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Au Téléphone — 5 French phrases in 20 seconds

🎬 Watch: 5 phrases from « Au Téléphone »

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🎬 About this short

A 20-second drill on « Au Téléphone » (phone French): five real phrases, three seconds to guess, then the meaning. Every phrase comes straight from our Au Téléphone vocabulary chart — open it for the full word list, audio on each line, and a practice quiz.

🔊 The five phrases

Ne quittez pas, je vous la passe.Hold on, I’ll put her on.
Allô ?Hello? (phone only!)
C’est de la part de qui ?Who’s calling?
Ne quittez pas.Hold the line.
Je vous le / la passe.I’ll put him/her on.
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