A phone line where you can't hear a thing in French
The line is crackling, you only catch every other word, and the person on the other end keeps talking as if nothing were wrong.
The phrase
Je capte très mal le réseau depuis ce quartier.10 words10 sentences
The ten words3 of 10
- 1réseau/ʁezo/
networknoun
The set of equipment that lets phones pick up a signal and communicate with each other.
- 2coupure/kupyʁ/
disconnectionnoun
A sudden stop of something that was happening.
- 3voix/vwa/
voicenoun
The sound that comes out of a person's mouth when they speak or sing.
- 4
interférenceinterference
- 5
grésillercrackle
- 6
raccrocherhang up
- 7
entendrehear
- 8
répéterrepeat
- 9
muetsilent
- 10
fortloudly
The sentences3 of 10
Je capte très mal le réseau depuis ce quartier.
I'm barely getting any signal in this neighborhood.
On a encore eu une coupure en pleine conversation.
We got cut off again right in the middle of the conversation.
Pouvez-vous parler à voix haute, je capte très mal ?
Could you speak up, I'm barely catching you?
Pronunciation
coupure/kupyʁ/
Two different u sounds: "cou-" like the oo in "moo," then "-pure" with the sharp French u (round your lips as if for oo, but say ee).
voix/vwa/
The final x is silent.
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- How do you say the phone signal is bad in French?
- You'd say something about the réseau, as in "Je capte très mal le réseau depuis ce quartier".
- What's the French word for when a call suddenly cuts off?
- That's une coupure, as in "On a encore eu une coupure en pleine conversation".
The same situation in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German.