Meeting other parents at school: Small talk while waiting
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Key Phrases
Vous attendez aussi ?
Are you waiting too?
Oui, j'attends ma fille.
Yes, I am waiting for my daughter.
Vous habitez dans le quartier ?
Do you live in the neighborhood?
Skills You'll Learn
Ask and answer simple questions while waiting outside a school.
Poser et répondre à des questions simples en attendant devant l'école.
Talk about your child, their class, and their teacher.
Parler de son enfant, de sa classe et de son enseignante.
Discuss where you live, walking to school, and the weather.
Parler de son quartier, venir à pied et commenter le beau temps.
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you are a parent chatting politely with another parent while waiting outside a primary school in France to pick up your child.
Bonjour, vous attendez aussi devant l'école ?
Hello, are you waiting outside the school too?
Oui, j'attends ma fille. Et vous ?
Yes, I'm waiting for my daughter. And you?
J'attends mon fils. Il est en CE1.
I'm waiting for my son. He's in second grade.
Ah, ma fille aussi ! Elle aime beaucoup sa maîtresse.
Ah, my daughter too! She really likes her teacher.
Mon fils aussi. Il parle souvent de la classe à la maison.
My son does too. He often talks about class at home.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Bonjour.
bohn-ZHOOR
Hello.
Vous
voo
You
💬 [Vous] can mean one person or several people. With adults you do not know well, like another parent at school, it is the normal choice.
See breakdown →Attendez
ah-tahn-DAY
Are waiting
Aussi
oh-SEE
Also / too
💬 [Aussi] usually comes after the thing it adds to: [Mon fils aussi], [moi aussi], [elle aussi]. That is different from English [too], which often comes at the very end.
See breakdown →Vous attendez aussi ?
voo ah-tahn-DAY oh-SEE
Are you waiting too?
🇫🇷 At the school gate this works as light small talk with another parent already standing nearby. It is friendly and natural, but a bit direct for a total stranger far away.
See breakdown →Devant
duh-VAHN
In front of
L'école
l ay-KOL
The school
💬 [L'] is just [le] or [la] shortened before a vowel, and it cannot stand alone. You say it joined to the next word: [l'école].
See breakdown →Devant l'école
duh-VAHN l ay-KOL
In front of the school
Oui
wee
Yes
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