Lesson of September 17, 2024

Question 1

What does the question “Howcome?” mean?
Example: The applicant is not here yet? Howcome?

Answer 1

Howcome? = Why?
(It’s the French equivalent of «Comment ça?»)

= The applicant is not here yet? Why?

Question 2

What does the verb “gather” mean?

Example: We have to gather all the information.

Answer 2

Gather information= collect information

(in French: rassembler)

Question 3

What is “Roumanie” and “roumain”?

Example:
The applicant is from …………
The applicant is …………..

Answer 3

Romania

Romanian

Example:
The applicant is from Romania.
The applicant is Romanian.

Question 4

How do we pronounce “apostrophe”?

Question 5

Translate (2 options):

Il a 18 ans.

Answer 5

He’s 18.

He’s 18 years old.

Question 6

What is “Date de naissance” in English?

Answer 6

Date of birth

Question 7

If you don’t know how to write a name or a word, what question do we commonly ask the other person?

Answer 7

How do you spell that?

Question 8

If you want to repeat all the information someone gave you to make sure you understood everything, what can you say?

Answer 8

Let me repeat that to make sure I got it right.

Question 9

What is “nom” (de personne, de rue) in English?

What is “nom” (commun) in English?

Answer 9

“nom” (de personne, de rue) = Name

“nom” (commun) = Noun

Question 10

What is the difference between “none” and “no one”?

Answer 10

None = Aucun (Example: I’m trying to find the date of entry but there is none written on the form.)

No one = nobody (Example: The applicants are supposed to be here but there is no one in the room.)

Question 11

How do we pronounce “postal code”?

Question 12

What is the difference between “too”, “also” and “either”?

Example:

They applied for this trade too.
They also applied for this trade.

They didn’t apply for this trade either.

Answer 12

“Too” and “also” are synonyms but are not put in the same place in a sentence. They both mean “aussi”

Example: The also applied for this trade. = They applied for this trade too. = Ils ont aussi postulé pour ce métier.

Either = non plus. Le mot “either” a besoin d’avoir une forme de négation dans la phrase.
Example: He didn’t show up at his first appointment and he didn’t show up at the second one either.

Question 13

How do we say: “Pouvez-vous répéter?”

Answer 13

Can you repeat (that)?

Could you repeat (that)?

Question 14

How do we say: “C’est exact!” In English?

Answer 14

That’s correct!

That’s right!

Question 15

How do we say: “Est-ce que c’est exact?” in English?

Answer 15

Is that right?

Is that correct?

Question 16

How do we pronounce:

• Canadian?
• Canada?

Answer 16

k’-NAY-dee-enn

KA-na-da

Question 17

What is “recommencer” in English?

Exemple: Je vais recommencer.

Answer 17

start again

start over

start over again

Example:
I’ll start again.
I’ll start over.
I’ll start over again.

Question 18

Which is right?

1) She’s coming from Mali.
2) She comes from Mali.

Answer 18

2) She comes from Mali.

Note: Both tenses can actually be used, except the meaning is slightly different.

She comes from Mali = She’s from there, that’s where she was born.

She’s coming from Mali = She was there just before coming here, but she is not necessarily from there.