tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20423896429267908802024-03-05T22:26:09.256+01:00APPRENDS & PARLE - SOUTIEN SCOLAIRE EN LIGNE ! COURS DE SOUTIEN EN LIGNE AVEC PROFESSEUR PARTICULIER DE FRANCAIS ET D'ANGLAIS (BILINGUE ET PROFESSIONNELLE) 🎯 Apprends&Parlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10242350396646490878noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042389642926790880.post-80733742959735638392018-06-13T17:10:00.004+02:002018-06-13T17:10:36.615+02:00BY, THROUGH / PAR<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hello ! In this new article, let's talk about the French preposition "<b>par</b>" (by). Let's get started! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Usually, "<b>par</b>" is <b>used to mark the passage, the move, accross something, the high, the position (of a object or a building or a boat), the part of something we grab (knife, fork). It can also describes the cause, the way, the order, the distribution, to affirm,</b> and many more! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Let's just see some examples to <b>get familiar with this preposition</b> as it's better to see it in a complete sentence than all alone in a huge text. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Used to mark the movement and the passage</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Il est passé <b>par</b> <span style="color: #38761d;">Lyon</span>. / He went <b>through</b> <span style="color: #38761d;">Lyon</span>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Voyager</span> <b>par</b> <span style="color: red;">mer</span>, <b>par</b> <span style="color: #0b5394;">terre</span>. / <span style="color: #38761d;">To travel</span> <b>by</b> <span style="color: red;">sea</span>, <b>by</b><span style="color: #0b5394;"> land</span>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Aller</span> <b>par</b> <span style="color: red;">le monde</span>. / <span style="color: #38761d;">Go </span><b>through</b> <span style="color: red;">the world</span>.
<span style="color: red;">Jeter quelque chose</span> <b>par</b> <span style="color: #38761d;">la fenêtre</span>. / </span></span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Throw something</span><span style="color: #212121;"> </span><span style="color: #38761d;">out the window</span><span style="color: #212121;">.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Passer</span> <b>par</b> de <span style="color: #0b5394;">rudes épreuves</span>. / <span style="color: #b45f06;">Going </span><b>through</b> <span style="color: #0b5394;">hard times</span>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Cette idée </span><span style="color: #0b5394;">lui est passé </span><b>par</b><span style="color: #38761d;"> l'esprit</span>. / <span style="color: red;">This idea</span> <span style="color: #0b5394;">came accross</span> his <span style="color: #38761d;">mind</span>.</span></span></div>
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Is used as in "inside", with the idea of movement in the indicated space, usually in a text or the written form (novels, etc.)</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: red;">Ils</span> se <span style="color: #a64d79;">promènent </span><b>par</b> <span style="color: #0b5394;">la ville</span>. / <span style="color: red;">They</span> are <span style="color: #a64d79;">walking</span> <b>through</b> <span style="color: #0b5394;">the city</span>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: red;">La lumière</span> <span style="color: #b45f06;">se répand</span> <b>par</b><span style="color: #0b5394;"> le monde</span>. / <span style="color: red;">The light</span> <span style="color: #b45f06;">is spreading</span> <b>through</b><span style="color: #0b5394;"> the world</span>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Le bruit </span>s'est <span style="color: red;">répandu </span><b>par </b>tout le <span style="color: #a64d79;">voisinage</span>. / </span></span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">The noise</span><span style="color: red;"> spread</span><span style="color: #212121;"> </span><b style="color: #212121;">through</b><span style="color: #212121;"> the whole </span><span style="color: #a64d79;">neighborhood.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>The heigh of something in some terms (geography, marine)</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red;">Nous étions</span> <b>par</b> <span style="color: orange;">trente</span> <span style="color: #0b5394;">degrés</span> de latitude. /<span style="color: red;"> </span></span><i style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-style: normal; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: red;">We were</span></span><span style="color: #212121; font-style: normal; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"> at </span><span style="font-style: normal; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: orange;">thirty</span></span><span style="color: #212121; font-style: normal; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-style: normal; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">degrees</span></span><span style="color: #212121; font-style: normal; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"> of latitude.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Par</b><span style="color: red;"> l’avant</span>. / <b>Through, by</b> <span style="color: red;">the front</span>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Une <span style="color: #38761d;">embarcation</span> <b>par </b><span style="color: red;">tribord</span>. / A <span style="color: #38761d;">boat</span> <b>by</b> <span style="color: red;">starboard</span>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Describing the part of something we grab (physically or metaphorically) </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Retiens-le</span><b> par </b>le<span style="color: #38761d;"> bras</span> ! / <span style="color: #0b5394;">Hold him</span> <b>by</b> the<span style="color: #38761d;"> arm</span>! </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Prends</span> le <span style="color: #0b5394;">couteau </span><b>par</b> le <span style="color: orange;">manche</span>. / <span style="color: red;">Grab</span> the <span style="color: #0b5394;">knife</span> <b>by</b> the <span style="color: orange;">handle</span>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Il l'a <span style="color: red;">tiré</span> <b>par</b> <span style="color: #a64d79;">les pieds</span>. / He <span style="color: red;">pulled</span> him <b>by</b> <span style="color: #a64d79;">the feet</span>. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">Je ne sais pas</span> <b>par</b> ou <span style="color: red;">commencer</span>. /<span style="color: orange;"> I don't know</span> <b>where</b> to <span style="color: red;">start</span>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>The way, the cause, the responsible for something</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Il <span style="color: #a64d79;">l'a</span> <span style="color: #0b5394;">épousée </span><b>par</b> <span style="color: red;">amour</span>. / He <span style="color: #0b5394;">married</span><span style="color: #a64d79;"> her</span> for<span style="color: red;"> love</span>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: red;">Tu as fait</span> ça <b>par</b> crainte, <b>par</b> haine, <b>par</b> charité./ </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: red;">You acted</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> by <b>fear</b>, <b>by</b> hate, <b>by</b> charity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Elle a été instruite <b>par</b> <span style="color: red;">un tel</span>. / </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">She was instructed <b>by</b> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: red;">such (someone).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Roméo et Juliette" <b>par</b> Shakespeare. / </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Romeo and Juliet" <b>by</b> Shakespeare.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Il a <span style="color: #0b5394;">obtenu</span> ça <b>par</b> force. / </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">He</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span><span style="color: #0b5394;">got</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> it <b>by</b> force.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Je l'ai <span style="color: red;">rencontré</span> <b>par</b> <span style="color: #38761d;">hasard</span>. / </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: red;">met</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> him <b>by</b> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #38761d;">chance</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ce <span style="color: #38761d;">paquet</span> est <span style="color: red;">arrivé</span> <b>par</b> la poste. / </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">This </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #38761d;">package</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: red;">arrived</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <b>by</b> post.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Ils</span> sont arrivés <b>par</b> bâteau. / </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">They</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> arrived <b>by</b> boat.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Marking the time. "During"</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Ramasser</span> des <span style="color: orange;">pommes</span> <b>par</b> <span style="color: #38761d;">ce beau temps</span>. / </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: red;">Picking up</span> some <span style="color: orange;">apples</span> <b>by</b> <span style="color: #38761d;">this nice weather</span>.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Où vas-tu</span> <b>par</b> <span style="color: red;">cette pluie</span> ? / </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Where are you going</span> <b>by</b> <span style="color: red;">this rain</span>?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Voyager <b>par</b> tous les<span style="color: red;"> temps</span>. / </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">Travel in all <span style="color: red;">weathers.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Par</b><span style="color: #0b5394;"> temps</span> troublés. / </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">In troubled <span style="color: #0b5394;">times</span>.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Par</b> ces temps <span style="color: red;">heureux</span>... / </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>By</b> these <span style="color: red;">happy</span> times ...</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>To affirm, to swear</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Il</span> me l'a <span style="color: red;">assuré</span> <b>par</b> <span style="color: #38761d;">tous les moyens</span> ! <span style="color: #0b5394;">He</span> <span style="color: red;">assured</span> me <b>by</b> <span style="color: #38761d;">all means</span>!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: red;">Elle </span><span style="color: #b45f06;">dit</span> la<span style="color: #38761d;"> vérité</span>, elle l'a <span style="color: #a64d79;">juré</span> <b>par</b><span style="color: orange;"> tous</span> les <span style="color: #0b5394;">Dieux</span> ! / <span style="color: red;">She</span> is <span style="color: #b45f06;">telling</span> the <span style="color: #38761d;">truth</span>, she <span style="color: #a64d79;">swore</span><b> by<span style="color: orange;"> </span></b><span style="color: orange;">all</span> <span style="color: #0b5394;">Gods</span>! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Last week</b> we saw how to use "<b>ou</b>" and "<b>et</b>" in French. Today, we will focus on the word "<b>avec</b>" (with). <i>Ready? GO!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>AVEC / WITH</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Avec" is a <b>preposition</b>. It can be used to indicate many things such as: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>-</b> <span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; white-space: pre-wrap;">The accompaniment of someone</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>- </b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; white-space: pre-wrap;">Being equipped with something</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>- </b>The identity of some feelings or expressing a personnal view</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>-</b> <span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; white-space: pre-wrap;">Simultaneity</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>- </b>As a complement</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; white-space: pre-wrap;"> of adjective and verb.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #212121; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>- </b>A way (to do something)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>The accompaniment of someone </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"<span style="color: #38761d;">Je suis allé chez le docteur</span> <b>avec</b> <span style="color: #a64d79;">mon mari</span>." / "<span style="color: #38761d;">I went to the doctor</span> <b>with</b> <span style="color: #a64d79;">my husband</span>."