A2.1 · Food and shopping · model audio
How to pronounce “Tu préfères le café ou le thé ?” in French
Do you prefer coffee or tea? Hear the complete line, then keep its meaning and situation in mind as you repeat.
Meaning and use
What this French phrase means
Tu préfères le café ou le thé ?
English: Do you prefer coffee or tea?
Speaker in this scene: A
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Related mission sound · /k/
Practise the mission cue, then return to the complete line.
The mouth is open, the back of the tongue touches the palate.
The cue belongs to the wider speaking mission and is not presented as a complete IPA transcription of this sentence.
Model word or phrase
café
coffeeRepeat: café, plus fort.
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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.
- ATu préfères le café ou le thé ?Do you prefer coffee or tea?1
- BJe préfère le café, il est plus fort.I prefer coffee, it is stronger.2
- AMoi, je trouve le thé meilleur.I find tea better.3
A four-pass routine
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- Apply the /k/ cue to its model example, then replay the complete target line.
- Read the full exchange aloud, then change one detail and answer again.
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