# Édito A1, Unit 5: At a secondhand clothes sale

**Language:** French  
**CEFR Level:** A1  

> Join Bastien and Pauline for a winter coat hunt at a secondhand clothes sale, one short conversation at a time, pairing with the themes of unit 5 of Édito A1. Each lesson trains your ear until you can follow every word and answer back.

**Setting:** A vide-dressing in a community hall in Tours on a Sunday morning in October, with clothes on tables and rails. Pauline is selling half her wardrobe before she moves. Bastien, a student who cycles everywhere, needs a winter coat. They use tu with each other, as people their age do at a sale like this.

## Lessons

### 1. Asking the price of something

Bastien stops at Pauline's table and asks how much a red coat is.

### 2. Asking the size

Bastien asks the size of the coat, and Pauline tells him it comes up large.

### 3. Saying what suits someone

Bastien tries the coat on in front of the mirror, and Pauline tells him it suits him.

### 4. Talking about the weather

Pauline tells Bastien the coat is warm, and they agree the winter is going to be cold and wet.

### 5. Asking the shoe size

Bastien likes a pair of black trainers on Pauline's table, but they are not his size.

### 6. Asking what something is for

Bastien finds a small object on the table, and Pauline tells him it's a bike light.

### 7. Saying what you're going to buy

Bastien takes the coat and the light, and Pauline adds them up.