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INTRODUCTION
In today's lesson, we'll help you check-in! In France, there are hotels, bed and breakfasts, hostels, and camping, these are camping grounds where you can set your tents. But let's not waste time, let’s jump right in today’s lesson.

Lesson focus
In France, there is no equivalent word for “to check-in”; if you have already booked the room and you want to say “I have a reservation” in French, it is - J'ai une réservation.
J'ai une réservation.
Let’s break it down by syllable: J'ai une réservation.
Now let's hear it again: J'ai une réservation.
The first word, j’, means “I”; and is followed by ai, which means "have."
Next, we have the feminine noun une réservation for "a reservation."
So altogether, we have: J'ai une réservation.
J'ai une réservation.
This means "I have a reservation."
If you have not booked the room yet, the phrase "I would like a room" in French is Je voudrais une chambre.
Let’s break it down by syllable and hear it one more time: Je voudrais une chambre.
Je voudrais une chambre.
The first words, je voudrais, mean "I would like."
Let’s break them down by syllable: je voudrais
Now let's hear them again: je voudrais
Then we have the article une, which is "a" or “one,” which we have seen previously.
And then the word chambre, "room."
Let’s break it down by syllable and hear it one more time: chambre
Chambre
So all together, we have - Je voudrais une chambre, which literally means "I would like a room."
Afterward, the front desk will most likely ask you "Your name, please."
In French, it is - Votre nom, s'il vous plaît.
Votre nom, s'il vous plaît.
Let’s break it down by syllable and hear it one more time: Votre nom, s'il vous plaît.
Votre nom, s'il vous plaît.
The first word, votre, is "your" in the formal form.
Let's hear it once again: votre
Votre
Then we have nom, which means "name."
Again, nom
And, nom.
Next is s'il vous plaît, which we know by now is "please."
So let’s hear the entire sentence now: Votre nom s'il vous plaît.
This literally means "your name, please."
Ok, that’s it for today. Bye!

Outro
Okay, to close out this lesson, we'd like you to practice what you've just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you're responsible for shouting it aloud. You have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so bonne chance, that means “good luck” in French.
“I have a reservation.” - J'ai une réservation.
J'ai une réservation.
J'ai une réservation.
“I would like a room.” - Je voudrais une chambre.
Je voudrais une chambre.
Je voudrais une chambre.
“Your name, please.” - Votre nom, s'il vous plaît.
Votre nom, s'il vous plaît.
Votre nom, s'il vous plaît.
Alright, that’s going to do it for today.

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