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Here, "avec" is used to show that I went somewhere with someone. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">"J<span style="color: #38761d;">ulie est sorti</span> <b>avec</b> un <span style="color: #a64d79;">parapluie</span>." / "<span style="color: #38761d;">Julie went out </span><b>with </b>an </span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">umbrella</span></span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Here, "avec" is used to show that Julie took an umbrella with her, probably because it was raining. She went out with full hands. </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>The identity of some feelings or expressing a personnal view</b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">"<b>Avec</b> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #38761d;">cet auteur,</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #212121;"> </span><span style="color: #a64d79;">je pense que le suspens est à son comble</span><span style="color: #212121;"> et ce, </span><span style="color: #0b5394;">jusqu'à</span><span style="color: #212121;"> </span><span style="color: red;">la fin</span><span style="color: #212121;"> </span><span style="color: #b45f06;">du roman</span><span style="color: #212121;"> !" / "</span><b>With</b><span style="color: #38761d;"> this author</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">I think the suspense is at its highest point </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">until </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: red;">the end</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">of the novel</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">!"</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Here, "avec" is used to describe a thought, a personnal view about a project, a book, or someone else. </i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">"</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Paul se lève</span><b style="color: #212121;"> avec</b><span style="color: #a64d79;"> le jour</span><span style="color: #212121;">." / "</span><span style="color: #38761d;">Paul is waking up</span><span style="color: #212121;"> </span><b style="color: #212121;">with</b><span style="color: #212121;"> </span><span style="color: #a64d79;">the sunrise</span><span style="color: #212121;">."</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Simultaneity. We describe a situation that happens at the same time of another. Paul is waking up exactly when the sun comes up and the day begins. "Avec" is used to describe this simultaneity. </i></span></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">As a complement</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"> of adjective and verb.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">"<span style="color: #38761d;">Être gentil</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #212121;"> </span><b>avec</b> <span style="color: #a64d79;">tout le monde</span>." / "<span style="color: #38761d;">Being kind</span> <b>with </b><span style="color: #a64d79;">everyone</span>." </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">"<span style="color: #38761d;">Répondre</span> <b>avec</b> <span style="color: #a64d79;">humour.</span>" / "<span style="color: #38761d;">To reply</span> <b>with</b> <span style="color: #a64d79;">humor.</span>"</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">"<span style="color: #38761d;">Faire un trou</span> <b>avec</b> <span style="color: #a64d79;">un marteau</span>." / "<span style="color: #38761d;">To make a hole</span> </span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>with </b><span style="color: #a64d79;">a hammer</span>."</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">"<b>Avec</b> ce <span style="color: #38761d;">brouillard</span>, <span style="color: #0b5394;">on ne voit pas</span> <span style="color: #a64d79;">la route</span>." / "<b>With</b> this <span style="color: #38761d;">fog</span>, <span style="color: #0b5394;">we can't see</span> <span style="color: #a64d79;">the road</span>." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"<b>Avec</b> toi, <span style="color: #38761d;">il est seulement </span><span style="color: #0b5394;">question</span> <span style="color: #a64d79;">d'argent</span> !" / "<b>With</b> you, <span style="color: #38761d;">it's only</span> <span style="color: #0b5394;">a matter </span><span style="color: #a64d79;">of money</span>!" </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"<span style="color: #38761d;">Une maison</span> <b>avec</b> <span style="color: #a64d79;">jardin</span>." / "<span style="color: #38761d;">A house</span> <b>with</b> <span style="color: #a64d79;">a garden</span>."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hello everyone! Welcome back for a new article about French! In today's article, we will talk about <b>two words</b> that everyone use everyday and their utilisation in French. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Ou" is also a <b>coordinating conjunction</b>. It is used to link two words or groups of words of the same function. "Ou" express <b>the choice, in a sentence</b>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The coordination allows not to repeat some terms again. It is used to add something in a sentence or avoiding to say the same things again in one sentence. And with "ou", of course, we can also express a choice in a sentence in the easiest way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>1) </b>Il y a du pain <b>et</b> du beurre. / There is some bread <b>and</b> butter. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>2)</b> Aujourd'hui j'ai vu mes amis. <b>Et</b> demain, je vois Pierre. / Today I saw my friends. <b>And</b> tomorrow, I will see Pierre. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>3)</b> Il y a du soleil dehors <b>et</b> il fait chaud. / It's sunny outside<b> and</b> it's hot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>4)</b> <b>Et</b> demain il y aura de la pluie ! / <b>And</b> tomorrow there will be rain!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>5)</b> Marie m'a expliqué <b>et</b> m'a montré comment créer un tableau sur Word. / Marie explained me <b>and</b> showed me how to create a board on Word. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>6) </b>Tu veux le stylo bleu <b>ou</b> le stylo rouge ? / Do you want the blue pen <b>or</b> the red pen?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>7)</b> Poulet <b>ou</b> Porc ? / Chicken <b>or </b>Pork?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>8) </b>Demain matin <b>ou</b> demain soir ? / Tomorrow morning <b>or</b> tomorrow evening?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>9) </b>Je ne sais pas encore si je vais chez le coiffeur à huit heures <b>ou</b> à neuf heures. / I still don't know if I go to the hair salon at eight <b>or</b> nine o'clock.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>10)</b> Le film commence à cinq heures <b>ou</b> sept heures? / The movie starts at five <b>or</b> seven o'clock?</span></div>
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<br />Apprends&Parlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10242350396646490878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042389642926790880.post-52042789991060340132018-05-29T13:31:00.001+02:002018-05-29T13:31:18.088+02:00BODY PARTS / LES PARTIES DU CORPS<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Welcome back on <b>apprendsetparle</b>! Today, let's see how to call the <b>different body parts</b>! It can be useful to describe something about your or someone else's body! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Body</b> = <b>Corps</b> [Kor]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Head</b> = <b>Tête</b> [Tai-teu]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Neck</b> = <b>Cou</b> [Kou]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Shoulders</b> = <b>Épaules</b> [É-po-leu]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Arms</b> = <b>Bras</b> [Bra]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Legs</b> = <b>Jambes</b> [Jan-beu]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Back</b> = <b>Dos</b> [Do]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Feet</b> = <b>Pied </b>[Pi-yé]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Toes </b>= <b>Orteil</b> [Or-tai-yeu]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Butt</b> = <b>Fesses</b> [Fai-ss]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Hands</b> = <b>Mains</b> [Mun] <i>remember "one" in French? Same here "Un" > "M-<b>un</b>"> "M<b>ain</b>"</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Eyes</b> = <b>Yeux</b> [Zi-yeu] or <b>Eye</b> = <b>Œil</b> [eu-yeu]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Ears</b> = <b>Oreilles</b> [O-rai-yeu]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Tongue </b>= <b>Langue </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Mouth </b>= <b>Bouche</b> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Lips</b> = <b>Lèvres</b> [Lai-v-reu]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Teeth</b> = <b>Dents</b> [Dan]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Nose</b> = <b>Nez</b> [Né]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Nostrils </b>= <b>Narines</b> [Na-ri-ne]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Chin</b> = <b>Menton</b> [Man-ton]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Cheeks</b> = <b>Joues</b> [Jou]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Hair</b> = <b>Cheveux</b> [Cheu-veu]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Eyebrows</b> = <b>Sourcils</b> [Ssour-ssil]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Jaw </b>= <b>Mâchoire</b> [Ma-choir]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Forehead</b> = <b>Front</b> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Temples</b> = <b>Tempes</b> [Tan-peu]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Fingers</b> = <b>Doigts</b> [Dou-a]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Nails</b> = <b>Ongles</b> [On-gleu]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Thighs</b> = <b>Cuisses</b> [Ku-i-sseu]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Calves</b> = <b>Mollets</b> [Mo-lé]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Belly </b>= <b>Ventre</b> [Van-treu]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Stomach</b> = <b>Estomac</b> [Esto-ma]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Hips</b> = <b>Hanches</b> [An-cheu]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hope this article will be helpful! <b>Once again,</b> note that under [ ], is indicated the way to prononce it. <b><span style="color: red;">Not the official linguistic symbols</span></b>, but a simple way to say those French words! <b>Most of people don't know how to read linguistic so I hope this way will help most of you here to remember and to pronounce those French words! </b></span></div>
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<br />Apprends&Parlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10242350396646490878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042389642926790880.post-43064706063893256772018-05-29T12:47:00.001+02:002018-05-29T12:47:44.139+02:00FROM MORNING TO EVENING / DU MATIN AU SOIR<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello everyone! Welcome in another short lesson! Today we will see how to <b>express the different part of a day: Morning, Afternoon and Evening.</b> Let's get started!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Morning</b> = <b>Matin</b> <i>or</i> <b>Matinée</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Afternoon</b> = <b>Après-midi </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Evening</b> = <b>Soir</b> <i>or</i> <b>Soirée</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Night</b> = <b>Nuit </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Let's see some quick examples:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>1)</b> Ce <b>matin</b> j'ai un cours d'Espagnol. / This <b>morning</b> I have a Spanish class. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>2)</b> Appelle-moi plus tard dans la <b>matinée</b>. / Call me later in the <b>morning</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>3) </b>Cet <b>après-midi</b> il fait très chaud ! / This <b>afternoon</b> the weather is very hot! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>4)</b> Il y a un spectacle ce <b>soir</b> au théâtre ! / There is a show <b>tonight</b> at the theatre!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>5)</b> Je l'ai attendu toute la <b>soirée</b> mais il n'est pas venu. / I have waited all <b>evening</b> but he didn't come.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>6) </b>Cette <b>nuit</b>, j'ai mal dormi / Last <b>night</b>, I slept bad. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Le) <i>or</i> (Un) <i>or</i> (Ce) <b>Matin</b> - <i>masculine </i> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(La) <i>or</i> (Une) <b>Matinée</b> - <i>feminine</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Both mean "morning", but we have two ways of expressing it. A masculine and a feminine way, depending on the context.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Un) <i>or </i>(Cet) <i>or </i>(L') <b>Après-midi </b>- <i>masculine</i> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>We say "un après-midi" and not "une après-midi", but most of people make the mistake, included French people so don't worry too much about it.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Un) <i>or</i> (Le) or <i>(Ce)</i> <b>Soir</b> - <i>masculine</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Une) <i>or</i> (La) or <i>(Cette)</i> <b>Soirée</b> - <i>feminine </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Une) <i>or</i> (La) <i>or</i> (Cette) <b>Nuit</b> - <i>feminine</i></span></div>
