Language Lessons Paco: Educational and Entertaining. :) br br SETTING: br You have been at your post for two days. Now that it's Monday, it’s time to go to work. Your new car (is it a Peugeot? a Renault?) hasn't been delivered yet and you are not quite ready to tackle public transportation. Fortunately, a driver from the Embassy is coming to pick you up. You forgot his name but yoU remember that he was hired only last week and that he does not speak a word of English. You will wait for him in front of your building; let's hope you get into the right car! br br CONVERSATION: br A) Vous êtes Mme Smith, n'est-ce pas? br br B) Oui, c'est ça. Vous êtes le chauffeur de l'ambassade des Etats-Unis? br A) Oui, oui, je suis le nouveau chauffeur. Je suis Nejeib Barka. br B) Comment? Comment vous appelez-vous? br A) Barka. Nejeib Barka. B.A.R.K.A. br B) Ah! Barka. Vous êtes français? br A) Mais non, je suis tunisien. br B) Oh! Excusez-moi. Je ne comprends pas. Je ne parle pas français. br A) Oh! Ca ne fait rien. Je ne parle pas anglais. br A CLOSER LOOK: br c'est ça that’s right br (le) chauffeur driver br des of the br nouveau new br non no br tunisian (lower case in French) Tunisian br ne…pas not br parle from the verb parler: to speak br fait from the verb faire: to do, make br rien nothing br anglais English br br VOCABULARY NOTES: br Comment vous appelez vous?: What's your name?: literally, How do you calI yourself? br br Ça ne fait rien: It doesn't matter: a very useful sentence to remember. br br C'est ça: That's right: used to indicate agreement. br br français, tunisien, anglais, américain: as adjectives, these words referring to nationalities do not take capital letters. The feminine forms are: française, tunisienne, anglaise, américaine. br br br *The audio and the information for this video came from the Foreign Service Institute (FSI) which is in the public domain.