Chapter 1A1
Bonjour, Mamie
Hello, Mamie
Before you read
Être: saying who you are
Je suis means I am. C'est means it is or this is, while vous êtes means you are when speaking politely to one person.
Questions by tone
French can turn a statement into a question with a rising voice. Vous êtes américaine? keeps the same word order as the statement.
Camille is here.
Here, this is Kaysersberg.
There is a little café.
It is a small, old café.
The door is small and old.
Camille says: "Hello?"
Camille is here, in Kaysersberg.
Camille asks: "Hello, Mamie?"
Now Camille is inside the café.
Inside the café, there is a kitchen.
The kitchen is small and old.
"Hello?" Camille says.
Camille is here now.
"Hello, Mamie," Camille says.
Inside the café, there is a photo.
The photo is small and old.
Mamie is in the photo.
Camille says: "Hello, Mamie."
"I am Camille."
"I am here now."
Camille says: "Here, this is the café."
"Here, this is the little café, Mamie."
The photo is here.
Camille is here.
Mamie is here, in the photo.
"Is it good here, Mamie?" Camille asks.
The photo is old.
"I am here," Camille says.
Now a woman is in the kitchen.
The woman is Jeanne.
Jeanne is in the old kitchen.
There is bread.
Jeanne eats the bread.
"Are you American?" Jeanne asks.
"Yes," Camille says.
"I am Camille."
"Jeanne," the woman says.
Jeanne says: "Eat."
Camille eats the bread.
The bread is good.
"Good?" Jeanne asks.
"Yes. Thank you, Jeanne."
Now Marcel is in the café.
"A coffee," Marcel says.
The coffee is here now.
"Hello," Camille says.
"Hello," Marcel says.
"I am Camille."
"Marcel," Marcel says.
Camille asks: "Is the coffee good?"
"Yes," Marcel says.
Jeanne is in the kitchen.
Marcel says: "You will leave."
Camille asks: "You will leave?"
"Yes. You will leave."
"I am here now," Camille says.
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