French–English parallel text
La ville vient
The Town Comes
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C’est dimanche. Mme Berg regarde par la fenêtre.
It is Sunday. Mrs Berg looks out of the window.
Un très petit taxi s’arrête devant l’hôtel.
A very small taxi stops at the hotel.
La porte s’ouvre. Omar sort.
The door opens. Omar comes out.
Sara sort. Leo sort, en criant.
Sara comes out. Leo comes out, shouting.
M. Lund sort, lentement.
Mr Lund comes out, slowly.
Puis Tom sort. Le taxi monte un peu.
Then Tom comes out. The taxi goes up a little.
« Est-ce que c’est un anniversaire ? » dit Mme Berg. « Est-ce que vous avez une réservation ? »
“Is it a birthday?” Mrs Berg says. “Do you have a booking?”
Personne n’a de réservation.
Nobody has a booking.
Aujourd’hui, la porte de la cuisine est ouverte. C’est nouveau.
Today the kitchen door is open. That is new.
Ils s’assoient tous à une longue table.
They all sit at one long table.
Mamie apporte le pain. Sara se lève.
Grandma brings the bread. Sara stands up.
Sara regarde Mamie. Mamie regarde Sara.
Sara looks at Grandma. Grandma looks at Sara.
« Tu es vieille », dit Sara.
“You are old,” Sara says.
« Toi aussi », dit Mamie.
“You too,” Grandma says.
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