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Diane Lesson 8 Flashcards

1
Q

I am hungry

I am thirsty

I am right (“I have reason”)

It’s right (true)

A

J’ai faim

J’ai soif

J’ai raison

C’est vrai

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PRENDRE

I take (present)

I took (passe compose)

I took the car

I will take the car (futur)

A

Je prends

J’ai pris

J’ai pris la voiture

Je vais prendre la voiture

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I had

I didn’t have (passe compose)

I didn’t have it

A

J’ai eu

Je n’ai pas eu

Je ne l’ai pas eu

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You finished (passe compose)

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vous avez fini
tu as fini

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We will play (futur)

(f) + (i)

A

Nous allons jouer

On va jouer

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She doesn’t live (present)

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Elle n’habite pas

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They walk / they are are walking (present)

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Ils marchent

Note - don’t pronounce the “ent”

So “Ils marche” (marsh)

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We will stay (futur)

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On va rester

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She takes the bus (present)

A

Elle prend le bus

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Have you seen…? / Did you see…?

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Vous avez vu …?

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I didn’t have (passe compose)

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Je n’ai pas

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Rule for NEGATIVE : it wraps around the first part of the verb

A
  • Je vais aller / - Je ne vais pas aller
  • Je mange - Je ne mange pas
  • J’ai joué - Je n’ai pas joué
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They wrote (passe compose)

They didn’t write (passe compose)

Did they write …?

A

Ils ont écrit

Ils n’ont pas écrit

Est-ce qu’ils ont écrit …? / Ils ont écrit …?

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14
Q

What do you mean?

What is it that you mean to say?

A

Qu’est que ce ça tu veux dire

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15
Q

General statement meaning:

“we will see each other…..”

When is it that we will see each other

or

Where is it that we will see each other?

or

What time will we see each other?

A

On se voir

Quand est-ce qu’on se voit

Ou est-ce qu’on se voit

Quel heure on se voit

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Have you not seen it ?

A

Est-ce que vous ne l’avez pas vu ?

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17
Q

You like that?

You don’t like it

You don’t like it here?

A

Tu aimes ca

Tu ne l’aimes pas

Tu ne l’aimes pas ici?

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18
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In your opinion?

It’s just my opinion

A

à ton avis

c’est juste mon avis

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19
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Doesn’t mean anything to me..

Literally, “it does not say anything to me”

Work it like this:

It says

It doesn’t say

It doesn’t say anything

Then add “me”

A

ça ne me dit rien !

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Do you want to have (take) a coffee?

A

ça te dit de prendre un café

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Do you want to go to the cinema?

A

ça te dit d’aller au cinéma ?

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A large bowl of vegetables

A

un grand bol de légumes

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What vegetables have you? What vegetables do you have?

A

Quels légumes as-tu

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24
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Those

(plural of the “cette”)

A

ces

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25
Q

Each of….

A

Chacune de

(cha cune de)

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26
Q

I have canceled

You have cancelled

A

j’ai annulé

Tu as annulé

(un u leh)

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Q

that

that of

(like I have cancelled that of XXX date)

A

celle

celle de

(like I have cancelled that of XXX date)

J’ai annulè celle de 6 janvier

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I am going to come back

A

je vais revenir

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Q

If possible, I would like a high table please

A

Si possible, je voudrais un table haut s’il vous plait

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Q

Another way to say “Not a problem” using “Aucun”

A

Aucun souci

Aucun problème

Au (as in bow) can (as in “can’t)

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31
Q

Have a good weekend

You can say just “Good weekend”

or literally:

“good finish of the week”

A

Bon weekend

Bonne fin (‘fun”) du semaine

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Savoir

(to know)

Can be used as a question/with a verb/and alone

A

“Savoir” is followed by an interrogative expression (où, pourquoi, qui, avec qui, quand, etc…):

Tu sais où il habite ? Do you know where he lives?

Savez-vous à quelle heure ils arrivent ?

Do you know what time they’re arriving ?

Sais-tu pourquoi il a dit ça ?

Do you know why he said that ?

“Savoir” is followed by a verb, to say “knowing how to…”:

Je sais danser. I know how to dance.

