2.10.2 Le musée Angladon-Dubrujeaud
Activité 53
Listen to Extract 71 in which you hear a museum guide talking about van Gogh. Match the events to the dates on which they occurred and put them in chronological order.
Trouvez les bonnes dates et remettez-les dans l'ordre.
Transcript: Audio 33
Answer
| Vincent van Gogh est né | en 1853 |
| Il va à Amsterdam | en 1877 |
| Il passe un an en Belgique | en 1879 |
| Il fait des études à Bruxelles | en 1880 |
| Il habite à Paris | de 1886 à 1888 |
| Il passe un an à Arles | de 1888 à 1889 |
| Il est mort | en 1890 |
Distinguishing between 
as in ‘vin’ and [ã] as in ‘vent’
The name Vincent contains two nasal vowels.
It is vital to differentiate between these nasal vowels both in listening and speaking. Sometimes they are all that distinguishes between words appearing in similar locations, but with different meanings.
Il y a beaucoup de vent aujourd'hui.
There's a strong wind blowing today.
Il y a un bon vin aujourd'hui.
We have a really good wine in today.
Activité 54
Listen to Extract 72 and note down whichever word is said first, in each of the following pairs.
Écoutez et notez le premier mot.
| bain | banc | rein | rang |
| cinq | cent | sang | sain |
| gain | gant | teinte | tente |
| penser | pincer | roman | romain |
| plan | plein | vin | vent |
Answer
The first word you hear in each pair is in bold.
bain banc
cinq cent
gain gant
pincer penser
plein plan
rein rang
sain sang
teinte tente
romain roman
vin ven