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Foreword It’s a great pleasure to be able to present Volume 3 in the Earworms Rapid French series. As well as another lexically rich, immediately useful set of words and phrases, this volume will give you an insight into many of the core structures of the language, allowing you more scope to mix and match the vocabulary you already know.

By the way, as a linguist I often hear the comment, “Why bother learning a foreign language when the rest of the world speaks English?”.

Of course, it is our good luck that the language of international communication has become English, but I could cite a whole range of reasons to learn a new language from it being stimulating for the mind and making travel much more interesting, to giving you the edge of competence in business with foreign business partners, to leading to more healthy cultural and inter-cultural awareness. To quote one of the great men of our times, Nelson Mandela: “If you speak to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.”

With that sentiment in mind, I wish you as much enjoyment in learning with this Earworms course as it has given our team in making it.

Marlon Lodge, Author and Creative Director, Earworms mbt®

Background

Earworms mbt® Rapid French puts the words and phrases you need not just on the tip of your tongue, but also transports them deeply into your long-term memory.Simply by listening to these specially composed melodies with their rhythmic repetitions of French and English a few times, the sound patterns are indelibly burned into your auditory cortex. You will have successfully learned the French phrase and have the correct accent ringing in your ears. Wherever you are, whatever you are doing: while jogging, in the car, in the bath, doing the ironing…you can be learning French at the same time!

Earworms mbt® Rapid Languages is the first language course to get your toe tapping. You know the phenomenon of those catchy tunes or earworms that you just can't get out of your head? Voulez-vous coucheravec moi, ce soir? Well, Earworms mbt® has put this phenomenon to positive use. Gone are the days of learning pressure and frustration at not being able to remember, the experience of many on conventional language courses. In combination with music, the phrases you need are automatically anchored deeply into your memory, ready for instant recall.

Music is the keyThe idea is as simple as it is old. Before the age of writing, ancient historical events were recorded in verse and song form for easy memorisation. In his book 'Songlines' Bruce Chatwin describes how the Australian Aborigines were able to navigate their way across hundreds of miles of desert to their ancestral hunting grounds without maps. And how? The extensive lyrics of their traditional songs were exact descriptions of the routes!

Rhythm and words i.e. song and verse have always been a very powerful memory aid, and this is supported by recent scientific research. The advertising industry knows only too well how powerful music can be in getting the message across with brainwashing-like jingles and soundbites.

It really works! Developed and used over years in the classroom, Earworms mbt® Rapid Languages has shown phenomenal success. In tests pupils using this technique regularly get average marks of over 90% compared to less than 50% with conventional book based learning. Why hasn't music been used more in education up to now? Imagine kids at school getting a CD of hip hop songs with all the historical dates they have to learn, or all the irregular verbs they have to learn! Wouldn't that make their (and teachers’) school lives much easier, much more fun, much more successful?

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Nous devons faire les courses.* Nous devons … Je dois …Tu dois … (informal). / Vous devez … (formal). Est-ce que tu dois … ? / Est-ce que vous devez … ?Qu’est-ce que nous devons ~ acheter ?Nous devons acheter beaucoup de choses. Nous devons acheter du pain. On doit acheter du pain.Nous devons acheter du fromage. On doit acheter du fromage.Nous devons … / On doit …du beurredes fruits et des légumesJe dois également acheter ~ des piles ~ pour mon appareil photo.également/aussides piles et une carte mémoireune carte de téléphoneEst-ce que tu sais … (informal) /Est-ce que vous savez … (formal)… où est le supermarché ~ le plus proche ?

… où est la banque ~ la plus proche ?

Là, juste au coin de la rue.

justeau coin de la rue

*It is also possible to say: We have to go do the shopping. = Nous devons aller faire les courses.

1. We have to …

We have to do the shopping.*We have to … I have to …You have to …

Do you have to …?

What do we have to buy?We have to buy many things. We have to buy some bread.

We have to buy some cheese.(lit.: One has to buy some cheese.) We have to … / One has to …some butter some fruit and vegetablesI also have to buy ~ some batteries ~ for my camera.alsosome batteriesand a memory carda telephone cardDo you know …

… where the nearest supermarket is?(lit.: … where is the supermarket ~ the more near?)… where the nearest bank is?(lit.: … where is the bank the more near?)There, just around the corner. (lit.: There, just at the corner of the road.) justaround the corner

As-tu assez d’argent pour faire les courses ?assez d’argentJe ne suis pas sûr/sûre (masc./fem.). Voyons. Non, je n’ai pas assez d’argent.je n’ai pasAlors d’abord ~ je dois aller à la banque. Alors d’abord …Non, tu ne dois pas aller à la banque.tu ne dois pas Au supermarché, on peut payer par carte.on peut payerVeuillez introduire votre carte, s’il vous plaît.Veuillez …… introduire …Composez votre code, s.v.p.Attendez, s.v.p. Veuillez retirez votre carte, s.v.p.Voici, votre reçu.Maintenant nous pouvons faire les courses.