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everyone! Welcome in another quick French lesson! </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Today, we are
going to talk about <b>metaphorical French expressions</b>. Have you <b>ever heard</b> a French person saying "</span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Il pleut comme vache qui pisse !</i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"? I bet you did. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sometimes, you will probably hear
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>“Avoir les yeux plus gros que le ventre.” </b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>(literal
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Meaning:</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> To overestimate yourself and your capacity to eat something. Wanting to eat
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Être tombé sur la tête."</b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>(literal
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>"Être
lourd." </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>(literal
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Meaning:
</b>Not being heavy in the context of actually being heavy like an heavy thing to
pick up on the floor, but being annoying, having a bad sense of humour and
giving a good headache to the people you are talking to… Or, feeling "lourd" because you ate too much and your stomach seems like it's weighting a lot of pounds. </span></span><br />
<i style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">** informal, better to use it with people of the same age or to speak about someone who is not here.</span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>"Être
las."</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>(literal
translation : "Being tired")</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;">
<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Meaning:</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">
« Las » [</span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pronunced « La<b>ss</b> »</i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">], is a formal and polite word
for « tired ». It means you are emotionally exhausted of a situation,
or of someone. Usually the meaning is mental, not physical. You are tired of
hearing the same things or living the same situation over and over again…</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>"N’avoir jamais vu le jour."</b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>(literal
translation : "Never saw the day")</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Meaning:</b> Usually it’s used to talk about a movie, a project or a book. Something that
has never saw a proper execution or realization. It never came to an end, a
physical, proper end. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>"Tu me fatigues…" </b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>(literal
translation : "You tire me…")</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><b>Meaning: </b>Usually used to say to someone that this person is making you tired. You can
use it to speak about your physic if for example you are running with a friend
and you stop from exhaustion. You say “Tu me fatigues…” in a sense where you
can’t follow the rhythm, it's exhausting. Or, you can use it to speak about a situation where
someone is being really annoying and can’t stop annoying you. </span>If so, you
express you mental exhaustion. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: red;">** informal, better to use it with people of the same age or to speak about someone who is not here</span></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>"Avoir du pot" or "Avoir le cul
bordé de nouilles."</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>(literal
translation: "Having the jackpot" or "Having the ass lined with noodles.")</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Meaning:</b> This one is pretty weird because clearly, why is your buttocks involved with
noodles? Huh? I know. <b>Let me explain : </b>The first one and the second are
<b>exactly the same meaning</b>, but the first one is polite though informal ;
and the <b>second one is really informal. Not very polite,</b> so I suggest you to <b>use
it only with your siblings or your close friends as a joke</b>. It means that you
are lucky. Yes, lucky! About a situation or about anything else good that
happens to you. Usually it’s used to accentuate the fact that on this point,
you had a really really good luck… <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: red;">** informal, quite unpolite, use with precaution. </span></i></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></i></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>"Être radin."</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>(literal
translation: "Being tightfisted/avaricious")</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Meaning:</b>
Being close to your money and not willing to share any of it with anyone around
you, or just counting excessively every penny you have and not wanting to
share or lend money to people. You are “radin”, you are “close to your money”, "avaricious". For instance: do you remember, Picsou? This grumpy duck from Disney?
Donald’s uncle? Well, this guy is the perfect illustration of being "radin"! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>"On n’est pas sorti de l’auberge."</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>(literal
translation : "We are not out of the inn.")</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Meaning:</b> <o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We are in troubles, and we are not out of them yet! We can try to find a solution BUT seeing how it turns, we are not getting out of here yet… The situation is resolved but another one shows up and we are "Pas sorti de l'auberge!".</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>"Il pleut comme vache qui
pisse !"</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>(literal
translation : "It’s raining like a peeing cow!")</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Meaning:</b>
It’s pouring, raining like crazy, raining a LOT.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <i><b>In English, the right equal expression to this one is: "</b></i></span><i><b><o:p></o:p></b></i></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><b>It's raining cats and dogs."</b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: red;">** informal but not rude. I would advice you to use it only with people of your age, though. Or your family. Avoid it with strangers. </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>"Ne pas en voir la fin."</b></span></div>
<i style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">(literal
translation : "Don’t see the end of it.")</i><br />
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Meaning:</b> Not being able to see the end of something. When someone is talking to you
and you explain to your friends that it was difficult because this person was
talking too much and you weren’t sure if they were going to actually stop
talking one day… Or not seeing the end of a situation or even an exam. A long
lasting situation who's disturbing you. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>“Tu
permets ?” </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>(literal
translation : "Do you mind?")</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Meaning: </b>Can be used whether you are upset or just asking for someone’s permission to show something or try something for them because they failed and you got the answer or solution… usually nice and polite, depends of the tone of your voice. If you sound angry, it can be when someone cut you off and you reply something like “Tu permets ?” like “Do you mind? I was talking in case you didn’t notice…”. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: red;">** informal, better to use it with people of the same age, a friend, or siblings.</span></i></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>“Avoir une araignée au plafond.”</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>(literal
translation: "To have a spider on the ceiling")</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><b>Meaning:</b>
Same as noodles and ass. Grammatically</span> incorrect. <span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Yes. Let’s take a closer look to it:
having a spider on the ceiling means being crazy, not feeling at your best in
your mind. You are extravagant, weird, crazy… Something is wrong with you
and you have this little spider in your head, making you do weird things that
confuse people. Usually a gentle expression, not meant to harm people or bully
them… <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>"Avoir un petit pois dans la tête."</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;">
<i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(literal
translation : "<o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Having a pea in your head")</span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Meaning:</b>
Same as the spider, but using a culinary metaphor. Gentle way of explaining
that someone is not very smart. Usually used to say that a person is stupid.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: red;">** informal, better to use it with people of the same age or to speak about someone who is not here. Avoid with strangers.</span></i></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>“Être à côté de ses pompes.”</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>(literal
translation: "Being next to your shoes")</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Meaning:</b>
“Pompes” is an informal word for “Shoes”. <b>Don’t use it to say to your boss</b>
“Look my new shoes!”. Use “chaussures”, which is the basic and correct term for
“shoes” in French. “Pompes” can be considered as rude, depending on the context
but if you use it with this expression, it’s totally fine because the context
is correct. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“</span><i style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Être
à côté de ses pompes</i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">” </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">means:</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> you are out of your mind, in a way that you don’t
know what you are doing anymore, you take bad decisions, you believe things
that you shouldn’t and it makes you do things that people around you find weird
and not appropriate. Other meaning to this: you are disturbed or tired today
and you don’t really know what you do. For example, you put some orange juice
in your bowl of cereals instead of milk… You are “à côté de tes pompes.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: red;">** informal, better to use it with people of the same age or to speak about someone who is not here</span></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;">
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Avoir une chance de cocu"</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>(literal translation: "Having a deceived husband's luck")</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Meaning: </b>Being lucky. If you play to the lottery and you win, your friends can tell you "Tu as une chance de cocu !" meaning you are lucky even in those kind of unlikely situation. </span><br />
<i style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">** informal, better to use it with people of the same age or to speak about someone who is not here</span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>"Avoir les cornes"</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>(literal translation: "Having the horns")</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Meaning:</b> Being cheated on, by your husband, wife, boyfriend, girlfriend... Being betrayed and cheated by someone. In an only romantically related context.<i> </i></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>** neutral usage.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>Now
that we reviewed all the idiotic and weird metaphorical French expressions, let’s look
at some examples to understand how to use them, depending on the context or the
