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1
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No problem

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Pas de pròbleme

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By the way

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Au fait

À propos

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At the same time

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À la fois

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Instead of, rather than

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Au lieu de

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Just in case

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Au cas où

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In my opinion

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À mon avis

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Oh really? I see

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Ah bon?

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Moreover

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D’ailleurs

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On the other hand

Whereas she likes

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Par contre

Tandis qu’elle, alors qu’elle

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A platform that I’ve used for around 2 years now

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C’est une plateforme que j’utilise depuis environ deux ans maintenant

About/approximately: Environ.
À peu près

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That is, i mean…

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C’est-à-dire

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How r u?

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Ça va?

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How’s it going? (Informal)

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Ça roule?

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I’m good, and u?

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Ça va/je vais bien. Et toi?

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Ur welcome

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De rien

il n’y a pas de quoi

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16
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I don’t understand

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Je comprends pas

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I havent understood anything

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J’ai rien compris

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What does that mean

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Qu’est ce que ça veut dire?

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19
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Do you speak english?

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Parles-tu anglais?

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I don’t feel very well

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Je me sens pas tres bien

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What?

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Quoi? (Kwah)

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When?

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Quand? (Kohn)

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Who?

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Qui (kee)

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How?

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Comment? (Kohmon)

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How many?

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Combien?

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Where?

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Où? (oo)

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Why?

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Pourqoui? (Por kwah)

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Which?

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Quel, quels, quelle, quelles

Agrees with gender and noun. All pronounced kell

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29
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How to form French questions

You want a beer. vs. Do you want a beer?

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  1. Same as sentence but change intonation. Tu veux une bière (?)
  2. Est-ce que. Add this to the beginning of the sentence. Est-ce que tu veux une bière? (More proper)
  3. Switch the subject and verb, and then add a hyphen. Veux-tu une bière? As-tu déjà mangé?

Has she already eaten?
(Don’t use this construction with Je, except with devoir, pouvoir, être, and sometimes avoir.
-one exception: with this form, say puis-je venir? instead of peux-je venir?

A-t-elle déjà mangé?
(If the verb ends in -a or -e, at a “t” with a hyphen.

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Questions with question words (who what where) in French

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  1. Où + tu vas? Tu va + où? (These are informal)
  2. Où + est-ce que + tu va?
    When you use “quoi” before “est-ce que” just remove the “oi.”
    What is it?
    Qu’est-ce que c’est?

What are we gonna order?
Qu-est-ce qu’on commende?

  1. Invert noun and verb with hyphen, and put question word first.
    How did you forget?
    Comment as-tu oblié?
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All the time / every day

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Tout le temps. Tous les jours

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Of course

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Bien sûr

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33
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Unless

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à moins que + subjunctive

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However,

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Cependant,
Néanmoins,
Toutefois,

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But

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Mais

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36
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Still

I’m still tired

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Encore, toujours
Je suis toujours fatiguée

Put “still” after first verb.

Negative:
Subject + verb + encore/toujours pas

I still can’t.
Je peux encore pas

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I can’t anymore

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Je (ne) peux plus

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At least

At least he still has his home

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Au moins il a toujour sa maison

oh mwah

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39
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Without me

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Sans moi

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40
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In addition, (Also,)

At the beginning of a phrase

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Et en plus,

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41
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I’ll ALSO write to you

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Je t’ecrirai aussi

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42
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He was SO mad that he forgot to eat dinner.

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il était TELLEMENT (SI) en còlere qu’il a oublié de manger son dîner.

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43
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so (así que)

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Donc

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44
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SO, tell me what happened?

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Alors,

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45
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If you can drive, THEN you can take the car

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Alors

Si tu sais conduire, alors tu peux prendre la voiture

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I agree

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Je suis d’accord

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47
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I disagree

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Je suis en désaccord

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48
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Like (slang word)

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Genre

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49
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Because of

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À cause de

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50
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DESPITE the positive effect

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Malgré l’effet positif

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51
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Despite the fact that

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Malgré le fait que

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52
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Almost

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Presque

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53
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REALLY good

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Vraiment
Très
Extrêmement

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54
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Probably

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Probablement

After first verb

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55
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That’s why…

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C’est porqoui

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56
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Instead of

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Au lieu de

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57
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In my opinion,

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à mon avis

58
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Right now (this exact moment)

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Maintenant (mehtehnahn)

Tout de suite (sweet)

59
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It has to do with

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Avoir à voir avec
Avoir à faire avec

a à voir avec

60
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Even if it’s

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Même si c’est

61
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The pass WHICH/THAT allows

