French–English parallel text
C’est une blague
It Is a Joke
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Il est sept heures du matin. Mme Berg est debout près des escaliers.
It is seven o’clock in the morning. Mrs Berg stands at the stairs.
« C’est votre travail », dit-elle. « Toutes les marches. Utilisez de l’eau chaude. »
“This is your job,” she says. “All of them. Use hot water.”
« Combien de marches y a-t-il ? »
“How many stairs are there?”
« Ce soir, vos mains peuvent le dire. »
“Tonight your hands can say.”
Il est huit heures. Nina nettoie la marche vingt.
It is eight o’clock. Nina is cleaning stair twenty.
Il est dix heures. Nina nettoie la marche cinquante.
It is ten o’clock. Nina is cleaning stair fifty.
Cet hôtel est petit, mais il a beaucoup, beaucoup de marches.
This hotel is small, but it has very many stairs.
Max entre. Il y a de la neige dans ses poils.
Max comes in. There is snow in his hair.
Il monte les marches propres. Maintenant, elles ne sont pas propres.
He walks up the clean stairs. Now they are not clean.
Il s’assoit sur la marche dix.
He sits on stair ten.
Mme Berg sort de derrière son comptoir.
Mrs Berg comes out from behind her desk.
Elle regarde Max. Max regarde Mme Berg.
She looks at Max. Max looks at Mrs Berg.
Nina arrête de travailler. Elle connaît ça. Sara et Max font ça chaque jour.
Nina stops working. She knows this. Sara and Max do this every day.
Sara s’arrête toujours la première.
Sara always stops first.
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