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Episode 5
Can I come with you?
French · A1 beginner · 10 minutes · No signup
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Voices are AI-generated. Camille, the teacher, and Sam, the learner, are fictional characters.
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Can I come with you?
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How the lesson works
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Hear the scene
On a sunny day, two friends decide to go out for a walk. First, you just listen for one thing: do they take the métro?
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Understand the useful phrases
Camille explains each phrase in English, only as much as helps your next try.
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Copy them out loud
Say each phrase in the pause after you hear it. Copy the sound and rhythm before worrying about grammar.
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Try your answers
Answer from memory, swap in a restaurant and a coffee, then play each friend in turn. A spoken answer follows every pause, so you can compare.
Missed an answer? Keep listening. The words come back, and you don’t need to touch the screen once the episode is playing.
After this episode
You can say the weather's nice today, ask to come along, ask where someone wants to go, suggest taking the métro or getting a coffee, and say you'd rather walk.
Level A1. Written for adult English speakers starting French. You don’t need any French to begin.
Phrases you’ll say
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Il fait beau aujourd'hui.
The weather's nice today.
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Je peux venir avec toi ?
Can I come with you?
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Bien sûr. Tu veux aller où ?
Of course. Where do you want to go?
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Bonne idée ! On prend le métro ?
Good idea! Shall we take the métro?
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Oh non, je veux marcher !
Oh no, I want to walk!
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On prend un café ?
Shall we get a coffee?
Phrases you’ll recognize
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Oui, c'est vrai, ça fait plaisir.
Yes, that's true, it's nice.
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Je vais aller faire un tour.
I'm going to go for a walk.
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Au jardin du Luxembourg ?
To the Luxembourg Gardens?
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Transcript
Every word of Episode 5. Choose a time to play from there. “Your turn” marks a pause for you to speak; French is in bold.
Welcome
Sam: The sun is out, it's warm, and I am not spending today indoors.
Camille: Then let's get you outside. Welcome to Copycat Cafe. I'm Camille.
Sam: And I'm Sam. My shoes are already on.
Camille: One more thing before we start: Sam and I are AI-generated voices. This is episode five of the free French course. Today you'll say the weather's nice, ask to come along on a walk, ask where your friend wants to go, and suggest how to get there. Listen first. Copy the sound. Then try the words for yourself.
Camille: If you miss an answer, let it go. You'll hear the words again. If you're driving, keep your attention on the road and skip the speaking exercises.
A sunny day
Camille: Here's the whole scene. Sam and I are two friends. Listen for one thing: do they take the métro?
Sam: Il fait beau aujourd'hui.
Camille: Oui, c'est vrai, ça fait plaisir.
Sam: Je vais aller faire un tour.
Camille: Moi aussi. Je peux venir avec toi ?
Sam: Bien sûr. Tu veux aller où ?
Camille: Au jardin du Luxembourg ?
Sam: Bonne idée ! On prend le métro ?
Camille: Oh non, je veux marcher !
Sam: D'accord !
Nice weather
Sam: No métro. After all the effort I put into finding it.
Camille: Today, your friend wants to walk. Let's start with the weather. Il fait beau aujourd'hui. The weather's nice today. For nice weather, French says il fait beau. It's nice out. Copy it: il fait beau.
Your turn · 4-second pause
Camille: Aujourd'hui. Today. Copy it: aujourd'hui.
Your turn · 3.5-second pause
Camille: Now the whole line. Il fait beau aujourd'hui.
Your turn · 4.5-second pause
Camille: Her friend agrees: oui, c'est vrai, ça fait plaisir. Yes, that's true, it's nice. Ça fait plaisir is a warm little phrase. Literally, it gives pleasure. Just recognise it today. Listen once more: ça fait plaisir.
Can I come with you?
Camille: Next she says: je vais aller faire un tour. I'm going to go for a walk. Faire un tour means going out for a short walk or a little outing. Again, just recognise it. Her friend says: moi aussi. Me too. Then he asks: je peux venir avec toi ? Can I come with you? Copy the start: je peux venir.
Your turn · 4-second pause
Camille: Avec toi. With you. Copy the whole question: je peux venir avec toi ?
Your turn · 4.5-second pause
Camille: The words are in the same order as a statement. Only your voice goes up at the end. Once more: je peux venir avec toi ?
Your turn · 4.5-second pause
Where do you want to go?
Camille: She answers: bien sûr. Of course. Copy it: bien sûr.
Your turn · 3.5-second pause
Camille: Then she asks: tu veux aller où ? Where do you want to go? Literally, you want to go where? In relaxed speech, où, where, can sit at the very end. Copy it: tu veux aller où ?
Your turn · 4.5-second pause
Camille: He suggests: au jardin du Luxembourg ? To the Luxembourg Gardens? It's a big park in Paris. Just recognise the place. She likes it: bonne idée ! Good idea! Copy it: bonne idée !
Your turn · 3.5-second pause
Métro or walk?
Sam: And then the big question.
Camille: On prend le métro ? Shall we take the métro? In everyday French, on prend means we take. Same trick as before: statement order, voice going up. Copy it: on prend le métro ?
Your turn · 4.5-second pause
Camille: And his answer: oh non, je veux marcher ! Oh no, I want to walk! Je veux, I want. Marcher, to walk. Copy it: je veux marcher.
