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French clinic dialogue: I am here with the patient

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Use a sixteen-line French reception dialogue to say you are accompanying the patient. Identify whose appointment it is and ask where you may wait.

In short

Say Je suis ici avec mon ami or je l’accompagne. Clarify C’est son rendez-vous, pas le mien when the appointment belongs to him. Then ask Où est-ce que je peux attendre ? The receptionist’s answer supplies the waiting place for this particular scene.

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A sign at the Édouard-Herriot hospital in Lyon reads Hôpital Édouard Herriot, Entrée visiteurs above a pedestrian entrance.
Entrée visiteurs means visitors’ entrance. The dialogue below practises identifying the person with the appointment. This resized WebP is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Photo: Celeda · CC BY-SA 4.0 · resized and converted to WebP.

Thomas accompanies his friend Samir Diallo. Both are already at reception, but only Samir has the appointment. The dialogue names the patient and lets him answer the appointment-time question himself. Thomas asks about his own waiting place without assuming what access comes next.

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  1. Réceptionniste

    Bonjour, vous avez rendez-vous ?

    English

    Hello, do you have an appointment?

  2. Thomas

    Bonjour. Non, je suis ici avec mon ami Samir Diallo.

    Hello. No, I am here with my friend Samir Diallo.

    English

    Hello. No, I am here with my friend Samir Diallo.

  3. Réceptionniste

    Le rendez-vous est au nom de Monsieur Diallo ?

    English

    Is the appointment in Mr Diallo’s name?

  4. Thomas

    Oui, c’est son rendez-vous, pas le mien.

    Yes, it is his appointment, not mine.

    English

    Yes, it is his appointment, not mine.

  5. Réceptionniste

    Monsieur Diallo est déjà là ?

    English

    Is Mr Diallo already here?

  6. Thomas

    Oui, il est à côté de moi.

    Yes, he is beside me.

    English

    Yes, he is beside me.

  7. Samir

    Bonjour, je suis Samir Diallo.

    English

    Hello, I am Samir Diallo.

  8. Réceptionniste

    Bonjour Monsieur Diallo. Votre rendez-vous est à dix heures ?

    English

    Hello Mr Diallo. Is your appointment at ten?

  9. Samir

    Oui, à dix heures.

    English

    Yes, at ten.

  10. Thomas

    Je l’accompagne. Où est-ce que je peux attendre ?

    I am accompanying him. Where can I wait?

    English

    I am accompanying him. Where can I wait?

  11. Réceptionniste

    Pour l’instant, vous pouvez attendre dans cette salle, à droite.

    English

    For now, you can wait in this room, on the right.

  12. Thomas

    Dans la salle avec les chaises bleues ?

    In the room with the blue chairs?

    English

    In the room with the blue chairs?

  13. Réceptionniste

    Oui, c’est bien cette salle.

    English

    Yes, that is the room.

  14. Samir

    Merci. Nous allons attendre là.

    English

    Thank you. We are going to wait there.

  15. Thomas

    D’accord, merci pour votre aide.

    All right, thank you for your help.

    English

    All right, thank you for your help.

  16. Réceptionniste

    Je vous en prie.

    English

    You are welcome.

Separate the person accompanying from the appointment holder

Je suis ici avec mon ami describes Thomas’s reason for being there. C’est son rendez-vous identifies Samir as the appointment holder. Pas le mien means not mine, referring back to the masculine noun rendez-vous. The noun’s gender determines mien; it does not tell you the gender of the person holding the appointment.

The two visitors in this exchange
PersonRoleAppointment information
ThomasL’ami qui accompagneNo appointment of his own in this scene
Samir DialloLa personne qui a rendez-vous10:00

Je l’accompagne, mais je n’ai pas de rendez-vous.

I am accompanying him, but I do not have an appointment.

Déjà là and à côté de moi establish who is present

The receptionist asks whether Mr Diallo is already there. Thomas answers that Samir is beside him, and Samir introduces himself. This sequence removes the possibility that Thomas has arrived alone to arrange something for an absent friend. Names and simple location phrases make the referents explicit.

Question 1No account needed
Who has the appointment?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

Samir Diallo. Thomas explicitly identifies it as Samir’s appointment, and Samir confirms the time.

Question 2No account needed
Is Samir already present?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

Yes, he is beside Thomas. Thomas says il est à côté de moi, then Samir speaks directly.

Question 3No account needed
Where may Thomas wait for now in the scene?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

In the room on the right with blue chairs. The receptionist gives that room as the current waiting place, and Thomas confirms its blue chairs.

Pour l’instant means for now. It limits the waiting instruction to the current situation and does not establish what will happen during the consultation. Asking the question lets the receptionist give the relevant direction rather than relying on an assumed general rule.

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