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E100- Short Stories in French by HFF - The Lost Wallet

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Vocabulary:

  1. Je crois que j'ai perdu mon portefeuille ! (zher krwa ke j'ai perdu mon por-te-fey) - I think I lost my wallet!
  2. Revenez sur vos pas, vous l'avez peut-être laissé tomber quelque part. (ruh-vuh-nay sür vo pah, voo la-vay peut-être lay-say tom-bay kel-kuh par) - Retrace your steps, you might have dropped it somewhere.
  3. Est-ce que quelqu'un a trouvé un portefeuille ? (ehs-ce kuh kel-kun a troo-vay un por-te-fey) - Has anyone found a wallet?
  4. Il contenait mes cartes de crédit, ma carte d'identité et de l'argent liquide. (eel kon-tne nay kar duh kree-dee, ma kar dee-don-ti-tay e duh lar-zhan lee-keed) - It had my credit cards, ID card, and cash in it.
  5. Je dois faire opposition sur mes cartes. (zher dwa fair oh-po-zi-syon sür may kar) - I need to block my cards.
  6. J'espère que quelqu'un l'a trouvé et va le rendre. (zhe-spair kuh kel-kun la troo-vay e va lu rahn-druh) - I hope someone found it and will return it.
  7. Je vais devoir signaler la perte à la police. (zher vay de-vwar see-gna-lay la peurt ah la po-lees) - I'll have to report the loss to the police.
  8. Je suis tellement contrariéé(e) ! (zher swee taw-tuhl kon-tra-ri-ay) - I'm so frustrated! (m = masculine, e = feminine)
  9. Je ferai plus attention à  l'avenir. (oon luh-son ah-prees: zher fair-ay ploo tah-ton-syon ah la-vee-nir) - Lesson learned: I'll be more careful in the future.
  10. Heureusement, j'ai encore mon téléphone et mes clés. (ehr-uhr-uh-zuh-mah, j'ai ahn-kor mon tay-le-fohn e may klay) - Luckily, I still have my phone and keys.

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