situation!</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">Examples:</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>1) </b>J'ai mangé trop de gâteaux et maintenant j'ai mal à l'estomac. J'ai eu <b>les yeux plus gros que le ventre</b>. / </span><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I ate too much cake and now my stomach hurts. I had </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">the eyes bigger than the belly</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. </span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>2) </b>Josh a décidé de sortir dans la neige en short ! Il <b>est tombé sur la tête</b>... / </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Josh decided to go out in the snow wearing shorts! <b>He fell on the head...</b> (he is out of his mind).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>3)</b> Ce garçon n'arrête pas de me draguer. Il commence <b>à être</b> vraiment <b>lourd</b>... / This boy can't stop flirting with me. He starts <b>to be</b> very <b>heavy/annoying</b>... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>4)</b> Je suis<b> las </b>du cours de mathématiques. Et je suis <b>lassé</b> de cette situation avec mon ami, il ne m'a toujours pas remboursé. / I am<b> tired </b>of maths class. And I am <b>tired</b> of this situation with my friend, he didn't pay me back yet. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>5)</b> Ce projet n'a malheureusement jamais abouti. C'était un bon film, mais il n'a <b>jamais vu le jour</b>. / This project has unfortunately never succeeded. It was a good movie, but<b> it never saw the day. </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>6) </b>Tu n'arrête pas de parler depuis ce matin ! <b>Tu me fatigues</b> ! / You can't stop talking since this morning! <b>You tire me</b>!</span></span><br />
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</b><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><b>7)</b> Mon dieu ! T'as<b> eu du pot</b> ! D'habitude le professeur est très sévère avec les notes. / God! You have<b> been lucky</b>! Usually the teacher is very strict with grades. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Notre ami Nick <b>a</b> <b>le cul bordé de nouilles</b>, pas vrai ?! / Our friend Nick <b>has an ass lined with noodles</b>, right?! <span style="color: red;"><i>(Nick is basically very very lucky... Keep in mind: very unpolite, informal. Use with precaution.) </i></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>8)</b> Il ne m'a donné que cinq euros (5€) pour mon anniversaire ! Je ne pensais pas que grand-père était aussi <b>radin</b> ! / He only gave me five euros for my birthday! I never thougt grandpa was so <b>tightfisted/avaricious</b>!</span></span><br />
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<b>9)</b> Avec tous ces problèmes, je peux te dire qu'<b>on n'est pas sorti de l'auberge</b> ! C'est dingue ! / Along with all those troubles, I can tell you that <b>we are not out of the inn</b>! That's crazy !</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>10)</b> Quel temps fait-il aujourd'hui ? Ici c'est très ensoleillé. / What's the weather today? Here it's very sunny.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ici ?<b> Il pleut comme vache qui pisse</b> depuis hier soir ! / Here? <b>It’s raining like a peeing cow </b>since yesterday evening!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>11)</b> Ce séminaire était tellement long, je n'en <b>voyais pas la fin</b> ! / This lecture was so long, I <b>didn't see the end of it</b>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>12)</b> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Je ne sais pas comment utiliser cet ordinateur... / </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I don't know how to use this computer... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Tu permets ?</b> Je vais te montrer. / </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do you mind?</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I'm gonna show you. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Je disais à Kelly qu'elle était très... / </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was telling Kelly that she was very... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Eh! Ça</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> fait longtemps</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">! </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hey! It's been a while! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Tu permets ? J'étais en train de parler ! / </b></span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do you mind? I was speaking!</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>13)</b> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Non ! J'étais en cours de Français et j'ai noté tout le cours dans mon classeur d'Espagnol ! / </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">No! I was in French class and I noted all the course in my Spanish binder! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Mon dieu, tu es<b> à côté de tes pompes </b>aujourd'hui ! Essaie de te concentrer ! / </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">God, you are so </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">next to your shoes</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> today! Try to focus! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Note</span></b> that I gave you the literal translation in English so you can more easily understand what all those metaphorical expressions mean in French! I guess they never say it the same way in English, of course. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I hope this article has been helpful to you and that you better understand why we say those things sometimes in French and in which context to use them! Also remember that we don't always use them but sometimes you can hear them and it's better to understand and not being confused or fooled if a French friend try to make fun of you as a joke! :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thank you very much for visiting my blog. See you very soon for a new lessons! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New article about <b>the months in French</b>! :) Let's get started! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>January = Janvier </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>February = Févier</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>March = Mars</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>April = Avril </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>May = Mai </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>June = Juin</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>July = Juillet</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>August = Août</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>September = Septembre</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>October = Octobre</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>November = Novembre </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Note that every month is invariable and their form never change. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Let's see some examples about how to use them:</span></b> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>1)</b> I was born in <b>January</b>. = Je suis né en <b>Janvier</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>2)</b> My grand-mother passed away in <b>October</b>. = Ma grand-mère est décédée en <b>Octobre</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>3)</b> My kitten is very cute. I adopted him in <b>August</b>. = Mon chaton est très mignon. Je l'ai adopté en <b>Août</b>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>4)</b> My sister is older than me. She was born in <b>April</b> and I was born in <b>November</b>. = Ma soeur est plus âgée que moi. Elle est née en <b>Avril</b> et je suis née en <b>Novembre</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>5)</b> - How long did you say you would stay? = Combien de temps as-tu dit que tu restais ?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- From <b>May</b> to <b>December</b>. = De <b>Mai</b> à <b>Décembre</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>6)</b> My husband's birthday is in <b>July</b>. = L'anniversaire de mon mari est en <b>Juillet</b>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Apprends&Parlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10242350396646490878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042389642926790880.post-68145433472250413812018-05-14T13:41:00.000+02:002018-05-14T13:41:32.853+02:00DAYS OF THE WEEK / LES JOURS DE LA SEMAINE<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.86px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">Before we start, </span><b style="color: red;">let me remind you:</b><span style="color: red;"> if you are looking for a </span><b style="color: red;">personnal teacher</b><span style="color: red;"> to learn French, you can contact me at </span><b style="color: red;">apprendsetparle@gmail.com</b><span style="color: red;"> or checking the </span><b><i><span style="color: red;">"<a href="http://apprendsetparle.blogspot.fr/p/if-you-desire-to-take-online-classes-me.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Online courses</span></a>"</span></i></b><span style="color: red;"> page on this blog! I give </span><b style="color: red;">online courses to whoever needs it</b><span style="color: red;">, whether it's for improving your vocabulary, pronunciation, or helping you with any struggle in French!</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a221a; font-size: 13.86px; text-align: justify;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Quick article about the <b>days of the week in French</b>! :) </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Monday = Lundi</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tuesday = Mardi </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Wednesday = Mercredi </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thursday = Jeudi </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Friday = Vendredi </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Saturday = Samedi </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sunday = Dimanche </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Just like colors, days of the week in some sentences can be written in the plural form, but for now, let's focus on the basic form, which is very correct and absolutely not a mistake if you write them in their most basic way... </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Let's see some examples below: </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>1)</b> Today, it's <b>monday</b>. = Aujourd'hui, c'est <b>lundi</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>2)</b> Every <b>tuesday</b>, he plays soccer at school. = Chaque <b>mardi</b>, il joue au football à l'école.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>3) </b>My mother told me she will pick me up on <b>wednesday</b> afternoon. = Ma mère m'a dit qu'elle viendrait me récupérer <b>mercredi</b> après-midi.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>4)</b> Every <b>thursday</b>, it's raining here! = Tous les <b>jeudi</b>, il pleut ici !</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>5)</b> On <b>friday</b>, I am going to the cinema with my friends. = <b>Vendredi</b>, je vais au cinéma avec mes amis.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>6)</b> <b>Saturday</b> morning, I want to sleep until ten. = <b>Samedi </b>matin, je veux dormir jusqu'à dix heures.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>7) </b>On <b>sunday</b>, I don't plan anything. = <b>Dimanche</b>, je ne prévois rien. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hope it will be helpful for you! Thanks for visiting this blog and sharing with your friends, and the people who need it! :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Apprends&Parlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10242350396646490878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042389642926790880.post-91616039221879814452018-05-14T13:18:00.002+02:002018-05-14T13:18:23.283+02:00THE COLORS / LES COULEURS <span style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Before we start, <b>let me remind you:</b> if you are looking for a <b>personnal teacher</b> to learn French, you can contact me at <b>apprendsetparle@gmail.com</b> or checking the <b><i>"<a href="http://apprendsetparle.blogspot.fr/p/if-you-desire-to-take-online-classes-me.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Online courses</span></a>"</i></b> page on this blog! I give <b>online courses to whoever needs it</b>, whether it's for improving your vocabulary, pronunciation, or helping you with any struggle in French!</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hello everyone! In today's lesson, let's take a quick look at colors! <b>How to say each color in French!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Blue = <span style="color: #0b5394;">Bleu</span> </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Red = <span style="color: red;">Rouge</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Yellow = <span style="color: yellow;">Jaune</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Green = <span style="color: #38761d;">Vert</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Orange = <span style="color: orange;">Orange</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Pink = <span style="color: #e06666;">Rose</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Brown = <span style="color: #660000;">Marron</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Grey = <span style="color: #444444;">Gris</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Black = Noir</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>White = <span style="background-color: #999999; color: white;">Blanc</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Purple = <span style="color: #674ea7;">Violet </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Usually, you should know that <b>colors are invariable</b>, which means you never have to add the plural form to colors when you write them, but, sometimes, <b>you need to accord the color to the subject of the sentence</b>, and a color's name can become feminine... </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Let's see some examples!