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Lesson Transcript

INTRODUCTION
Eric: Sharing a Song.
Eric: Hi everyone, I'm Eric.
Yasmine: And I'm Yasmine.
Eric: In this lesson, you'll learn how to post and leave comments in French about sharing music or videos. Léa shares a song she just heard at a party, posts a video of it, and leaves this comment:
Yasmine: J'adore cette chanson <3
Eric: Meaning - "I love this song <3" Listen to a reading of the post and the comments that follow.
DIALOGUE
(clicking sound)
Léa: J'adore cette chanson <3
(clicking sound)
Inès: Moi aussi! Il faut qu'on aille au concert ensemble!
Rémi: C'est pas trop mon genre de musique ;)
Céline: C'est la première fois que je l'entends mais j'aime bien :)
Pierre: Personnellement, je préfère la musique classique.
Eric: Listen again with the English translation.
(clicking sound)
Léa: J'adore cette chanson <3
Eric: "I love this song <3"
(clicking sound)
Inès: Moi aussi! Il faut qu'on aille au concert ensemble!
Eric: "Me too! We need to go to the concert together!"
Rémi: C'est pas trop mon genre de musique ;)
Eric: "It's not really my type of music ;)"
Céline: C'est la première fois que je l'entends mais j'aime bien :)
Eric: "It's the first time I'm listening to it, but I like it :)"
Pierre: Personnellement, je préfère la musique classique.
Eric: "I prefer classical music."
POST
Eric: Listen again to Léa's post.
Yasmine: J'adore cette chanson <3
Eric: "I love this song <3"
Yasmine: (SLOW) J'adore cette chanson <3 (Regular) J'adore cette chanson <3
Eric: Let's break this down. First is an expression meaning "I love."
Yasmine: J'adore
Eric: This is generally used to say you're really into something. Listen again- "I love" is...
Yasmine: (SLOW) J'adore (REGULAR) J'adore
Eric: Then comes the phrase - "this song."
Yasmine: cette chanson
Eric: The pronoun before the noun indicates that you're talking about one thing in particular. Listen again- "this song" is...
Yasmine: (SLOW) cette chanson (REGULAR) cette chanson
Eric: All together, "I love this song <3"
Yasmine: J'adore cette chanson <3
COMMENTS
Eric: In response, Léa's friends leave some comments.
Eric: Her high school friend, Inès, uses an expression meaning - "Me too! We need to go to the concert together!"
Yasmine: (SLOW) Moi aussi! Il faut qu'on aille au concert ensemble! (REGULAR) Moi aussi! Il faut qu'on aille au concert ensemble!
[Pause]
Yasmine: Moi aussi! Il faut qu'on aille au concert ensemble!
Eric: Use this expression to be funny.
Eric: Her college friend, Rémi, uses an expression meaning - "It's not really my type of music ;)"
Yasmine: (SLOW) C'est pas trop mon genre de musique ;) (REGULAR) C'est pas trop mon genre de musique ;)
[Pause]
Yasmine: C'est pas trop mon genre de musique ;)
Eric: Use this expression to show you are feeling frivolous.
Eric: Her neighbor, Céline, uses an expression meaning - "It's the first time I'm listening to it, but I like it :)"
Yasmine: (SLOW) C'est la première fois que je l'entends mais j'aime bien :) (REGULAR) C'est la première fois que je l'entends mais j'aime bien :)
[Pause]
Yasmine: C'est la première fois que je l'entends mais j'aime bien :)
Eric: Use this expression to show you are feeling warmhearted.
Eric: Her supervisor, Pierre, uses an expression meaning - "I prefer classical music."
Yasmine: (SLOW) Personnellement, je préfère la musique classique. (REGULAR) Personnellement, je préfère la musique classique.
[Pause]
Yasmine: Personnellement, je préfère la musique classique.
Eric: Use this expression to be old fashioned.

Outro
Eric: Okay, that's all for this lesson. If a friend posted something about sharing music or videos, which phrase would you use? Leave us a comment letting us know. And we'll see you next time!
Yasmine: Au revoir

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