Have you got enough money to do the shopping?enough moneyI’m not sure. Let’s see.

No, I don’t have enough money.I don’t haveSo first ~ I have to go to the bank.So first …No, you don’t have to go to the bank. you don’t have toAt the supermarket one can pay by card. one can payWould you please insert the card.(lit.: Would you insert the card, please.)Would you …… insert …Enter the pin code, please.Wait a moment, please.Would you remove your card, please.Here you are, your receipt.Now we can do the shopping.

2. Enough money (Conjugating 'can')

I can we can

you can (informal) you can (formal)he/she/one can

they can

Can I …?Can we …?

Can you …? (informal)Can you …? (formal)

Can he …? / Can she …? / Can one … ?

Can they …?

je peuxnous pouvons / on peut tu peux vous pouvezil/elle/on peutils peuvent / elles peuvent

Puis-je … ?Pouvons-nous ... ? Peux-tu ... ? Pouvez-vous … ? Peut-il … ? / Peut-elle … ? / Peut-on … ?

Peuvent-ils … ? (masc.) / Peuvent-elles … ? (fem.)

Can (all persons):

Puis-je vous aider ? Est-ce que je peux vous aider ?Que désirez-vous ?

Vous désirez ?

Est-ce que vous avez des baguettes ?Oui, combien* en voulez-vous ?J’en prendrai deux.

Est-ce que vous avez du parmesan ?Combien* en voulez-vous ?Un petit morceau.Environ une demi-livre.Il y en a ~ un peu plus.

Un peu plus d’une demi-livre.C’est bon comme ça ?du jambonDu jambon cru ou du jambon cuit ?du jambon cruJe voudrais quatre tranches de jambon cuit.(Est-ce que) vous désirez autre chose ?Vous désirez autre chose ? Non, c’est tout, merci.Vous pouvez payer ~ à la caisse. Savez-vous où ~ je peux acheterune carte mémoire ?Vous pouvez en acheter chez le photographe.chez moiEst-ce que vous savez ~ si ~ il est encore ouvert ~ ou ~ est-il déjà fermé ? Je pense que habituellement il ferme à sept heures.Il est presque sept heures.Reste calme. Rien ne presse.Il est ouvert jusqu'à huit heures.

3. I’ll take 2 of them (How to say 'of them', 'of it')

Can I help you?

What would you like?(lit.: What wish you?)You would like?(lit.: You wish?)Do you have any baguettes?Yes, how many of them do you want?I’ll take 2 of them.(lit.: I’ll of them take 2.)Do you have any parmesan?How much of it do you want?A little piece.About half a pound.It’s a bit more. (lit.: There is of it ~ a bit more.)A bit more than half a pound.Is it OK like that?some hamCured ham or boiled ham?air dried ham / cured hamI’d like 4 slices of boiled ham.

Do you want anything else?

No, that’s all, thanks.You can pay ~ at the check out. Do you know where ~ I can buy a memorycard? You can buy one (of them) at the photographer’s. at / to my houseDo you know ~ if ~ it is still open ~ or ~ is italready closed?I think (that) it usually closes at 7.

It’s almost 7.Keep cool. There is no hurry. It’s open until 8.

*Combien means both: How much ...? and How many ...?

Maintenant nous devons aller au marché pour acheter des fruits et des légumes.Vous désirez ?Je voudrais un melon.Lequel ? Celui-là. (masc.)Et une salade.Laquelle ?Celle-là. (fem.)Les pommes sont vraiment bonnes.Est-ce que vous en voulez un kilo ?

Oui, j’en veux un kilo.

Un kilo de ces rouges-là.Un kilo de pommes rouges.Et pouvez-vous me donner un kilo de tomates ? donner / me donnerEt quelques cerises.Combien coûtent les cerises le kilo ?Et aussi des fraises, ~ une livre (= 500 grammes).Une livre de raisin. ça va comme ça ?

Un peu moins.Cela suffit ?

Oui, ça suffit.Alors, cela fait dix-neuf euros quarante-cinq en tout. Désolé, je n’ai qu’un billet de cent euros. Je n’ai pas de monnaie. Vous avez gagné au loto ?Allez, dis-moi !Merci et bonne journée.

