At the bank

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Dialogue

A la banque

– Bonjour, je voudrais ouvrir un compte bancaire.

– Très bien. Il me faudra votre pièce d'identité et un justificatif de domicile

– Qu'est-ce que vous voulez comme justificatif de domicile ? 

– Cela peut être votre facture d'éléctricité, facture de loyer, ou une facture de votre fournisseur d'internet. 

Explication

  • ouvrir: to open
  • un compte bancaire: a bank account
  • il me faudra: I will need a …. ("faudra" comes from the verb "falloir" which means "need to / have to". Here it is in the simple future tense. "il me faudra" is in impersonal form). 
  • une pièce d'identité: an id card. 
  • un justificatif de domicile: a proof of adress (it is a very common word, expecially if you are looking dealing with administrative things) 
  • comme: as …, like … 

Exercises

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