Unit 80 Guidebook: communicate in an emergency
KEY PHRASES
Communicate in an emergency
Au secours !
Help!
Help!
Pourquoi est-ce que tu pleures ?
Why are you crying?
Why are you crying?
On a volé mon vélo !
My bike was stolen!
My bike was stolen!
Les policiers sont arrivés trop tard.
The police officers arrived too late.
The police officers arrived too late.
Il m'a aidé quand j'en avais besoin.
He helped me when I needed it.
He helped me when I needed it.
Elle marchait trop vite et elle est tombée.
She was walking too quickly, and she fell.
She was walking too quickly, and she fell.
TIP
Mixing it up
You can use both the imparfait and the passé composé in the same sentence. The imparfait describes the background info, and the passé composé describes what happened!
Nous faisions les devoirs quand notre mère est rentrée.
We were doing our homework when our mother came home.
We were doing our homework when our mother came home.
Il y avait beaucoup de monde dans le magasin quand elle est entrée.
There were a lot of people in the store when she came in.
There were a lot of people in the store when she came in.
Tu pleurais encore quand je suis arrivée.
You were crying when I arrived.
You were crying when I arrived.