</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a221a; font-size: 13.86px;">● </span>Today I am wearing a <b>blue</b> t-shirt. = Aujourd'hui je porte un t-shirt <b>bleu</b>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a221a; font-size: 13.86px;">● </span>My mother bought me a <b>pink</b> skirt, but I don't like it. = Ma mère m'a acheté une jupe <b>rose</b>, mais je ne l'aime pas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a221a; font-size: 13.86px;">●</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a221a; font-size: 13.86px;"> </span>Toby ran for a long time, his face is all <b>red</b> now! = Toby a couru longtemps, son visage est tout <b>rouge</b> maintenant !</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a221a; font-size: 13.86px;">● </span>I love <b>purple</b>... = J'aime le <b>violet</b>...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a221a; font-size: 13.86px;">● </span>This dog is <b>black</b>. = Ce chien est <b>noir</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>So far, the colors names don't change. Let's see the exceptions:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a221a; font-size: 13.86px;">● </span>The grass is <b>green</b>. = L'herbe est <b>verte </b>< <i>as you can see, "vert" becomes "verte", feminine form. Because in French, "herbe/grass" is a feminine word. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a221a; font-size: 13.86px;">● </span>This is a <b>blue</b> flower. = C'est une fleur <b>bleue</b>. <<i> "fleur/flower" is feminine in French as well.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a221a; font-size: 13.86px;">● </span>This dove is <b>white</b>. = Cette colombe est <b>blanche</b>. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a221a; font-size: 13.86px;">● </span>This room is all <b>purple</b>! This is very pretty! = Cette pièce est toute <b>violette</b> ! C'est très joli !</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Before we say goodbye today, let me remind you in the list above which colors are invariable and which are not, in a sentence:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Can change in a sentence with a feminine subject:</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Blue = Bleu</b> <i>(masculine or neutral subject)</i> / <b>Bleue </b><i>(feminine subject)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Green = Vert </b><i>(masculine or neutral subject)</i> / <b>Verte</b> <i>(feminine subject)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Grey = Gris </b><i>(masculine or neutral subject)</i> /<b>Grise</b> <i>(feminine subject)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Black = Noir</b> <i>(masculine or neutral subject) </i>/ <b>Noire</b> <i>(feminine subject) </i> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>White = Blanc</b> <i>(masculine or neutral subject)</i> / <b>Blanche</b> <i>(feminine subject)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Purple = Violet </b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(<i>masculine or neutral subject)</i> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">/ <b>Violette </b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>(feminine subject)</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><i>Can't</i> change in a sentence whether the subject is feminine, masculine or neutral:</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Red = Rouge</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Yellow = Jaune</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Orange = Orange </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Pink = Rose</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Brown = Marron</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Of course, you need to know if a word if feminine or masculine to adapt the color's name and usually there isn't any way to know this, unless you are French and you know which word if masculine and feminine in the French dictionnary... <b>But</b> <b>don't feel discourage!</b> The best way is to say it at the masculine form, and someone will surely correct you! For now, just memorize the colors and keep practicing! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Good luck! :)</span><br />
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Apprends&Parlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10242350396646490878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042389642926790880.post-14080899251195514382018-04-11T12:45:00.001+02:002018-04-11T12:47:28.036+02:00INTRODUCING YOURSELF IN FRENCH / SE PRÉSENTER EN FRANÇAIS<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hello
everyone! :)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In
this new lesson, let’s see quickly some words and <b>how to introduce yourself in
French</b>. I am just giving you quick tips to remember easily some basic forms in
French! I hope it will be helpful! <b>Don’t forget to stay tuned here</b> for new
articles and of course, the second parts of the lessons we have already seen! It’s
coming! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">● Je
m’appelle (nom). / My name is (name). <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">● J’ai
25 ans. / I am 25 years old. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small; font-style: italic;">Remember how
to say your age with numbers!</span> </span></span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: red;">In this case it will be: <b>J’ai ‘‘vingt-cinq’’ ans</b>.</span></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">● J’habite
en France. / I am living in France.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>or</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">● Je
<b>vis</b> en France. / I am living in France.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><i>Insinuating
you are <b>living right now, at the moment, </b></i></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><i><b>currently</b>, </i></span></span></span><i style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">with “vis” (verb “vivre”, “to
live (somewhere)”). </span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">● J’habite
à Paris. / I am living in Paris. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>or
</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">● Je
<b>vis</b> à Paris / I am living in Paris. <span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><i>Insinuating you are living <b>right now, at
the moment, </b></i></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><i><b>currently</b>, </i></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">with “vis”</span></i></span></span></span><i style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> (verb “vivre”, “to live (somewhere)”)</span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">● Je
suis né à Paris. / I was born in Paris. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>en Corée / in Korea<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>en Suisse / in Swiss<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>en Chine / in China</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>aux </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">É</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">tats-Unis (USA) / In
the United Stated of America (USA)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">● Mon hobby est le sport / My hobby is sport<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>la natation /
swimming<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>l’équitation / horse riding<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>le dessin<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>/ drawing<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>la musculation<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>/ gym, musculation, lifting<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>voyager<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>/ to travel<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>la musique / music <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>"Hobby" is same in French and English, we use this word as well, but another term to say "Hobby" in French is "Passe-temps". Literally translated "pasttime", something you use to pass your time and have fun. So you can say <b>"Mon passe-temps est le sport"</b>. </i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">● Je
viens du Japon / I am from Japan<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> de Corée / from Korea</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> de France / from France</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> d’Angleterre
/ from the UK </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> de Russie / from Russia</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">same as ‘‘Je
suis né (I was born)’’ or ‘‘Je vis’’ (I am living) but it’s </span></i></span><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">just
another way to introduce the place where you are living. </span></i><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Here again, you can choose
what’s best for you! But basically, </span></i><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">you will
mostly use “Je viens (I am from…) if you are on </span></i><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">vacations somewhere
and you know you will be back to your </span></i><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">country
soon, so you say to people who ask you “Where are </span></i><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-US">you from?” </span>(D’où
viens-tu?) : I am from…. (Je viens de….)</span></i></div>
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Apprends&Parlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10242350396646490878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042389642926790880.post-20251728094140710072018-04-11T11:26:00.000+02:002018-04-11T11:26:26.834+02:00QUICK SALUTATIONS IN FRENCH / SALUTATIONS RAPIDES EN FRANÇAIS<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello everyone! :) Welcome in a new French lesson!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When
you </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">meet someone</b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, there are a few basic ways to say « Hello » and « How
are you ? », </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">depending if you are speaking to a stranger or someone
you know</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Remember, </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">it exists two forms in French to address to someone</b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tu </i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and
</span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vous</i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> or respectively called “</span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Le tutoiement</i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">” and “</span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Le vouvoiement</i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">”. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let’s see this below:</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">VOUVOIEMENT</span></b>
(using “Vous” / Polite form / Formal / Older persons / Strangers)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bonjour<b> / </b>Hello <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Comment
allez-<b>vous </b>? <b>/</b> How are you?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>or</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Vous
</b>allez bien ? <b>/ </b>Are you doing well?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Au revoir <b>/</b> Goodbye<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Passez une bonne <b>journée</b> ! <b>/ </b>Have a nice <b>day</b>!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Passez une bonne <b>soirée</b> ! <b>/</b> Have a nice
<b>evening</b>!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Passez un bon <b>après-midi</b> ! <b>/</b> Have a nice
<b>afternoon</b>!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></o:p></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></o:p></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></o:p></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">TUTOIEMENT</span></b>
(using ‘‘Tu’’ / Polite form / Informal / Friends / Family / Parents / People
you know well)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bonjour <b>/</b> Hello<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Salut !<b> / </b>Hi!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Comment ça va ?<b> /</b> <span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">How are you?/Are you doing well?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Comment<b> tu</b> vas? <i><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;">3 ways to say it, three correct ways, </span></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Comment vas-<b>tu</b> ? <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;">you choose which one is better for you!</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Au revoir <b>/</b> Goodbye<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bye ! <b>/ </b>Bye! <i><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;">E</span><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;">nglish word commonly used in French too!</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">À plus ! / See you!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Passe une bonne <b>journée</b> <b>/ </b>Have a good <b>day</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Passe une bonne <b>soirée</b> / Have a good <b>evening</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Passe un bon <b>après-midi</b> / Have a good
