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Alex invites Julien to see a film over the weekend.
À samedi means "see you Saturday" — the same à you met in à demain and à quatre heures. It is the standard way to sign off when you know the next meeting.
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1. Days of the week
lundi, mardi, mercredi, jeudi, vendredi, samedi, dimanche. They are not capitalised in French. Said on their own they mean "on that day" — samedi = "on Saturday" — so no extra preposition is needed.
2. Tu voudrais + infinitive — inviting
Tu voudrais is the "you" partner of je voudrais from Lesson 2. Follow it with a second verb and you have a polite invitation. The warm reply is Avec plaisir !
3. De + le becomes du
De means "of" or "from." Just like à + le becomes au (Lesson 3), de + le always becomes du: le cinéma du centre. With a feminine noun it stays apart: la porte de la maison.
4. Aller + infinitive — review
Je vais acheter is the near future again. Notice how much work the pattern does: one form of aller, then any verb you like, unchanged.
A. Fill in the Blank · Complétez
Fill in the blank with a word from this lesson's vocabulary.
- 1.Tu es cette semaine ?free, available
- 2.Tu voudrais voir un samedi ?film
- 3.Avec ! À quelle heure ?pleasure
- 4.Je vais les billets demain.to buy
B. Multiple Choice · Choix multiple
Choose the best answer.
- 1.How do you invite someone to see a film?
- 2.Which sentence is correct?
- 3.How do you say "on Saturday" in French?
- 4.Which is the warmest way to accept an invitation?
C. Rearrange the Sentence · Remettez dans l'ordre
Rearrange the words into a correct sentence, adding the punctuation shown in parentheses.
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D. True or False · Vrai ou faux
Based on the dialogue, mark each sentence T (true) or F (false).
- 1.Julien is busy this week.
- 2.They plan to meet at seven.
- 3.They will have dinner before the film.
- 4.Alex will buy the tickets.
E. Matching · Associez
Match each line on the left with the best response on the right.
F. Translation · Traduction
Translate items 1–2 into French, and items 3–4 into English.
- 1.Are you free this week?
- 2.We can have dinner together.
- 3.Je vais acheter les billets demain.
- 4.On va au cinéma du centre ?
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Sundays are quiet
Planning a week in France means planning around Sunday. Most shops and many supermarkets close for all or part of it, and bakeries open in the morning then shut. Restaurants and cinemas stay open, which is part of why going to a film is such a standard weekend suggestion. Saturday absorbs the shopping Sunday cannot take, so town centers are at their busiest then. The rules have loosened in tourist zones and the biggest cities, but the rhythm holds: if you need a shop, the answer is Saturday, and if you want an outing, Sunday.