Your turn · 4-second pause
Camille: Now his whole answer: oh non, je veux marcher ! And she agrees with a word you may know from the métro episode: d'accord !
From memory
Camille: Let's try it without hearing the French first. Say the weather's nice today.
Your turn · 5-second pause
Camille: Il fait beau aujourd'hui. A friend says they're going for a walk. Ask if you can come with them.
Your turn · 5.5-second pause
Camille: Je peux venir avec toi ? Now you're the one going for the walk. Say of course, and ask where they want to go.
Your turn · 7-second pause
Camille: Bien sûr. Tu veux aller où ? Now ask: shall we take the métro?
Your turn · 5-second pause
Camille: On prend le métro ? And say: oh no, I want to walk!
Your turn · 5-second pause
Change the plan
Camille: Oh non, je veux marcher ! Now two small changes. First, the place. When someone asks tu veux aller où, you could suggest the restaurant: au restaurant ? To the restaurant? Copy it: au restaurant ?
Your turn · 4-second pause
Camille: Second change. On prend works for coffee, too. On prend un café ? Shall we get a coffee? Same shape as on prend le métro.
Sam: Now that's a plan I can support.
Camille: Copy it: on prend un café ?
Your turn · 4.5-second pause
Camille: Now without hearing it first. Suggest to a friend that you take the métro.
Your turn · 5-second pause
Camille: On prend le métro ? And now suggest getting a coffee.
Your turn · 5-second pause
Camille: On prend un café ? One shape, two plans.
Listen again
Camille: Let's hear the original scene again. No explanations this time. Notice which bits you recognise.
Sam: Il fait beau aujourd'hui.
Camille: Oui, c'est vrai, ça fait plaisir.
Sam: Je vais aller faire un tour.
Camille: Moi aussi. Je peux venir avec toi ?
Sam: Bien sûr. Tu veux aller où ?
Camille: Au jardin du Luxembourg ?
Sam: Bonne idée ! On prend le métro ?
Camille: Oh non, je veux marcher !
Sam: D'accord !
Your turn: join the walk
Camille: Now you're the friend who wants to come along. Sam plays her part. After each of her lines, I'll give you a short hint.
Sam: Il fait beau aujourd'hui.
Camille: Agree with her. Copy it if you need to: oui, c'est vrai, ça fait plaisir.
Your turn · 6-second pause
Sam: Je vais aller faire un tour.
Camille: Say me too, and ask if you can come with her.
Your turn · 6-second pause
Sam: Bien sûr. Tu veux aller où ?
Camille: Suggest the park: au jardin du Luxembourg ?
Your turn · 5-second pause
Sam: Bonne idée ! On prend le métro ?
Camille: Say oh no, you want to walk.
Your turn · 5-second pause
Sam: D'accord !
Camille: Here's one version of your part: oui, c'est vrai, ça fait plaisir. Moi aussi. Je peux venir avec toi ? Au jardin du Luxembourg ? Oh non, je veux marcher ! If you missed a line, that's fine. These gaps are for practice, not a test.
Your turn: start the plan
Camille: Now switch sides. Sam will stay quiet. You start, and I'm your friend. Fewer hints this time. Tell me the weather's nice today.
Your turn · 5-second pause
Camille: Oui, c'est vrai, ça fait plaisir. Tell me you're going for a walk. Copy it if you need to: je vais aller faire un tour.
Your turn · 6-second pause
Camille: Moi aussi. Je peux venir avec toi ? Say of course, and ask where I want to go.
Your turn · 6.5-second pause
Camille: Au jardin du Luxembourg ?
Camille: Say good idea, and ask if we're taking the métro.
Your turn · 6.5-second pause
Camille: Oh non, je veux marcher ! Agree with me, using the French word for okay.
Your turn · 3.5-second pause
Camille: Here's one version of your part: il fait beau aujourd'hui. Je vais aller faire un tour. Bien sûr. Tu veux aller où ? Bonne idée ! On prend le métro ? D'accord !
Sam: In episode one, I couldn't even find the métro. Now I know where it is, and we're walking anyway.
Keep the phrases
Camille: One last one from memory. A friend is going for a walk. Ask if you can come with them.
Your turn · 5.5-second pause
Camille: Je peux venir avec toi ? Keep that question, and keep il fait beau and on prend le métro. You've heard them, had space to copy them, and practised changing the plan. You don't need every word from the scene today. Across these five episodes, you've asked for the métro, met someone new, ordered breakfast, asked how a friend is doing, and planned a walk. Come back to any of them and try the gaps again. This is the free Copycat Cafe audio course. The optional paid app adds pronunciation feedback and conversations that respond to you. Today's matching lesson is Nice weather. For now, bonne journée !
Sam: Bonne journée ! I'm walking. Obviously.
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About this episode
Episode 5 of the free Copycat Cafe French audio course. It’s adapted from “Nice weather”, lesson 5 of our French course.
Camille and Sam are fictional characters with AI-generated voices. The music is original.
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The free course gives you the phrases, the pauses, and an answer to compare with. It can’t hear you. The Copycat Cafe app is a paid app that adds a pronunciation score on every word you say, and conversations with Copy, your AI conversation partner, that respond to what you actually say. In the app, “Nice weather” uses the same scene.
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