<b>afternoon</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hope this quick lesson will be helpful for you! Always remember: it's easy, just try to adapt the form to the person/situation with formal/informal! </span></div>
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Apprends&Parlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10242350396646490878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042389642926790880.post-89153983583093661092018-03-27T15:29:00.000+02:002018-03-27T15:30:59.076+02:00FRENCH NUMBERS – PART 2 / LES NOMBRES FRANÇAIS – PART 2<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Welcome on the second part of the </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">“French numbers”</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> lessons! :)</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #2a221a;">In </span><a href="http://apprendsetparle.blogspot.fr/2018/03/french-numbers-part-1-les-nombres.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: red;">part 1</span></b></a><span style="color: #2a221a;">, we talked about the basic numbers, from 1 to 99. In this
lesson, we will talk about:</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #2a221a; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Hundreds </i>and <i>Thousands</i>. </span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #2a221a; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #2a221a; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Let’s get started!</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #2a221a; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a221a; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></b></span></span>
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></b></span></span>
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">*NOTE:</span></b><span style="color: #2a221a;"> <i>If
you wonder how to say <b>“0”</b> in French and how to write it, it’s very simple! It’s
like English “zero”. </i></span></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a221a;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><b>0 = zéro
(z[ey]ro)</b></i></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a221a; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a221a; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a221a; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></b></span></span>
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></b></span></span>
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></b></span></span>
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Hundreds:</span></b></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a221a; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></o:p></span><br />
<b><span style="color: #2a221a;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></b>
<b><span style="color: #2a221a;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">100 = Cent</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #2a221a;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">200 = Deux cent</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #2a221a;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">300 = Trois cent</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #2a221a;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">400 = Quatre cent</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #2a221a;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">500 = Cinq cent</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #2a221a;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">600 = Six cent</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #2a221a;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">700 = Sept cent</span></span></b><br />
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a221a;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">800 =
Huit cent</span></span></b><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a221a;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>900 =
Neuf cent</b></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a221a; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a221a; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></b></span></span>
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></b></span></span>
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Thousands:</span></b></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a221a; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></o:p></span><br />
<b><span style="color: #2a221a;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></b>
<b><span style="color: #2a221a;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1 000 = Mille</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #2a221a;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">2 000 = Deux mille</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #2a221a;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">3 000 = Trois mille</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #2a221a;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">4 000 = Quatre mille<br /> </span></span><span style="color: #2a221a;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">5 000 = Cinq mille</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #2a221a;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">6 000 = Six mille</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #2a221a;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">7 000 = Sept mille</span></span></b><br />
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a221a;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">8 000
= Huit mille</span></span></b><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a221a;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>9 000
= Neuf mille</b></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a221a;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span>
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a221a;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a221a; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a221a;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Keep in
mind:</b> <i>numbers are invariable.</i> <b>Always written in the singular form</b>, without any “s”
at the end, like you can see it sometimes with plural form.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a221a; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Let’s break down some of the numbers, below:</span></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a221a; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a221a; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><b><span style="color: #2a221a;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">101 = Cent un<br /> </span></span><span style="color: #2a221a;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">102 = Cent deux<br /> </span></span><span style="color: #2a221a;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">103 = Cent trois</span></span></b><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a221a;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>104 =
Cent quatre</b></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a221a; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a221a; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></o:p></span>
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a221a;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i style="font-weight: normal;">Etc…</i><b>Remember</b>,
it’s like the basic numbers. <b>105</b> will be “<b>Cent cinq = 100 + 5</b>” and so on… Same
for <b>200</b>, <b>300</b>, <b>400</b>, etc…</span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a221a;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a221a;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #2a221a;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>201 = Deux cent un (200 Deux cent
+ 1 un)</b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #2a221a; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">236 = Deux cent trente-six (200
Deux cent + 36 trente-six)</span></span><span style="color: #2a221a; font-weight: bold;"><o:p><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: #2a221a; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #2a221a; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">387 = Trois cent quatre-vingt-sept
(300 Trois cent + 87 quatre-vingt-sept)</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #2a221a; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">362 = Trois cent soixante-deux
(300 Trois cent + 62 soixante-deux)</span></span><span style="color: #2a221a; font-weight: bold;"><o:p><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: #2a221a; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #2a221a; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">452 = Quatre cent cinquante-deux
(400 Quatre cent + 52 cinquante-deux)</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #2a221a; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">412 = Quatre cent douze (400
Quatre cent + 12 douze)</span></span><span style="color: #2a221a; font-weight: bold;"><o:p><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: #2a221a; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #2a221a; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">521 = Cinq cent vingt et un (500
Cinq cent + 21 vingt et un)</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #2a221a; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">593 = Cinq cent quatre-vingt-treize
(500 Cinq cent + 93 quatre-vingt-treize)</span></span><span style="color: #2a221a; font-weight: bold;"><o:p><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: #2a221a; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #2a221a; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">622 = Six cent vingt-deux (600
Six cent + 22 vingt-deux)</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #2a221a; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">615 = Six cent quinze (600 six
cent + 15 quinze)</span></span><span style="color: #2a221a; font-weight: bold;"><o:p><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: #2a221a; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #2a221a; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">733 = Sept cent trente-trois (700
Sept cent + 33 trente-trois)</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #2a221a; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">701 = Sept cent un (700 Sept cent
+ 1 un)</span></span><span style="color: #2a221a; font-weight: bold;"><o:p><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: #2a221a; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #2a221a; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">847 = Huit cent quarante-sept
(800 Huit cent + 47 quarante-sept)</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #2a221a; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">806 = Huit cent six (800 Huit
cent + 6 six)</span></span><span style="color: #2a221a; font-weight: bold;"><o:p><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: #2a221a; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #2a221a; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">966 = Neuf cent soixante-six (900
Neuf cent + 66 soixante-six)</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #2a221a;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>974 = Neuf cent soixante-quatorze
(900 Neuf cent + 74 soixante-quatorze)</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a221a;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b style="color: #2a221a;">If you
have a doubt</b><span style="color: #2a221a;">, please </span><a href="http://apprendsetparle.blogspot.fr/2018/03/french-numbers-part-1-les-nombres.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: red;">check out part 1</span></b></a><span style="color: #2a221a;"> of this lesson! But basically, this is
not complicated to do! <b>Just take 100 (cent) and add the number behind!</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Ex)</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><span style="color: #2a221a;"><b>100 +
42 = 142 </b>and when you <i>pronounce it</i>, it will be exactly the same as it is
written: <b>Cent quarante deux (142)</b></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a221a; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a221a; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a221a; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: xx-small;"><b>NOTE:</b></span><span style="color: #2a221a;"> You
can put a <b>dash</b> (<i>“<b>tiret</b>” in French</i>) between the written form if you want, <b>but if
you <i>don’t</i> follow this rule, it’s <i>correct</i> as well:</b></span></span></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: lime;">142 = Cent quarante-deux</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: lime;">142 = Cent quarante deux</span></b><br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a221a;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">BOTH<b> </b>are<b>
correct</b> with or without the ‘‘tiret’’!</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a221a; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></o:p></span>