And “savoir” can also be used alone.

Tu sais qu’il arrive à 3 heures? Oui, je sais.

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Connaître

To Know + People / Places

A

Connaître: To Know + People / Places

“Connaître” means “to know” with the idea to be personally familiar with, to have experienced it yourself.

It is always followed by a NOUN – it cannot be followed by anything else.

In most cases, “connaître” is followed by nouns of people and places.

Tu connais Sylvie ?

Do you know Sylvie ?

Vous connaissez Paris ?

Do you know Paris?

This is where the English speaker has to be careful.

When a French person says “Est-ce que vous connaissez Paris ?”, in most cases he/she doesn’t mean “Do you know (of) Paris”, but rather “Have you personally been there?”.

Same with people; if you said “Je connais Brad Pitt”, French speakers may think you have met him.

So, in my opinion, what is important in that lesson is not the basic rule to translate to know in French – it’s rather easy… Connaître + people / place… Savoir with all the rest! But the trick is to understand and know what to answer when someone asks: “vous connaissez ….”.

2 – Connaître – To Know As To Be Personally Acquainted With

So now, let’s see how you can answer questions like: “Est-ce que vous connaissez Paris / Gérard Depardieu” ?

The trick here is to understand the question: and this depends a bit on the context, the tone of the question.

“Est-ce que vous connaissez Paris” almost always means “have you been there yourself”.

“Est-ce que vous connaissez Gérard Depardieu”… well, are you in the movie industry? In this case, it probably means “have you met him personally”.

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I know him/her

A

Je le/la connais

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I know that

I know that restaurant (remember, restaurant is a “noun” / name).

I know it

A

Je sais ça

Je connais ce restaurant

Je le sais

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I met him/her

(passe compse - I have met him/her)

A

Je l’ai rencontré

(to meet is “rencontrer” - ron con trey)

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Yes, I met her at Pierre’s house

Passe compose - “I have met her”

A

Oui, je l’ai rencontrée chez Pierre

(ron con trey)

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38
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Conjugate Connaître

Present tense

A

Présent

je connais

tu connais

il/elle connaît

nous connaissons

vous connaissez

ils connaissent (con ess)

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Q

Conjugate Connaître

Passe compose

A

Passé composé

j’ai connu

tu as connu

il/elle a connu

nous avons connu

vous avez connu

ils ont connu

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40
Q

Hand

Head

Finger

Brain

A

la main (maan)

diriger (dir ree jhay)

doigt (doo ah)

cerveau

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41
Q

my last name

A

mon nom du famille

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42
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it doesn’t matter

“That does not have importance”

A

cela n’a pas d’importance

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43
Q

has been…..

as in: “your reservation “has been” cancelled

A

a été

Votre réservation a été annulée

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44
Q

next to/beside

To the right of…

A

à côté de

Ma maison est à côté d’un parc

à la droite de …..les Ilets

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45
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You do it (very) well

A

Tu le fais (tres) bien

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46
Q

anywhere

(Like “not important where”)

anytime

(Like “not important when”)

A

n’importe où

n’importe quand

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47
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6 days ago

A

Il y a 6 jours

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48
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I haven’t seen it

I haven’t seen you (f)

A

Je ne l’ai pas vu

Je ne vous ai pas vu

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49
Q

She told me

(she “has” told me)

You told me that…

You already told me that.

A

Elle m’a dit

Tu m’as dit que /qui…..

Tu m’as dit déjà ça

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50
Q

how many people …?

A

Combien de gens

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51
Q

I miss it….

A

ça me manque

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52
Q

Happy to see you (f)

Happy to see you again (f)

Happy to meet you (f)

A

Content de vous voir

Content de vous revoir

Content de vous rencontrer

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53
Q

Rules for orders/commands

A

Orders/commands

Eat ! Let’s eat !

mange !

mangeons !

mangez !

LOOK!

Regarde

Regardons

Regardez

GO!

allons-y = lets go

allez-y = go ahead (Un groupe)

vas-y = go ahead (1 personne)

Let’s see = Voyons

COME ! = Viens ! Venez (veer nez) !

