Gotta be quick - I'm supposed to be getting to class but I wanted to write about something that happened recently. It was a random meeting on the street:
Woman: Excusez-moi?
Me: Oui?
Woman: (In French) Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah?
Me: Er...Hmmm?
Woman: (Repeating the same thing - in French) Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah?
Me: Um, sorry, I mean, pardon. Je ne parle pas francais tres bien. Excusez-moi. Repetez, s'il vous plait?
Woman: (By this time clearly getting a little agitated) Blah ou blah cinema blah blah blah?
Me: Oh! Le cinema! C'est la.
Woman: Le cinema? Non, blah blah blah blah blah. Blah blah blah?
Me: (Red-faced with embarrassment and wishing frantically for the first case of alien abduction in broad daylight on the streets of Paris) Excusez-moi. Um... Ah... Hmmm. Pardon.
And so ended the type of random meeting I seem to have on a weekly basis. Clearly, my goal of speaking conversational French in three months is running a little behind schedule. Which reminds me, it's time to get to class. Merde!
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