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all for the <b>Hundreds</b>! In part 3 (last part of this lesson), we will see the <i>Thousand</i> and some examples on how to use numbers in basic sentences!<br /> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a221a; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Apprends&Parlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10242350396646490878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042389642926790880.post-42499483108181334032018-03-20T17:53:00.000+01:002018-03-20T17:53:14.670+01:00FRENCH TENSES - PART 1 / LES TEMPS FRANÇAIS - PARTIE 1<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Welcome everyone ! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><b>In this
lesson</b>, we will talk about tenses. <b>French tenses</b>. </span>Let me
quickly explain: as you probably know, there is a lot of tenses in French. But
usually, we don’t use them all. In this lesson, w<i>e will review all the tenses
by their names</i> and I will quickly give you a little explanation about how and
when using them. Let’s get
started!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The first
thing you should know is that there is <b>several categories</b>, and in <i>every
category</i>, you find <b>the different tenses</b>. Let’s take a look:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>INDICATIVE / L’INDICATIF<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>IMPERATIVE / L’IMPERATIF<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>CONDITIONAL / LE CONDITIONNEL<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>INFINITIVE / L’INFINITIF</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">TENSES :</span><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Present / Présent</b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Simple past / Passé simple</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="background-color: white;">Compound past</span> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>/ Passé composé</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Past perfect / Passé antérieur<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Imperfect / Imparfait<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfait<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Simple
future </b><i>or</i> <i>just </i><b>Future / Futur simple<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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perfect / Futur antérieur</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Usually, if
you want to find to which category a verb is linked, you take a look at the
<b>ending of this verb</b>, but this is something we will see in another lesson. For
now, let’s break it down and try to see in which context and how to use each
tense. Let’s be simple and precise, remember: it’s easier to begin by simple
things than trying to learn everything in one lesson and being confused later
because you tried to memorize too much similar information…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As you can
see, <b>we have 8 tenses, if not more</b> in certain circumstances. That’s a lot, I agree,
but as I said before, we don’t use them every single day on a daily basis, don’t
worry! First, let’s take a look to the three principal tenses we use all the
time:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>PAST /
PRESENT / FUTURE - PASS</b></span></span></span><b style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">É</b><b style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> / PRÉSENT / FUTUR</b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We have
<b>three kind of past</b>. <b>Past simple</b> or just called <i><b>Past</b></i>, <b>Compound past </b>and <b>Past perfect</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">● The <b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Past
simple/Passé simple</span></b> is usually <i>used to speak about an action that occurred in the past</i>. It’s
the simpliest way to speak in the past tense. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">● The <b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Compound past/Passé composé</span></b> is very used too, it is <i>used to speak about a past action as well, </i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%;"><i>to express an action
that has been completely done or finished </i>(depending of the context of course)
at the time of speech or at an unknown time in the past. But, <b>if you try to use
it in English, it is equal to the English <i>past simple</i>.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">● </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">The </span><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Past perfect/Passé antérieur</span></b><span style="color: #222222;"> is used to <i>express an anterior action to the simple
past</i>. It can also e<i>xpress an action who takes place just after another</i>. It is
rarely used nowadays, usually in written form, in novels, and it is used
to mark immediate precedence over a simple past. It’s essentially formed with
the verb “to have” (avoir).</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 107%;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">● </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>J’ai</b> <b>vu</b> / I saw<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 107%;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">● </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>J’ai entendu</b> qu’il parlait de moi. / <b>I heard</b> he was talking about me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 107%;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">● </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>J’ai laissé</b> mes chaussures aux vestiaires. / <b>I left </b>my shoes in the
locker rooms. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 107%;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">● </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>J’étais</b> très fatigué hier, donc je ne t’ai pas répondu. / I was very
tired yesterday, so I didn’t reply to you.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">● </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 107%;"><b>J’ai eu</b> peur ! / <b>I was</b>
scared ! </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>(here an example of equality with English : « J’ai eu peur »
should literally be « I have been scared », but the « Passé
composé » is like the Past simple in English if you translate it
literally. So it’s better not to try to make the link between English and
French and just memorize directly in French without trying to remember how it
could sounds in English. The best translation for “I was scared” here would be
by using the Past simple in French and by saying: “J’étais effrayé” or “J’ai eu
peur”</i></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">● </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 107%;"><b>Avez-vous eu</b> assez d’eau
chaude ? </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 107%;">C’est étonnant ! / <b>Have you had </b>enough hot water ? It’s
surprising!</span></span></div>
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journée. / <b>She had </b>a tough day.</span></div>
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Perfect Simple </i>and the <i>Present Perfect Continuous</i>, which is used to talk about
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">● </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Je travaille</b> maintenant. /<b> I am working</b> now.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">● </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>J’ai</b> du temps. / <b>I have</b> some time.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">● </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Ils ont </b>beaucoup d’argent. / <b>They have</b> a lot of money.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">BELOW</span></b>, let's take a look to some pictures <i>taken from one of <u>my</u> books</i> about French grammar. You have an example of the verb <b>"To have = Avoir"</b> in French, and <i>how to conjugate it with the three tenses</i> we have seen so far! You can clearly see with the examples I wrote, the tenses I have used to write the sentences above, using each one of the three tenses we have seen in this lesson! Enjoy!</span></div>
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Apprends&Parlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10242350396646490878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042389642926790880.post-14197004703592468222018-03-17T17:18:00.003+01:002018-03-17T17:19:17.982+01:00PERSONNAL PRONOUNS - PART 2 / LES PRONOMS PERSONNELS - PARTIE 2<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Welcome
in the <b>second part</b> of the <b>Personnal Pronouns</b> lesson! </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">We
saw the <i>singular pronouns, the plural pronouns</i>, and how to
differentiate them and to use them in some contexts. But, there is another way
to use pronouns. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Je
= <b>Moi</b> / I = <b>Me</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Tu = <b>Toi</b> / You
= <b>You</b></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Il = <b>Lui</b> / He
= <b>Him</b></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Elle
= <b>Elle</b> / She =<b> Her</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Nous
= <b>On</b> / We, Us = <b>We</b> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Vous = <b>Vous</b> /
You = <b>You</b></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Ils = <b>Eux</b> / They
= <b>Them</b></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Elles
= <b>Elles </b>/ They = <b>Them</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Same
pronouns, slightly different usage. When <i>you talk to someone</i>, you
use "<b>Tu</b>" or "<b>Vous</b>". When you <i>talk
about someone</i>, you use the rest of the pronouns. AND, when you <i>talk
about someone in order to designated them</i>, or pointing them out visually to
someone else, you use the list above. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Let's quickly use them with some
examples:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">"Je" = "Moi" /
"I" = "Me"</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"><br />
Je</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"> suis parti tôt ce matin. / <b>I</b> left
early this morning. </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">(basic
function of this pronoun, talking about yourself)</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">►
Dis-<b>moi</b> ce qui ne va pas. / Tell <b>me</b> what's wrong. </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">(other way to use "Je/I" with the pronoun
"Moi/Me")</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">► Donne-le <b>moi</b> ! / Give
it to <b>me</b>!</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">►Aime-<b>moi</b>. / Love <b>me</b>.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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"Tu" = "Toi" / "You" = "You"</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Tu </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">vas bien ? / Are <b>you</b> okay? </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">(basic function of "Tu", informal way of
addressing someone)</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Tout le monde va bien ? </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Toi</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"> aussi ? / Is everyone okay? <b>You</b> too? </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">► <b>Toi </b>aussi
tu l'as trouvé étrange ? / Did <b>you</b> find him strange, too?</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">► <b>Toi </b>et
moi. / <b>You</b> and me. </span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">►
Je sais que<b> toi </b>aussi tu as des doutes sur ce qu'elle dit. / I
know <b>you</b> have some doubt too about what she says.</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">"Il" = "Lui" / "He" =
"Him"</span></b><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>Il</b> est malade aujourd'hui, donc il ne viendra pas. / <b>He</b> is
sick today, so he won't come.</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">►
Donne-<b>lui </b>ce livre! / Give <b>him</b> this book!</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">►
Demande-<b>lui </b>quelle heure il est./ </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Ask<b> him</b> what time is it.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">► <b>Lui </b>?
Il est vraiment étrange... /<b> Him</b>? </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">He is very strange... </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>"Elle" = "Elle" / "She"="Her"</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>Elle</b> m'a dit de ne surtout pas le dire à maman! / <b>She</b> told
me not to tell mom!</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">► <b>Elle</b> a
l'air fatiguée. / <b>She</b> looks tired.</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Je sais que tu n'as rien fait de mal, mais <b>elle</b>, si. / I know you
didn't do anything wrong, but <b>she </b>did.</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>"Nous" = "On" / "We, Us" = "We"</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Nous</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"> sommes vraiment ravis de vous
rencontrer! / <b>We</b> are very pleased to meet you!</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">► <b>On</b> est encore perdus...