Now we have to go to the market to buy fruit and vegetables.What would you like?I’d like a melon.Which one? That one there. And a lettuce.Which one? That one there. The apples are really good.Do you want a kilo of them? (lit.: Do you of them want a kilo?)Yes, I want a kilo of them. (lit.: I of them want a kilo.)A kilo of those red ones there.A kilo of red apples.And could you give me a kilo of tomatoes?

give / give meAnd some cherries. How much do the cherries cost a kilo?And some strawberries too, ~ a pound.

A pound of grapes.Is it OK like that?(lit.: It goes like that?)A bit less.Is that OK?(lit.: Like this suffices?)Yes, that's fine.So, that is €19.45 in all.(lit.: So, that makes €19.45 in all.) Sorry, I only have a €100 note. I don’t have any small change.Have you won the lottery?Go on, tell me! Thank you and have a nice day.

4. At the market (that/those)

5. In the shoe shop (I’ll take them)

Ouah, regarde ces chaussures !Est-ce que tu les aimes* ? Oui, je les aime. Je voudrais les essayer.

Quelle pointure faites-vous ?

... faites-vous ?Pointure trente-neuf, s.v.p. De quelle couleur ?Est-ce que vous les avez en noir ?

Malheureusement, nous ne les avons pas en noir.Nous les avons seulement en marron et en vert.Je les essaie en marron.

Les voici.Comment est-ce qu’elles vous vont ?

Elles sont très confortables.Je ne sais pas, elles sont un peu chères.Je ne voulais pas dépenser autant d’argent.dépenserautant d’argentJe ne veux pas … / Je ne voulais pas …Pouvez-vous me faire une réduction ? Je peux vous faire une réduction de 10%.Je les prends. Je les achète pour toi. Ce sera tout, Madame ?Ce sac, le rouge, puis-je le voir ?

*Rule: them, me, him, her, it etc. (the object of the sentence), come before the verb.**Shoe size is "pointure", other clothes size is "taille".

Wow, look at those shoes!Do you like them*?(lit.: Do you them like?)Yes, I like them.(lit.: Yes, I them like.) I’d like to try them on.(lit.: I'd like to them try on.)What size** do you take? (lit.: What size do you do?)… do you take?Size thirty-nine, please. In which colour?Do you have them in black?(lit.: Do you them have in black?)Unfortunately, we don’t have them in black. We have them only in brown and green.I’ll try them in brown.(lit.: I them try in brown.)Here they are.How do they fit you?(lit.: How do they you fit?)They are very comfortable.I don’t know, they are a bit dear.I didn’t want to spend so much money.to spendso much moneyI don’t want to … / I didn’t want to …Can you do me a discount?I can do you a discount of 10%.I’ll take them. (lit.: I’ll them take.)I’ll buy them for you. (lit.: I’ll them buy for you.)Will that be all, Madame?That bag, the red one, can I see it?(lit.: … can I it see?)

6. Tickets, please! (At the station)

Je préfère voyager en train.Je voudrais deux ~ (billets) aller-simples ~ pour Paris Gare du Nord.Première ou seconde classe ?Seconde classe, s.v.p.A quelle heure part le prochain train ?

partpartirle prochain trainle dernier trainA quelle heure part le dernier train ?Eh bien, le prochain train part à onze heures cinq et met trente-cinq minutes.Eh bien, ...il metça fait dix-neuf euros vingt pour les deux tickets.ça fait ...les deuxDe quel quai part le train ?

De quel ...Il part du quai numéro deux.N’oubliez pas de ~ valider votre ticket.*Bon voyage !Le train pour Paris Gare du Nord partira du quai numéro deux. partiraExcusez-moi, est-ce que cette place est libre ?cette placeContrôle des billets, s.v.p. !

I prefer to travel by train. I'd like two ~ single tickets ~ to Paris Gare du Nord.First or second class?Second class, please.At what time does the next train leave? (lit.: At what time leaves the next train?)leavesto leavethe next trainthe last train At what time does the last train leave?Well, the next train leaves at 11.05 and takes 35 minutes.Well, …it takes (time)That’s €19.20 for both tickets.(lit.: That makes €19.20 for the two tickets.)That’s …bothWhich platform does the train leave from?(lit.: From which platform departs the train?)From which …It leaves from platform number 2.Don’t forget to ~ validate your ticket.Have a nice journey!The train to Paris Gare du Nord will depart from platform 2.will departExcuse me, is this seat free? (lit.: Is it that this seat is free?)this seatTickets, please!(lit.: Checking of the tickets, please!)

