A1.2 · Everyday services · model audio
How to pronounce “Quel est le problème ?” in French
What is the problem? Hear the complete line, then keep its meaning and situation in mind as you repeat.
Meaning and use
What this French phrase means
Quel est le problème ?
English: What is the problem?
Speaker in this scene: Repairer
Mission: A repair appointment · Everyday services
Related mission sound · /ʁ/
Practise the mission cue, then return to the complete line.
Keep your tongue low and make gentle friction at the back of your throat.
The cue belongs to the wider speaking mission and is not presented as a complete IPA transcription of this sentence.
Model word or phrase
rendez-vous
appointmentRepeat: rendez-vous, réparateur, frein.
A repair appointment · A1.2
Hear the phrase inside a complete French conversation
Read the exchange once for meaning. Then replay the target line and repeat it without losing the speaker's intention.
- CustomerBonjour, je voudrais un rendez-vous pour mon vélo.Hello, I would like an appointment for my bicycle.1
- RepairerQuel est le problème ?What is the problem?2
- CustomerLe frein ne marche pas.The brake does not work.3
- RepairerMardi à quinze heures ?Tuesday at three o'clock?4
- CustomerOui, merci beaucoup.Yes, thank you very much.5
A four-pass routine
Listen, shape, say, then use.
- Play the checked model once without speaking.
- Read the English meaning and choose the intention you want to express.
- Apply the /ʁ/ cue to its model example, then replay the complete target line.
- Read the full exchange aloud, then change one detail and answer again.
Same speaking mission
Continue with related French phrases
These lines belong to the same situation, so the vocabulary and speaking intention stay connected.
Record this line inside the guided Parle mission.
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