
D'accord, mais juste vingt minutes. Après ça, tu passes la télécommande.
Alright, but just twenty minutes. After that, you hand over the remote.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Pose
Pohz
Put down
Télécommande
Tay-lay-coh-mahnd
Remote
On
On
We
💬 [On] often means "we" in everyday French. Where English says "we will," French speakers very often say [on fera] instead of a more formal [nous ferons].
See breakdown →Fera
Fuh-rah
Will do
Comme si
komm see
As if
💬 [Comme si] means "as if," but French often uses it after [faire], as in [faire comme si] = "act like / pretend that." You can reuse it with other verbs too: [parler comme si...] = "talk as if...".
See breakdown →On fera comme si
on feh-rah kuhm see
We'll act like
💬 [On] often means "we" in everyday French, so [on fera] is a very normal spoken way to say "we'll do." [Comme si] adds the idea of "as if," often with a sense of pretending.
See breakdown →Avaient
Ah-vay
Had
Jamais eu lieu
zhah-meh u loo
Never took place
💬 [Avoir lieu] is a fixed expression meaning "to take place" or "to happen." So [n'avaient jamais eu lieu] is literally "had never had place," but you should learn it as one chunk.
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