📡 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
| installer | to install |
| nouvel appartement | new apartment (m. vowel form) |
| une adresse | an address |
| éligible | eligible |
| un forfait | a plan / package |
| le travail à distance | remote work |
| le streaming | streaming |
| mégabits par seconde | megabits per second |
| par mois | per month |
| à la maison | at 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.
- Mon nouveau patron. (m. consonant)
- Mon nouvel appartement. (m. vowel — apartment starts with a)
- Ma nouvelle voiture. (feminine)
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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