French · Work and office
“Tu es en sourdine”, “La date limite est vendredi”, “Je partage mon écran” – office French for the video call.
Listen to French and read along
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English
The meeting starts at ten.
French
La réunion commence à dix heures.
Listening helps you recognize phrases. Fluency still comes from real input – especially reading.
Work French is full of short routines: on mute, postpone the meeting, available until three. Beginner lists skip this. This session reads call and mail lines.
Your language once, French on repeat. You hear “compte rendu” and “en visio” before the next meeting runs in French.
Camera, mute, screen, cancelled meeting, overtime, done for the day, time off. Clear office French, not contract language.
“Dossier” means folder and file. In the list it is the folder – the kind of double meaning that sits better when heard.
French emails use formulas not all in the list. Heard délai and transférer prepare you to read them.
LingoGist shows the phrase in the original sentence. The French guide is the step from the player to a text.
Press play. Each sentence appears large, first in your language, then in French.
Slow the target language, add repetitions, or leave a pause between sentences – all directly under the player.
Once the sentences feel familiar, open real articles with the Chrome extension and meet the same phrases in context.
Team lines use tu; forwarding to outsiders uses vous. On the job, copy the register of the mail you receive.
You will be understood. A few words differ (courriel); the structures stay.
French calls often switch mid-stream. Then you need “tu es en sourdine”, not another beginner bonjour.
Liaison, nasal vowels, and politeness – sentences where listening beats a word list.
Platform, single room, the bill – sentences for trains, hotels, and the city.
A coffee, the bill, rain, see you later – a normal day in full sentences.
“Une table pour deux”, “Que recommandez-vous ?”, “À emporter” – restaurant French where listening beats a word list.
“J’ai mal à la tête”, “J’ai besoin d’une ordonnance”, “Où est la pharmacie ?” – sentences to practise before you need them.
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