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54
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Rules for personne/une personne

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une personne / quelqu’un = a person / someone or quelque’un

personne = nobody / no one

nobody has called (always use avoir) e.g personne a appelé

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55
Q

Girlfriend/boyfriend

A

Une (ma, ta) copine

Un (mon, ton) copain

56
Q

Something more

A

quelque chose de plus

57
Q

there is

there is not

there “were”

there was not (there wasn’t)

A

Il y a

Il n’y a pas

Il y avait

Il n’y avait pas

58
Q

Bonne v Bon

+ Bien

A

Bonne is feminine

Bon is masculine

Bon and bonne are adjectives, and bien is an adverb. Bon is used to describe masculine nouns (bon homme, bon vin, etc). Bonne is used to describe feminine nouns (bonne fille, bonne pomme, etc). Bien is used to describe a verb (Il chante bien, Je danse bien, etc).

59
Q

What is all this/that ?

A

Qu’est ce que tout ça ?

60
Q

We are going to do that

A

On va faire ça

61
Q

Just for a drink?

Like …..”I am coming in, just for a drink””

Literally “just” “in order” “to drink” “a glass”

A

juste pour boire un verre ?

62
Q

it has been

as in “it has been cancelled”

A

ça a été

ca aaa eyyy teeey

63
Q

I was…

I have been…

A

J’étais…

j’ai été…

64
Q

There was

A

il y avait

65
Q

There was not

A

il n’y avait pas

66
Q

There is not.. / there is no…

A

il n’y a pas…

67
Q

Rules for commands

A

Marchez! - lets go (vous)

Marchons! - lets walk - (nous “us” more than one other person)

Allons y - let’s go! (us/nous)

Allez y - lets go (vous)

Vas y - go ahead (to one person).

on y va - off we go / let’s go (a group / more than one)

Commands

The command form is also known as the imperative. “You” is the understood subject of a command and is, therefore, omitted as it is in English. (Tu and vous are the two ways to say “you” in French.) Use tu, the familiar command, when speaking to one friend or family member. Use vous, the polite command, when speaking formally or when directing the command to more than one person, no matter what their relationship to you.

Forming commands

To form a command, simply drop the subject pronoun and use the proper verb form that would match the pronoun you are dropping, as shown in Table 1.

Regarde cette vue! (Look at that view!)

Choisis ton dessert! (Choose your dessert!)

Descendez du bus! (Get off the bus!)

The nous form of the verb (without the subject) may be used to suggest “let’s”:

Allons à la plage! (Let’s go to the beach!).

68
Q

I feel like…. / I want to….

A

avoir + envie de

J’ai envie de

Vous avez envie de….

Nous avons envie de….

J’ai envie de faire ça (“I feel like doing this / that”)

Je n’ai pas envie ça = “I don’t want/like that” or “je ne veux pas de ça”

69
Q

You want to do it?

(not using “avoir + envie de…”)

A

Ça te dit de +

Note can also use like:

“Ça te dit d’allé au cinema”

“Ça te dit de prendre un café”

Note:

Using ““avoir + envie de…”

it would be, par example:

vous avez envie d’aller au cinema

and you could also say:

“Tu veux le faire?”

70
Q

I went (passe compose)

(always use être)

A

Je suis allé (i am gone)

Je suis allé faire du bateaux

Always use “faire + de” when there is an “action” or you are doing something.

71
Q

When is it that we are meeting/seeing eachother?

A

Quand est ce qu’on se voit ? (when are we meeting ?)

(On se voit = we see each other / we meet)

72
Q

We know him (i)

We know her (i)

We know them (i)

We call him (i)

A

On le connait

On la connait

On les connait

On l’appelle

73
Q

It’s hard

It’s a hard life

Literally, “It’s hard, the life”

A

C’est dur !

(like in “duration”)

C’est dur la vie !

74
Q

Jusqu’à

A

until, up to, to….

  • Marchons jusqu’à la plage
  • Je travaille jusqu’à 19h
75
Q

We went out last night

(f) + (i)

A

Nous sommes sortis hier soir

(Or you could just say “nous sommes allés hier soir / au cinéma”)

On est sortis hier soir / or just “on est allé hier soir” using just “we went” rather than “we went out

76
Q

Quand même

A

Still

  • Heureusement, je peux quand même faire du sport
  • Oh, je travaille mais tu peux quand même venir = Oh, I’m working but you can still come
77
Q

A tout à l’heure !

and

tout à l’heure

What’s the difference?

