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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.
I'm barely getting any signal in this neighborhood.

10 words10 sentences

The ten words3 of 10

  1. 1
    réseau/ʁezo/

    networknoun

    The set of equipment that lets phones pick up a signal and communicate with each other.

  2. 2
    coupure/kupyʁ/

    disconnectionnoun

    A sudden stop of something that was happening.

  3. 3
    voix/vwa/

    voicenoun

    The sound that comes out of a person's mouth when they speak or sing.

  4. 4

    interférenceinterference

  5. 5

    grésillercrackle

  6. 6

    raccrocherhang up

  7. 7

    entendrehear

  8. 8

    répéterrepeat

  9. 9

    muetsilent

  10. 10

    fortloudly

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The sentences3 of 10

  1. Je capte très mal le réseau depuis ce quartier.

    I'm barely getting any signal in this neighborhood.

  2. On a encore eu une coupure en pleine conversation.

    We got cut off again right in the middle of the conversation.

  3. 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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Questions

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.

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