French Lesson 2 br Language Lessons Paco: Educational and Entertaining. :) br br SETTING: br Suppose you meet Mr. Bertrand in front of your building, who is just the person you were looking for. He has a friendly face and can tell you where to find a taxi stand. br br br CONVERSATION: br A) Tiens, bonjour, MonsieurMadame. Comment allez-vous ce matin? br B) Très bien, merci, et vous? br A) Ça va. br B) Excusez-moi, mais où est la station de taxis? br br A) A droite, vous voyez? Elle est à côté du café. br br B) Du café? br br A) Il est là-bas. br br B) Ah oui! Je vois. Merci beaucoup. br br A CLOSER LOOK: br br tiens well br comment how br allez from the verb aller: to go br ce this br matin (le) morning br très very br bien well br merci thank you br et and br ça va everything is OK br excusez moi excuse me br où where br est is br mais but br station de taxis taxi station br à droite on the right br là there br voyez from the verb voir: to see br elle she br à côté de next to br il he br là-bas over there br beaucoup very much br br VOCABULARY NOTES: br tiens: from the verb tenir: to hold, is often used at the beginning of a sentence to focus the attention of the listener and means: well. br br Comment allez-vous?: How are you? In this expression, as in the less formaI Comment çava?, the verb aller: to go is used and not the verb to be as in English. It's a bit similar to the colloquial English expression: How is it going? br br est: (he, she, it) is, from the verb être: to be. br br Elle: sheit. In the conversation elle refers to la station de taxis (f). br br Il: heit. In the conversation il refers to le café (m). br br du: contraction of de + le, meaning of the. br br beaucoup: means both much and many br br *The audio and the information for this video came from the Foreign Service Institute (FSI) which is in the public domain.