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<h2 style="text-align: center;">Transcript</h2>
<h2>Elles achètent des chaussures.</h2>
<h3>They’re buying (some) shoes.</h3>
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<h2>une chaussure</h2>
<h3>a shoe</h3>
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<h2>la soupe</h2>
<h3>soup</h3>
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<h2>un bisou</h2>
<h3>a kiss</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>Elle achète des pantalons.</h2>
<h3>She’s buying (some) pants.</h3>
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<h2>un pantalon</h2>
<h3>a pair of pants</h3>
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<h2>des pantalons</h2>
<h3>several pairs of pants</h3>
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<h2>Elle fait des courses.</h2>
<h3>She’s grocery shopping.</h3>
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<h2>des courses</h2>
<h3>grocery shopping</h3>
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<h2>Elle fait du shopping.</h2>
<h3>She’s (doing some) shopping.</h3>
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<h2>faire</h2>
<h3>to do &#8211; to make</h3>
<h3>(3rd group)</h3>
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<h2>Je fais (I)</h2>
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<h2>Tu fais (You singular)</h2>
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<h2>Il/Elle fait (He/She)</h2>
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<h2>Nous faisons (We)</h2>
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<h2>Vous faites (You plural or formal)</h2>
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<h2>Ils/Elles font (They)</h2>
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<h2>Ils font du sport.</h2>
<h3>They exercise. They play a sport.</h3>
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<h2>faire du sport</h2>
<h3>to exercise – to play a sport</h3>
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<h2>Je fais la cuisine.</h2>
<h3>I’m (doing the) cooking.</h3>
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<h2>la cuisine</h2>
<h3>(the) cooking – the kitchen</h3>
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<h2>Je fais la sieste.</h2>
<h3>I’m taking a nap.</h3>
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<h2>une sieste</h2>
<h3>a nap</h3>
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