Travelling by train from the airport to Paris city centre:

*In France before entering the train you have to get your ticket validated (stamped) in a machine.

7. Out and about in Paris

Je vais acheter un ticket pour trois jours.

Est-ce que je peux avoir ... ? / Puis-j'avoir ... ?Excusez-moi, est-ce que vous savez quel métro va au centre ?Est-ce que vous savez … ? / Savez-vous ... ?Je croix les lignes une et sept.Est-ce que vous savez quand elles passent ?

Toutes les quinze minutes, je pense.Toutes les …La ligne sept arrive dans cinq minutes.Ce train va dans le centre, n’est-ce pas ?Où est-ce que je dois descendre ~ pour le Louvre ?Où dois-je descendre ~ pour le Louvre ?descendre

Vous devez descendre à la troisième station.première, deuxième, troisième, quatrième Regarde, ce sont les Champs Elysées.

Là-bas, l’Arc de Triomphe. Et là-bas, la Tour Eiffel.Là-bas …Mon dieu qu’elle est haute !

haut(e)C’est merveilleux ici à Paris !Il y a tant de choses intéressantes à voir.Il y a tant de …… choses intéressantes.Allons dans le Quartier Latin ~ pour prendre un verre.Allons dans le …C’est mieux qu’une visite guidée.C’est mieux que ...Allons-y !

I’m going to buy a 3 day pass. (lit.: I’m going to buy a ticket for 3 days.)Can I have …? Excuse me, do you know which metro goes to the centre?Do you know …?I believe the lines 1 and 7.Do you know when they go?(lit.: Do you know when they pass?) Every 15 minutes I think.Every …The line 7 arrives in 5 minutes.This train goes to the centre, right?Where do I have to get off ~ for the Louvre?

Where must I get off ~ for the Louvre?to get off(lit.: to descend)You have to get off at the third station.first, second, third, fourth Look, this is the Champs Elysees. (lit.: These are the Elysian fields.)Over there, the Arc de Triomphe. And over there, the Eiffel Tower.Over there …My goodness how tall it is! (lit.: My goodness how she is tall!)tallIt's marvellous here in Paris!There are so many interesting things to see.There are so many …… interesting things.Let’s go to the Latin Quarter ~ for a drink.

Let’s go to the … It’s better than a guided tour.It’s better than …Let’s go!

8. On the road again. (Renting a car)

J’ai réservé une voiture au nom de …Je suis à vous dans une seconde.

Pouvez-vous me montrer votre permis de conduire ?me montrer Pouvez-vous me donner votre carte de crédit ?Voici mon permis de conduire et ma carte de crédit. Alors, vous avez loué la voiture pour quatre jours.La voiture doit être rendue mercredi avant 4h de l’après-midi.doit ~ être ~ rendueLe réservoir est plein.Veuillez faire le plein avant de rendre la voiture, s.v.p.faire le plein

Vous avez réservé la voiture avec une assurance.Voici le contrat. Veuillez signer ici et aussi ici.

Voici les clés.Bon voyage.N’oubliez pas, c’est une voiture diesel et pas une voiture essence.N’oubliez pas d’avoir toujours ~ votre permis de conduire ~ sur vous.avoir toujours

SortieRalentirEmbouteillages (reminicent of ‘bottle neck’)DéviationInterdiction de stationnerParkingStation-serviceConduisez prudemment

Road signs: Exit

Reduce speedTraffic jam Diversion

No parkingCar parkServices

Drive carefully

I have reserved a car in the name of ...I’ll be with you in a second. (lit.: I am with you in a second.)Can you show me your driving licence?

show meCan you give me your credit card?Here's my driving licence and my credit card. So, you have rented the car for 4 days.The car has to be returned on Wednesday before 4 o'clock in the afternoon.has to ~ be ~ returnedThe tank is full.Would you fill it up before returning the car, please. fill it up(lit.: make it full)You have reserved the car with insurance.

Here is the contract. Would you sign here and also here.Here are the keys.Have a good journey.Don’t forget, it’s a diesel car and not a petrol car.

Don’t forget to always have ~ your driving licence ~ on you.always have (lit.: have always)

9. The weather (Le temps)

Excusez-moi, mais je n’ai pas le temps.Il y a un temps pour tout. Quel temps fait-il aujourd’hui ?

Aujourd’hui, il fait vraiment beau (temps).