A

A tout à l’heure ! = See you later (today) (A tou ta leur)

Tout à l’heure = earlier today / later today depending on what tense you are using.

  • J’ai travaillé tout à l’heure (tra va yé)
  • Je vais travailler tout à l’heure
78
Q

I like it!

(this is what locals say :-))

A

J’aime bien

79
Q

Other ways to say goodbye

(note, locals say “Ciao”)

A

Ciao ! Salut ! A plus (tard) !

80
Q

More

A

Plus = more

  • Je veux deux de plus = I want 2 extra/more
81
Q

can you hear me ?

is it that you can hear me?

A

can you hear me ? = Est-ce que tu peux m’entendre ?

82
Q

enough

as in “that’s enough/it is enough”

A

assez = enough (ass ez)

C’est assez

Note, pronounce the “t” in C’est as in “set ass ez”

83
Q

without

A

sans

(son - as in “sonya”)

84
Q

I know what I am going to do…

A

Je sais “ce que” (what) je vais faire…

85
Q

I (have) bought the boat

A

J’ai acheté le bateau

86
Q

I went boating (passe compose using être)

A

Je suis allé faire du bateau

87
Q

It’s not hard

A

Ce n’est pas dur

88
Q

At what time do you close?

A

A quel heure vous fermeè?

89
Q

Foot (as in 3 feet)

My boat is 4 feet

How many feet?

A

Pied (pi eh)

Mon bateax est 4 pied

Combien de pieds (pee eh)

90
Q

everything

(all the things)

A

toutes les choses

Can also just say “tout”

91
Q

a late night

we had a late night

I had a late night

a late morning

A

un nuit tardive

on a eu un nuit tardive

j’ai eu un nuit tardive

un matin tardive

(tar deeve)

92
Q

I can’t sleep because of the noise

(using: “a cause du….)

A

Je ne peux pas dormir à cause du bruit (bree)

93
Q

to sleep

A

dormir

(door mee ah)

94
Q

Using malheureux

Sadly.

Sadly, no.

Using triste

We are sad to leave

We are sad to see you leave (i)

A

Malheureusement

Malheureusement non

On est triste de partir

On est triste de te voir partir

95
Q

at the same time

A

En même temp (tem)

or use:

même heure

when refering to an actual time

96
Q

give me a moment

A

donne-moi un moment

97
Q

do you remember?

remember that “remember” is a “se” verb

A

se rappeler = to remember

tu te rappelles = you remember

Tu te rappelles de moi ?

(rapel)

I remember you = je me rappelle de toi

Could also be = tu te souviens

Vous souvenez-vous de moi? = do you remember me

98
Q

we use it

verb = to use

f+i

A

nous l’utilisons (f)

on l’utilise (i)

“utiliser”

“oooout tel eez ey”

99
Q

I look for/I am looking for (present tense)

A

je cherche (sher -sh)

100
Q

I am going to come back

(I will be back)

A

Je vais revenir

101
Q

almost, nearly

For example: you are nearly there

A

presque = almost, nearly

Par example: vous y être presque

102
Q

He gives me (present)

A

Il me donne

103
Q

Commands:

Give me

Tell me

You can give me

You can give me it

A

IMPERATIF (Order tense)

donne-moi

dis-moi

tu peux me donner

tu peux me le donner

104
Q

you can tell me

A

tu peux me dire

105
Q

You want to do it ? / You would like to do it ?

(Using “avoir envie de”)

f+i

A

Vous avez envie de le faire

Tu as envie de le faire

106
Q

Do you want to do it ?

(using: “ca te dit de…..”)

A

ça te dit de le faire ?

You can also say:

vous voulez le faire ?

Or:

tu veux le faire ?