A

le pass QUI permet

62
Q

After work

A

Après son travail

63
Q

While/whereas in france,

A

Alors que

Alors qu’en france

64
Q

Anyone who wants to change jobs

A

Quelqu’un qui veut changer de métier

65
Q

No one seems to want to look at/study the problems

A

Personne ne semble vouloir se prencher sur les problèmes

Se prencher sur

66
Q

you are SO big

A

tellement, si

67
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while she travels

A

Pendant que

Pendant qu’elle voyage

68
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Last week

A

La semaine dernière

69
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Before learning french

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Avant d’apprendre le francais

70
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I go there every friday

A

J’y vais tous les vendredis

y = there. Comes before verb

71
Q

What did u do there? (In germany)

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Qu’est-ce que tu y as fait?

y = there

72
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We did a lot of things there

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Nous y avons fait beaucoup de choses

On y a fait beaucoup de choses

Y comes before the verb

73
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We’re going there next week

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On y va la semaine prochaine

74
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Crazy ppl tend to say “I’m not crazy”

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Les gens fous ont tendance à dire “je suis pas fou”

75
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(it) was really mean

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était vraiment méchant

76
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In other words

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C’est-à-dire

77
Q

Although it’s difficult

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Bien que ce soit dificile

Bien que + subj

78
Q

It’s necessary to talk in french together

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il faut que nous parlions en frencais ensemble

il faut que + subj

79
Q

I can’t believe it

A

J’y crois pas

Je n’y crois pas

80
Q

I pretended to sleep

A

J’ai fait semblant de m’endormir

Pretend to/fake = faire semblant de + infinitif

This is the most common way to say it. “Prétendre à” is archaic

81
Q

Do/did u do it on purpose?

A

Tu le fais exprès?

Faire exprès
Do on purpose

82
Q

I didn’t do it on purpose

A

J’ai pas fait exprès

83
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Why are u mad at me? (Expression). What did I do to you?

A

Pourqoui tu me fais la gueule? Qu’est-ce que je t’ai fait?

(To be in a bad mood abt towards someone. Faire la gueule).

84
Q

We’re gonna talk abt 3 mistakes to avoid

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On va parler des trois erreurs à éviter

85
Q

Tomar una decisión / tomar uma decisão

A

Prendre une décision

❌ faire une décision. hacer una decisión. fazer

86
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Take notes

A

Prendre des notes

Deh not

87
Q

This movie makes me sad

A

Ce film me rend (kohn) triste

❌ Ce film me fait triste

88
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In other words

A

Autrement dit

89
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So because of this,

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Donc à cause de ça

90
Q

Admiration for its author (a painting)

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Admiration pour son auteur (i think in sp and pt it’s admiracion POR alguien)

91
Q

I love you so much

You’re so strong

A

Je t’aime tellement

Tu es tellement fort

92
Q

Sometimes we wanna watch a movie not necessarily for the story

A

Parfois, on a envie de voir un film pas nécessairement pour l’histoire mais parce qu’il y a notre acteur préféré qui joue dedans

93
Q

This is a question/issue that comes back often

A

C’est une question qui revient souvent

C’esTune. Pronounce the T

94
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The atrocities he committed

A

Les atrocités qu’il a commises

Commis is the past participle for a man. Here, commises is matching «the atrocities» which is fem plural. Normally, commit would be an avoir past participle that doesnt change, but it’s direct object (atrocities) comes before the verb. In this case, the verb matched the object in number/gender.

95
Q

Thanks for calling me

A

Merci de m’avoir rappelé(e)

Merci DE ou merci d’ + verb
❌ Not merci pour

Merci pour/de + noun
Merci pour/de votre attention

96
Q

I wanted to make a cake, but there’s no more flour

A

Je voulais faire un gâteau, mais il n’y a plus de farine

Don’t say «de la, du, or de les » when it’s negative or after an adverb in a positive sentence. Just «de».
J’ai décidé de manger moins de sucre

97
Q

I always said that
I said that often
I said that too much

A

J’ai toujours dit ça
J’ai souvent dit ça
J’ai trop dit ça

Adverb goes between the auxiliary and main verb

98
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She always spoke a lot about her projects with me

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Elle m’a toujours beaucoup parlé de ses projets

Même s’il y a deux adverbes, on va les garder entre les deux verbes

99
Q

But in the case where we’re talking abt something very specific

A

Mais dans le cas où on parle de quelque chose de très précis

100
Q

Do you like riding your bike? Response?

