A Bonjour AB avenue I learned French with Alexa for another
podcast. Now this series is quite simple.
You're going to hear a small text based on a fun fact about
me Alexa Polidoro. Now, if you learned it here just
because the algorithm took it here, you may not know who I am,
but I'm a French teacher, Alexa Polidoro from Learn French with
Alexa. Now stick with us, OK, because
you're going to do an exercise, a listening exercise.
I'm going to run you through some grammar as well as we go
along. Let's listen to another fun fact
about me. Alexa Politoho.
I'm going to ask you a question after the first reading of this
text and maybe a second question if we've got time.
Listen very carefully. Equity attentive MO Noel
Gallagher Busave le chanteur de groupe de Roc Oasis EMOI Avon
shows and coma Eno SE NI PA montalon musical male rosmo nu
parte Jean le meme anniversaire SE tadir le vant northeast par
Contra no El Gallagher a quetron de prize que Moi bizarme SE to
silla that Danny Versaire de John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
OK, this is another fun fact about me.
As you know, this whole series of the podcast is all about fun
facts about Alex Apolidoro. Not that people care, but I
thought I would use that as a subject for my text.
Anyways, here's the first question.
Can't ask just Winnie. Com means when.
Can't ask just Winnie. Now juh swiney is the way.
In French we say I was born. Bizarrely, we're using sui am I
am born. So you may wonder, but why when
I say I was born in French we say I am born?
That's because the verb net to be born is used in a passe
composite, as in the past tense with the auxiliary verb to be.
And when we do a pasi compose, we use an auxiliary verb in the
present tense and we add a past participle.
I've lost you, haven't I? Well, let me rewind now.
Je means AI, si means AM northeast N EE in that case is
born and northeast Here is a past participle of the verb
netre net, which is considered as a movement verb.
Weirdly and all the movement verbs are using the auxiliary to
be in the basic composite. So can't translate it by I was
born. No, can't do that in French.
You have to say I am born and weirdly, and this is a fun fact,
not about me, but when you use to die, it is also constructed
the same way. So if you wanted to say I I am
dead or I died, not that you would ever do that because you'd
be dead, but imagine I died. It would be I am dead.
OK, so GE three more because the verb is more here and Maurier is
also considered like a movement verb and therefore in the passe
composite is used with the auxiliary verb ETR.
OK, so in order to answer this question, can't ask contesques
just when was I born? Listen to the text one more
time. Listen very carefully.
Noel Gallagher Mousavi le chanteur du groupe de Roc Oasis
ET Moi avoir en chosen coma Eno SE EPA montalon musical MI le
rosmo nu parta Jean le meme anniversaire SE tadier le vant
noff me par contr no El Gallagher a quatrone de plus
cumois bizarre MO SE tosi la de de niversa de John Fitzgerald
Kennedy, Right. Can you answer?
When I was born, Did you hear that in a text?
Yeah. Le van Neve me the 29th of May,
but we said the 29th May le vent northeast may see la dat de mun
naniversaire. It's my birthday, the date of my
birthday. Can you tell me when yours is
kele la dat de votre anniversaire?
So to answer this question, you would say la dat de mun
naniversaire ay, and whenever your birthday is.
Now here's the second question esque Noel Gallagher a Prussian
como. Is Noel Gallagher younger than
me? Now listen really carefully and
tell me we Oh no Noel Gallagher Mousavi le chanteur de groupe de
Roc Oasis EMOI avoin chosen coma Eno SE EPA Montano musical mala
rosmo nu parte Jean le Mani versaire southeast a die
relevante nafme a contr Noel Gallagher a catron de preuss que
Moi bizarmo SE to silla DA de niverse de Jean Fitzgerald
Kennedy. OK, so to answer esque Noel
Gallagher E Preuss Jean que Moi. Is Noel Gallagher younger than
me now? Preuss Jean que more young than
preview que would be more old than now.
This is called a comparative OK plus plus adjective and then CU
OK and if you had more plus adjective and then CU it will be
less than now. Can you answer whether Noel
Gallagher is younger than me or not?
Well, in the text that say Noel Gallagher are Catron de plus CU
MO, what does that mean? Noel Gallagher is 4 years older
than me ILA Catron four years more than me ILA Catron de Prix
Comois. OK, when you're going to give
your age, you don't say I am for example 35.
You would say in French I have 35 years, so JE Tran St. con.
So the same goes for well, he is 4 years older.
You would say he has four year more than you Don Quix Ella
catron de Proust catois or quinoa For me in that case, to
answer the question, is Noel Gallagher younger a Persian
quinoa then you would say no. Noel Gallagher a preview Quetois
Elie preview is older by four years.
OK, so this is quite difficult. OK, fun fact, Noel Gallagher was
born in 1967. That tells you my age.
Now if you've listened to the text, I am not going to reveal
my age unless you're very good at maths.
Well, you don't need to be very good at maths to work out how
old I am, OK? Anyway, we're going to read it
one more time, OK, with the translation to help you a bit
more, and that should become much clearer.
Noel Gallagher, Mousavi Le Chanter, the group the rock
Oasis. So Noel Gallagher, you know, the
lead singer of the rock band Oasis, the group the rock EI Moi
avoir in shows and comma. So Noel Gallagher and I and me,
we have nu savant unchos en coma.
One thing in common, No SE northeast par montalon musical
and no, it's not my physical talent.
You know, Malo Rosmo, unfortunately, Malo Rosmo nu
parte Jean le meme anniversaire. We share the same birthday sita
dia, which means Levant neuf may Levant neuf may the 29th of May
Noel Gallagher a Catron de Prisco noir.
Noel Gallagher is 4 years older than me.
Now remember what I've said, when you give your age you need
to use avoir. So je Trinton, I'm 30 years, J
Sanconto I'm 50 years and so on. OK?
Do not say je suis Sanconto, je suis ton doesn't work in French.
OK? Now Noel Gallagher is 4 years
older than me, OK? Bizarre.
Strangely, bizarrely. OK, so to see like that Danny
Verser de John fits the old Kennedy, I can't say it.
It is Also John fits the old Kennedy's birthday.
OK, and Latoya Jackson by by the way, just in case, you know, you
want to know, we did some research on who, what famous
person was born on the 29th of May, right?
So we've read that text, we've listened to it three times, OK,
and we've translated it. OK, Now what I want to emphasize
on 2 words, Malorosmo and Bizarmo.
Now Manor rousman means unfortunately and bizarman means
strangely or bizarrely. Now these are called adverbs of
manner. OK?
And the way we create those we have to do 2 things.
Take an adjective Manor, which is unhappy.
OK, in order to form Manor rousman, what we've done is that
we take Manor Roux, the masculine adjective form, put it
into its feminine adjective form, which is malorose, and all
we need to do afterwards is add more malorose MO, unfortunately.
And so we do the same for bizarre MO.
Bizarre is the adjective, it is bizarre.
The feminine adjective for bizarre is bizarre because it
ends with an E anyway, and we add more bizarre MO.
Now, can you form an adverb using rapid?
Rapid, that means fast. Now rapid, this adjective, what
would be rapidly or fast, rapid de Mont, exactly.
OK, you get it. I cover how to form in great
detail the adverb of manner, and I also run through tons of
different adverbs as well in my complete French course Learn
French with Alexa, which you can find at Learn French with
alexa.com. And if you don't know who I am,
I am the YouTube Alexa Polidoro from the very popular YouTube
channel Learn French with Alexa. That's it for me.
Au revoir abiento bisu bisu.