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Review 3: lessons 11 to 15

Révision 3 : leçons 11 à 15

A left arm, stolen jewels, Rozaine set free, ten thousand francs and a camera: lessons 11 to 15 in one summary, one grammar table and three exercises.

The story

Rozaine montre son bras : pas de blessure. Mais ce bras, c’est le bras gauche !

Rozaine shows his arm: no wound. But that arm is the left arm!

À cet instant, lady Jerland arrive : dans son sac, il n’y a pas de diamants, pas de rubis, pas de perles.

At that moment lady Jerland arrives: in her bag there are no diamonds, no rubies, no pearls.

Le voleur choisit les plus belles pierres pendant le thé, en plein jour. On pense tout de suite à Arsène Lupin.

The thief picks the finest stones during tea, in broad daylight. Everyone thinks at once of Arsène Lupin.

Le commandant convoque Rozaine, et le soir, les passagers vont danser au salon.

The captain summons Rozaine, and in the evening the passengers go dancing in the lounge.

Mais le lendemain, Rozaine est libre : ses papiers sont en règle.

But the next day Rozaine is free: his papers are in order.

Il promet dix mille francs à la personne qui démasque Lupin, et les marins fouillent les cabines sans exception.

He promises ten thousand francs to whoever unmasks Lupin, and the sailors search every cabin without exception.

Moi, je fais des photos de miss Nelly avec mon kodak.

As for me, I take photos of miss Nelly with my camera.

Je dis à miss Nelly : on peut cacher tous les bijoux dans un appareil comme ça. Avec Lupin, on doit tout imaginer !

I tell miss Nelly: you could hide all the jewels in a camera like this. With Lupin, you have to imagine everything!

Vocabulary

Lessons 11 to 15 in one table

As always in a review, start with the vocabulary above. Cover the English, read the French aloud, and mark every word that does not come back within three seconds. Only then read the table.

pointrulefrom the summary
this, thatce, cet before a vowel, cette, ces; distance only with -ci / -làce bras, cet instant
left, rightadjectives after the noun; directions with no articlele bras gauche, à droite
somedu, de la, de l’, des, where English often says nothingdes photos
no, not anyafter a negative everything becomes de, d’pas de diamants
onpeople, someone, we; the verb is the il formOn pense à Lupin.
allervais, vas, va, allons, allez, vontils vont danser
near futurealler + infinitive, no “to”les passagers vont danser
à + articleau, à la, à l’, aux: à le and à les never existau salon
big numberscent, deux cents but deux cent cinquante; mille never takes -sdix mille francs
faire, prendrevous faites, ils font; nous prenons, ils prennentje fais des photos
can, want, mustpouvoir, vouloir, devoir + infinitive, no de or àon peut cacher, on doit imaginer

Notice how much of this block is about little words that English does not have, or does not bother to change: cet, du, pas de, au. They are tiny, but a French ear notices at once when one is missing.