Il fait très chaud / froid.En Angleterre, nous n’avons pas autant de journées comme celle-ci.S’il fait beau demain, on va à la plage ?

… on va … ?Oui, allons à la plage.Maintenant nous sommes à la plage.Regarde, la mer.Est-ce que l’eau est chaude ou ... trop froide ?Elle est un peu froide.Est-ce que tu veux nager ou jouer au tennis ?… ou jouer au foot ?Maintenant j’ai soif.

As-tu soif ? / Avez-vous soif ?

Nous avons vraiment soif.On a vraiment soif.Qu'est-ce que nous avons à boire ? Qu'est-ce qu’on a à boire ?Nous avons du coca et du jus d’orange.On a du coca et du jus d’orange.Maintenant le temps change. Le ciel est nuageux.Il commence à pleuvoir.Il pleut.As-tu apporté ton parapluie ?Non, je l’ai oublié !

j’ai oubliéQuel dommage !S’il continue à pleuvoir ainsi, je rentre à la maison.

Excuse me, but I have no time.There's a (right) time for everything. (Proverb)What is the weather doing today?(lit.: What weather does it today?)Today it’s really fine (weather). (lit.: Today it makes fine (weather).)It’s very warm / cold.In England we don’t have so many days like this.If it is fine tomorrow, shall we go to the beach?… shall we go …?Yes, let’s go to the beach.Now we are at the beach.Look, the sea.Is the water warm or is it too cold?

It’s a bit cold.Do you want to swim or play tennis? (lit.: … play at tennis?)… or play football?Now I am thirsty.(lit.: Now I have thirst.)Are you thirsty?(lit.: Have you thirst?)We are really thirsty.(lit.: We have real thirst.)What do we have to drink?

We have coke and orange juice.

Now the weather is changing.The sky is cloudy.It’s starting to rain.It’s raining.Have you brought your umbrella?No, I’ve forgotten it!(lit.: No, I it have forgotten.)I’ve forgottenWhat a pity!If it continues to rain like this, I’m going back home.

10. Groovy grammar

Nous devons faire les courses. On doit faire les courses.Je dois faire les courses.Vous devez ... / Tu dois … Est-ce que vous devez … ? / … tu dois … ?Tu dois faire/acheter/aller/manger ...Tu dois acheter du fromage.1. Est-ce que tu dois ~ acheter du fromage ?2. Tu dois ~ acheter du fromage ?3. Dois-tu ~ acheter du fromage ?Tu ne dois pas ~ acheter du fromage.Nous devons ~ acheter du fromage. On doit ~ acheter du fromage.Nous ne devons pas ~ acheter du fromage. On ne doit pas ~ acheter du fromage.Est-ce que nous devons ~ acheter du fromage ? Est-ce qu'on doit acheter du fromage ?Pourquoi est-ce que nous devons ~ acheter du fromage ?Je ne sais pas pourquoi.Je ne sais pas pourquoi nous devons ~ acheter du fromage.aller au centreJe ne sais pas pourquoi nous devons aller au centre.dépenser autant d'argentJe ne sais pas pourquoi nous devons dépenser autant d'argent.Est-ce que nous devons dépenser autant d'argent ?Est-ce que tu dois dépenser autant d'argent ?Je n'ai pas assez de temps.

We have to do the shopping.

I have to do the shopping.You have to ... Do you have to ...?You have to do/buy/go/eat …You have to buy cheese.Do you have to ~ buy cheese?

You don’t have to ~ buy cheese.We have to ~ buy cheese.

We don’t have to ~ buy cheese.

Do we have to ~ buy cheese?

Why do we have to ~ buy cheese?

I don’t know why. I don’t know why we have to ~ buy cheese.

to go to the centreI don’t know why we have to go to the centre.

spend so much moneyI don’t know why we have to spend so much money.Do we have to spend so much money? Do you have to spend so much money?I don’t have enough time.

To have (avoir)I haveyou havewe havehe/she/one hasthey have

j'aivous avez / tu asnous avonsil/elle/on ails/elles ont

je n'ai pasvous n'avez pas / tu n’as pasnous n'avons pasil/elle/on n'a pasils/elles n'ont pas

For the question: just add 'Est-ce que …'

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1. We have to … 2. Enough money (Conjugating 'can') 3. I'll take 2 of them (How to say 'of them', 'of it') 4. At the market (that/those) 5. In the shoe shop. I’ll take them 6. Tickets, please! (At the station) 7. Out and about in Paris 8. On the road again. Renting a car 9. The weather (Le temps)10. Groovy grammar

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