Visit some lovely towns along the coast of Normandy, including Honfleur, Trouville-sur-Mer, and Deauville. After watching, scroll down for the transcript in our bilingual reader, where you can click any French phrase for the English translation and related grammar lessons.
Est-ce qu'en peux faire les mots vont plus lentement. Je ne comprends pas. C'est trop vite!
When it's a Youtube video like this, you can adjust the playback speed from the settings menu. It works quite well at 75%.
Merci Alan I will try to do that in settings. Like Jo, I also found the speed incomprehensible Lyn
Est-ce qu'en peux faire les mots vont plus lentement. Je ne comprends pas. C'est trop vite!
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pourquoi "inaugurera", c'est au futur ?
Hi Ed,
This is my take on it.
The scene is set in 1861 using the historical present (a common literary device in French) - "En 1861, le Duc de Morny crée Deauville." (Note the provided translation reverts to the past tense which is more usual in English)
Given that we are now in 1861 any subsequent events will be described in the future even though, relative to today, they are in the past.
Hope this makes sense.
Tom
The speaker is referencing 1861. Tom is correct. It's as if we might say, "it is December 1773 in Boston where the Sons of Liberty will protest English tea taxation"
pourquoi "inaugurera", c'est au futur ?
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