Improve your ear for French with this clip from the Balades podcast. It’s 38 words in 19 seconds. Do you know how to say fairies in French?
This clip is from Balades Episode 3. Listen and fill in what you hear below. Read more and find a translation below. Find the full podcast here.
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The above audio sample and transcription is from Balades ep. 3. We do not own the content. Listen to the entire episode here.
On the way
This story just gets better and better. I’m on the way to building this site. In short, I want it to be a powerful tool that lets you create these quizzes from any podcast in French. But we’re not there yet. On the way, yes. Not there yet. Do you ever feel like so much stops you? There are too many times that I too just see the inn by the side of the road, set down what I’m carrying and step in for a coffee.. or a lager. What keeps me coming back? Well, I’m still on the way, of course.
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Even with the accessibility of these clips, I still find some words fascinating. For instance in this clip I didn’t know: fées or en chemin.
The snippet in English
Find a translation of this snippet here, how much of this did you hear?
En chemin, les serviteurs qui portent la litière sont fatigués et décident de se rafraîchir dans une auberge. Ils laissent la jeune fille à l’extérieur. Alors douze fées passent devant la litière et, toutes curieuses, regardent à l’intérieur.
On the way, the servants carrying the litter are tired and decide to refresh themselves in an inn. They leave the girl outside. Then twelve fairies pass by the litter and, all curious, look inside.
The above translation from Deepl. Source
How do you say “fairies” in French
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Alors douze fées passent — Then twelve fairies pass
En chemin — on the way
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