A

Oui, j’aime
Oui, j’aime bien
Oui, j’aime ça

Bc we’re talking abt an action or something general (do u like music), we don’t include the direct object (l’aime)

Specific: this song or a person: oui, je l’aime

101
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J’ai besoin de verbe vs. Je doit verbe

A

J’ai besoin de verbe = i need it to feel better, it helps my existence. So u don’t say: j’ai besoin de go home at 9 cuz of the virus. U say doit.

Je doit faire = bc of external circumstance i need to do it cuz I’m obligated

102
Q

Besides,

A

En plus

De plus

103
Q

As long as the sun comes back

A

Du moment que + indic
Tant que + indic
Pourvu que + sobjonc

104
Q
  1. Anyway (change of topic)

2. Anyway (resuming topic)

A
  1. Bref, bon

2. Enfin, quoi qu’il en soit

105
Q

He wanted it anyway

A

Il le voulait quand même

Ou bien: de toute façon

106
Q

She reminds us that we have

A

Elle nous rappelle qu’on a

107
Q

Is about to become

A

S’apprêter à devenir

S’apprête à faire

108
Q

You still haven’t seen anything yet

A

Tu n’a encore rien vu

109
Q

We’re all curious about the sex life

A

On est tous curieux de la vie sexuelle des autres

110
Q

My plan is to go in AS me

A

Mon plan, c’est d’y aller EN TANT QUE moi-même

As mayor: en tant que maire

111
Q

The rule

A

La règle

112
Q

Actually, that also applies in the sex industry

A

En fait, ça s’applique aussi dans l’industrie du sex

113
Q

But I also want it to be subtle

A

Mais je veux aussi que ce soit subtil

114
Q

I’m so excited

A

J’ai trop hâte (de vous connaître)

115
Q

FROM what I can see

From, according to, based on

A

D’après ce que je vois

116
Q

Carol reminds me of my mom

A

Carol me rappelle ma mère

dad: le papa, le père
Son/daughter: le fils, la fille
Kid: le/la gosse, le/la enfant, le gamin, la gamine

117
Q

It’s unreal that I’m here with u all rn

A

C’est irréel d’être parmi vous tous

1 subject so you say it’s unreal to be here

118
Q

I’m gonna avoid creating too many alliances

A

Je vais éviter de créer trop d’alliances

Sp: evitar hacer

119
Q

You have as many ___ as a peen

A

Tu as autant de ___ qu’un pénis

120
Q

What is happening?

A

Qu’est-ce qu’il se passe?

il se passe = to happen

121
Q

Because that describes what’s gonna happen

A

Parce que ça décrit ce qui va se passer

Maybe ce qui is like lo que

122
Q

Do you like her?

A

Tu la kiffes?

Keef

123
Q

Before the arrival of the baby

A

Avant l’arrivée du bébé

Avant + nom
Avant de + infinitif
Avant que + subjonctif

124
Q

I’m gonna explain my idea to you (now)

A

Je vous explique mon idée

Idea is feminine but it starts with a vowel so we say mon

125
Q

We can also notice

A

On peut aussi remarquer

126
Q

Pour pronunciation

A

Por but almost a little rounder partway to poor

127
Q

You also have access

A

Vous avez aussi accès

128
Q

Prononciation de “or”

A

ou

Oooh

129
Q

I remember my teacher well

A

Je me souviens bien de mon

Se souvenir de

130
Q

We started to remove (letters from texts)

A

On s’est mis à supprimer

Se mettre à + noun or verb

Ma sœer s’est mise au végétarisme

131
Q

Before she arrives

A

Avant qu’elle arrive

Formal french: avant qu’elle n’arrive. You just have to use the n’ with avant que

Avant son n’arrivée

132
Q

I, on the other hand, have nothing to do. And I love that.

A

Moi, par contre, je n’ai rien a faire. Et j’adore ça.

133
Q

I wanna take care of it/deal with it

A

Je veux m’en occuper

S’occuper de

134
Q

It’s still raining

A

Il pleut encore/toujours

135
Q

They still haven’t arrived

A

Ils ne sont pas encore arrivés
Ils ne sont toujours pas arrivés

Pas encore / toujours pas

136
Q

I lost my keys again

A

J’ai encore perdu mes clés (fem)

137
Q

My mom is always late

A

Ma mère est toujours en retard

138
Q

Avoid making some rather common mistakes

A

Éviter de faire quelques erreurs assez courantes

139
Q

Weird

A

Bizarre, étrange

140
Q

Des amis neuvous

A

Or

De neuveux ames

141
Q

I spent the whole evening speaking in french

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J’ai passé tous la soirée a parler en français

Passer du temps a faire quelque chose

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