=== REPETITION CYCLE === (Student repeats after pause) Parlez-vous français ? Oui, je parle français un peu.
=== NEW PHRASE === French: Je ne parle pas français. English: I don’t speak French. Breakdown: Je ne parle pas – negation wrapping the verb. pimsleur french transcript
=== VOCABULARY SO FAR === parler – to speak vous – you (formal/plural) je – I oui – yes non – no un peu – a little ne…pas – not === REPETITION CYCLE === (Student repeats after pause)
=== BACK AND FORTH === Q: Parlez-vous français ? A: Oui, je parle français un peu. or A: Non, je ne parle pas français. English: I don’t speak French
=== FRENCH PHRASE 1 === French: Parlez-vous français ? English: Do you speak French? Breakdown: Parlez (you speak) – vous (you formal) – français (French).
=== PRONUNCIATION NOTE === The ‘s’ in ‘parlez-vous’ links to ‘français’? No, it’s a t-stop? Actually: Parlez‿vous – no liaison with ‘français’ because ‘français’ starts with consonant /f/. But ‘un peu’ – the ‘n’ is nasal, not pronounced fully.
LESSON 1 – Basic greetings & “Do you speak French?” [English instruction] “In this lesson, you’ll learn to say ‘Do you speak French?’ and ‘Yes, I speak a little.’ Listen to the French.”