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📡 Technology · CLB 4 · ~10 min

Setting up home internet

Call your provider, give your address, schedule the install

The situation

You: You just moved into a new apartment in Montreal. You need internet hooked up.

Them: A Vidéotron / Bell customer service agent.

Goal: Order a plan, schedule the install, confirm what to expect.

The conversation (French & English)

Bonjour, comment puis-je vous aider ?
Hello, how can I help you?

Bonjour, je voudrais installer Internet à mon nouvel appartement.
Hello, I'd like to install internet at my new apartment.

D'accord. Quelle est votre adresse ?
OK. What is your address?

Trois cent vingt-quatre, rue Saint-Denis, appartement 5, à Montréal.
Three hundred twenty-four, rue Saint-Denis, apartment 5, in Montreal.

Parfait, votre adresse est éligible. Quel forfait vous intéresse ?
Perfect, your address is eligible. Which plan interests you?

Quelque chose de simple, juste pour le travail à distance et le streaming.
Something simple, just for remote work and streaming.

Je vous recommande le forfait à cinquante mégabits par seconde, soixante-neuf dollars par mois.
I recommend the 50-megabit-per-second plan, $69 per month.

Ça me va. Quand pouvez-vous installer ?
That works for me. When can you install?

Jeudi entre neuf heures et midi. Vous serez à la maison ?
Thursday between 9 am and noon. Will you be home?

Oui, je serai là. Merci.
Yes, I'll be there. Thanks.

Key vocabulary

installerto install
nouvel appartementnew apartment (m. vowel form)
une adressean address
éligibleeligible
un forfaita plan / package
le travail à distanceremote work
le streamingstreaming
mégabits par secondemegabits per second
par moisper month
à la maisonat home

Grammar in this conversation — "nouveau / nouvel / nouvelle"

The adjective nouveau (new) is one of the rare French words that has THREE singular forms: nouveau before masculine consonant, nouvel before masculine vowel/h, nouvelle for feminine. It also goes BEFORE the noun, not after.

Phrases to practise aloud

Je voudrais installer Internet à mon nouvel appartement.I'd like to install internet at my new apartment.

Mon adresse est 324, rue Saint-Denis, appartement 5.My address is 324 rue Saint-Denis, apartment 5.

Quelque chose de simple, juste pour le travail à distance.Something simple, just for remote work.

Quand pouvez-vous installer ?When can you install?

Oui, je serai là. Merci.Yes, I'll be there. Thanks.

Check your understanding

1. What service does the customer want?
Answer: Internet

2. What plan does the agent recommend?
Answer: 50 Mbps

3. How much per month?
Answer: $69

4. When is the install scheduled?
Answer: Thursday 9am-12pm

Your speaking challenge

Call to set up internet at a new apartment. Give your address, describe what you need it for, ask what plan they recommend, schedule the install.

Bonjour, je voudrais installer Internet à mon nouvel appartement. Mon adresse est [address]. C'est pour [usage — travail / streaming / études]. Quel forfait vous recommandez ? Quand pouvez-vous installer ?
Hello, I'd like to install internet at my new apartment. My address is [address]. It's for [usage — work / streaming / studies]. Which plan do you recommend? When can you install?

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