107
Q

I am going to have some time tomorrow

A

je vais avoir du temps demain

108
Q

I would like 2 extra…

A

Je voudrais deux de plus…

109
Q

For (us) both

A

Pour nous deux

110
Q

Best wishes to all the team

A

meilleurs voeux a toute l’équipe

Mayer ver a tout te leh keep

111
Q

Cancelled

Cancellation

A

annulé

“un ule leh”

Annulation

Annulation de votre réservation au Tamarin

“un ule leh sion”

112
Q

I saw you

Passe composé (i have seen + you)

i+f

A

Je t’ai vu

Je vous ai vu

113
Q

Lots of late nights

A

Beaucoup de nuits tardives

114
Q

Trick with using “Est-ce qu’il”

A

Always remove it then add it back after when you have determined what you want to say…

115
Q

Alternative meanings for

Il

Le

A

Il = he/it

Le = him/it

116
Q

The house of my friend

A

La maison de mon ami

117
Q

Maybe not

A

peut-être pas

118
Q

near, beside, close

A

à côté

119
Q

Last year (the year last), we went to St Bart (f+i)

A

l’année dernière, nous sommes allés à St Bart

l’année dernière, on est allés à St Bart

120
Q

One year ago

A

il y a un an

121
Q

YEAR = an v annee

A

It depends on whether there is an actual number

  • 1 an, 5 ans, 698 ans
  • l’année prochaine, une autre année …
122
Q

My summer vacation

(literally, “my vacation of the summer”)

Note: “vacation” is masculine

A

mes vacances de l’été

123
Q

one of each

A

un de chaque

124
Q

I saw you

Note that “have” always steals the pronoun

A

Je t’ai vu

125
Q

Me neither….

A

Moi non plus (plu)

126
Q

verb for: “to try”

A

essayer

Aussi, je vais essayer finir l’audio exercice

127
Q

I hope….

A

j’espère

128
Q

“I hope”… “to come”… “visit”… “shortly”

A

J’espère venir visiter d’ici peu

Note:

d’ici peu

is:

“shortly”

and

tres prochainement

is “very soon”

129
Q

notre vs nos

A

Notre and nos are both possessive adjectives and mean ‘our’.

You use notre when there is one single substantive (masculine or feminine) and nos when there are more than one:

notre chat = “our cat”

nos chats = “our cats”

notre poule = “our hen”

nos poules = “our hens”

130
Q

I am trying to learn

A

j’essaye d’apprendre

131
Q

I am going to give to them

A

je vais leur donner

Note use “leur” not “les” because it’s “to them” not just “them”

132
Q

Currently, presently, nowadays.

A

actuellement

133
Q

Best wishes to all

A

meilleurs voeux a toute

(mayer ver a tout)

134
Q

I feel alone

I feel great

I feel better

A

je me sens seul

je me sens super

je me sens mieux

135
Q

Triste vs malheureax

A

Triste vs. malheureux

The French words ‘triste’ and ‘malheureux’ are both adjectives commonly used to describe states of sadness or unhappiness. However, they convey different nuances and can be used in different contexts. Understanding the subtle differences between these words helps with proper usage in conversation or writing to express a variety of emotional states.

Triste

Used generally to refer to a feeling of sadness, often stemming from a specific cause, and is sometimes temporary or situational.

Il est triste parce qu’il a perdu son jouet.
(He is sad because he has lost his toy.)

La journée est triste sans soleil.
(The day is sad without the sun.)

Elle a une expression triste sur son visage.
(She has a sad expression on her face.)

Malheureux

Implies a state of unhappiness that is often deeper or more general than ‘triste’. It can imply misfortune, dissatisfaction, or a lasting state of unhappiness.

Il se sent malheureux dans sa vie professionnelle.
(He feels unhappy in his professional life.)

C’est un chien malheureux qui n’a jamais connu la tendresse.
(It’s an unhappy dog that has never known tenderness.)

Ils ont vécu une histoire d’amour malheureuse.
(They had an unhappy love story.)

Summary

In summary, while both ‘triste’ and ‘malheureux’ describe negative emotions associated with sadness, ‘triste’ is commonly used for situations of passing sadness or when referring to something that seems sad; whereas ‘malheureux’ suggests a more profound sense of unhappiness or discontentment that is often related to one’s well-being or life circumstances. Choosing between them depends largely on the intensity and duration of the emotion being described.

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