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Confirm plans in French after the group chat changes

Edited by Chris Lee · Updated · About the library

Read a French group chat that changes a walk to a museum visit. Find the final meeting time and place, then check a short confirmation.

In short

Bring the latest agreed activity, day, time and meeting place into one message. On garde keeps a detail; à la place replaces one. End with the booking check if someone still needs to do it.

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Three friends meeting at the open main entrance of a French museum on a lightly rainy afternoon, folded plain umbrellas, no signs.
On confirme le musée and its meeting place. Illustration: Atelier

A group chat · read the messages in order

Dimanche, on fait quoi ?

Jeudi · Lina

Ça vous dit de faire une promenade dimanche ? On pourrait se retrouver à 14 heures à l’entrée du parc.

Vendredi · Malik

Il va pleuvoir dimanche. On pourrait aller au musée à la place1. Je suis libre à partir de 14 h 30.

Vendredi · Nora

Le musée me va très bien. Pour moi aussi, 14 h 30, c’est mieux. On se retrouve devant l’entrée principale ?

Vendredi · Lina

D’accord pour le musée à 14 h 30, devant l’entrée principale. On garde2 dimanche. Malik, tu peux vérifier s’il faut réserver ?

Vendredi · Malik

Oui, je regarde et je vous tiens au courant3 ce soir.

Read it in English

Lina, Thursday: Would you like to go for a walk on Sunday? We could meet at 2 pm at the park entrance.

Malik, Friday: It’s going to rain on Sunday. We could go to the museum instead. I’m free from 2:30 pm.

Nora, Friday: The museum suits me very well. Half past two is better for me too. Shall we meet outside the main entrance?

Lina, Friday: Agreed: the museum at 2:30 pm, outside the main entrance. We’re keeping Sunday. Malik, can you check whether we need to book?

Malik, Friday: Yes, I’ll have a look and let you know this evening.

Spot the old place and the new one

Keep, replace, check
DetailEarlier messageLatest agreement
Daydimanchedimanche
Activityune promenadele musée
Time14 heures14 h 30
Meeting placeà l’entrée du parcdevant l’entrée principale du musée
Booking—Malik vérifie ce soir

How do you confirm plans in French?

Pour dimanche, on confirme le musée à 14 h 30. Rendez-vous devant l’entrée principale du musée. Malik vérifie ce soir s’il faut réserver. Ça vous va toujours ?

For Sunday, we’re confirming the museum at 2:30 pm. Meet outside the museum’s main entrance. Malik is checking this evening whether we need to book. Does that still suit you?

On confirme brings the group’s agreement together. Vérifie s’il faut réserver leaves the booking question open. When Malik replies, add that answer to the plan.

Question 1No account needed
Where should the group meet?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

Outside the museum’s main entrance at 14:30.. Lina accepts the museum, the later time and the main entrance in her last message.

Question 2No account needed
What is Malik doing this evening?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

Checking whether a booking is needed.. Vérifier s’il faut réserver means checking whether booking is necessary. His answer is still due.

Question 3No account needed
Which sentence says the day stays the same?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

On garde dimanche.. On garde dimanche explicitly keeps Sunday as the day of the outing.

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