/ <b>We </b>are lost, again...</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">► Ça dépend de l'heure, mais <b>on </b>sera
sans doute déjà partis quand ils arriveront. / It depends the time, but <b>we </b>will
probably already left when they will arrive.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">► Ma soeur et moi, <b>on</b> ne
l'a pas vu depuis des années ! / My sister and I, <b>we</b> haven't
seen him/her for years!</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>"Ils" = "Eux" / "They" =
"They" </b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>Ils</b> semblent plutôt bons danseurs. / <b>They</b> seem to
be pretty good dancers.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">► <b>Eux </b>aussi
sont de bons danseurs! / <b>They</b> are good dancers, too!</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">► <b>Eux</b> aussi l'ont vu
hier. / <b>They </b>saw it yesterday, too.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Now, keep in mind some simple things to help you memorize how to use them too.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">First, you can easily see that those
pronouns mean exactly the same that the basic ones, except that they are
usually use to <b>accentuate a fact or the designation of a person. </b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>-</b> </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Ils</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"> semblent être de bons danseurs ! / </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">They</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"> seem
to be good dancers!</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">you basically say that they are and you
are sure about what you see, you know they are good, you are surprised and
happy by this fact so you designate them with "Ils", because there is
several dancers in front of you.</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: x-small;">And your friend next to you replies this,
speaking about another group you just saw earlier:</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">- Et le
groupe numéro 4 ?</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"> Eux</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"> aussi sont bons ! / And what about
group number 4? </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">They </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">are good, too!</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Your friend is basically trying to defend
her idea and what she saw, speaking about this group of dancers and designate
them with "Eux". Firstly because this is more natural in French, and
secondly because this other pronoun is stronger in meaning when you want to
emphasize another situation or another person that you saw, liked, talked
about...</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">More examples:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">1)</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">- Je ne l'ai jamais vu si fatigué
auparavant. / I have never seen him/her so tired before.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">- Qui ? / Who?</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">- <b>Lui</b>, là-bas... / <b>Him</b>,
over there...</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"><br />
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</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">2)</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">- De qui parlais-tu l'autre jour ? / Whom
were you talking about the other day?</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">- <i>(pointing a picture in a
magazine) </i><b>Eux</b>. / <b>Them</b>. </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">(plural form, several persons, masculine)</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">3)</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">- Qui est ce garçon très connu dont tu
parlais ? / Who is this very known boy you were talking about?</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">- C'est <b>lui </b>! / It's<b> him</b>!</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"> (singular form, one person, masculine)</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"><br />
</span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">4)</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">- Ton petit-ami et toi allez au cinéma ce
soir ? / Does your boyfriend and you go to the movie theatre tonight?</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">- <b>On</b> n'a
pas encore décidé... / <b>We</b> haven't decided yet...</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">5)</span></b><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">-
Qui est cette fille que j'ai vu hier, avec de longs cheveux ? / Who is that
girl I saw yesterday, with long hair?</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">- C'est <b>elle</b>, regarde <b>elle</b> est
là-bas ! / It's<b> her</b>, look she is right over there! </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">6)</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">- <b>On</b> a marché pendant des
heures, je suis épuisé ! / <b>We</b> walked for hours, I am
exhausted!</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">-<b> Eux</b> aussi... / <b>Them</b> too... </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">This is how you designate someone or a
group of people, in <i>an indirect manner</i>, by using those other
pronouns. <i>Why indirect? </i>Because <b>you designate someone
without addressing yourself directly to them</b>, but by <b>showing them
to someone else</b>. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">You don't say "<b>Tu</b>" to the
person because <i>you are not in front of them</i>, but "<b>Il</b>"
or "<b>Elle</b>" or "<b>Eux</b>" to designate this person
because at this exact moment, you are not with them physically or you want to
talk about them without them knowing and you basically need a way to point them
to the person you are talking to. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Note also the fact that you sometimes need
to show visually the person you are designating while you are speaking about
them, especially if you suddenly want to emphasize them in the
conversation. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"><br />
<b>Remember the example about the girl with long hair.</b> Your friend
suddenly comes up with the idea of this girl and she asks you about this
stranger she saw once the day before. You have no picture of this girl, no way
to show her to your friend and sudenly, you see her on the campus or the street
and you just point her out with your finger and say <i>"It's her!
Look!".</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"><br />
</span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Those pronouns </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">are a way to <i>show your surprise or to surprise
someone, to talk indirectly about someone</i> because they are not there
at the right moment, and to <i>emphasize some facts with more
accuracy</i>, or when you want to point them visually while speaking with other
persons during a conversation. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">And, that's how you sound more natural and
fluent in French, by using the right rules and by according the right pronouns
to the right situations! :)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Apprends&Parlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10242350396646490878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042389642926790880.post-16777794865604960172018-03-17T13:56:00.000+01:002018-03-17T13:56:07.204+01:00FRENCH NUMBERS - PART 1 / LES NOMBRES FRANÇAIS - PARTIE 1<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Welcome on this first lesson about <b>French</b> on <i>apprendsetparle</i>! :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In this short lesson, I will talk about <b>numbers</b>. <i>French numbers</i>. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">How to count in French? Actually, this is pretty easy. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In French, we only have one way to count, no matter the situation or the context. Let's start with the basic numbers before heading to something more difficult.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">H</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ow to count:</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>1 = Un </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>2 = Deux</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>3 = Trois </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>4 = Quatre </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>5 = Cinq </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>6 = Six</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>7 = Sept </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>8 = Huit</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>9 = Neuf </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>10 = Dix </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>11 = Onze</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>12 = Douze</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>13 = Treize</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>14 = Quatorze</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>15 = Quinze</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>16 = Seize</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>17 = Dix-sept </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>18 = Dix-huit</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>19 = Dix-neuf</b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">20 = Vingt</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">30 = Trente</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">40 = Quarante</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">50 = Cinquante</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">60 = Soixante</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">70 = Soixante-dix</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">80 = Quatre-vingt</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">90 = Quatre-vingt-dix</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now, let's take a look to the combinations we find in numbers:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>21 </b>will be a combination of <b>20 </b>and<b> 1</b>, right? Then, remember how to say it:<b> "Vingt <i>et</i> un" </b>(literally, it's "twenty <i>and</i> one").</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>22 </b>will be a combination of <b>20 </b>and<b> 2</b>, so<b> "Vingt-deux" </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and so on... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>23 = Vingt-trois (20 vingt + 3 trois)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>24 = Vingt-quatre (20 vingt + 4 quatre)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>25 = Vingt-cinq (20 vingt + 5 cinq)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>26 = Vingt-six (20 vingt + 6 six)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>27 = Vingt-sept (20 vingt + 7 sept)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>28 = Vingt-huit (20 vingt + 8 huit)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>29 = Vingt-neuf (20 vingt + 9 neuf)</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And you just have to do the same thing with <b>30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80</b> and <b>90</b>! But remember that for every 21, 31, 41, 51, 61, 71, 81, 91, 101, etc, you always need to put the word "<i>et</i>" ("<i>and</i>"), in order to be correct:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: lime;">21 = Vingt <i>et</i> un</span></b> <i>(correct)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">21 = Vingt un </span><i>(incorrect)</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>31 = Trente et un (30 trente + 1 un) </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>32 = Trente deux (30 trente + 2 deux)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>and so on with the rest of the numbers (33, 34...)</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>41 = Quarante et un (40 quarante + 1 un)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>42 = Quarante deux (40 quarante + 2 deux)</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>51 = Cinquante et un (50 cinquante + 1 un)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>52 = Cinquante deux (50 + 2 deux)</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>61 = Soixante et un (60 soixante + 1 un)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>62 = Soixante deux (60 soixante + 2 deux)</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Things get a big complicated with 70:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>71 = Soixante et onze</b> <b>(when you pronounce it, you see it's the combination of 60 soixante + 11 onze) </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>72 = Soixante douze (same here, this is not "soixante deux" like 62, but 60 soixante + 12 douze) </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>73 = Soixante treize (60 soixante + 13 treize)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>74 = Soixante quatorze (60 soixante + 14 quatorze)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>75 = Soixante quinze (60 soixante + 15 quinze)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>76 = Soixante seize (60 soixante + 16 seize)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>77 = Soixante dix sept (60 soixante + 10 dix + 7 sept)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>78 = Soixante dix huit (60 soixante + 10 dix + 8 huit)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>79 = Soixante dix neuf (60 soixante + 10 dix + 9 neuf)</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You can forget the "<i>et</i>" when it comes to 80:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>80 = Quatre vingt (think of it as 4 quatre + 20 vingt or simply as the result of 4x20)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>81 = Quatre vingt un (thing as the vocal combination of 4 "quatre" + 20 "vingt" + 1 "un")</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>82 = Quatre vingt deux </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>83 = Quatre vingt trois </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>84 = Quatre vingt quatre </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>85 = Quatre vingt cinq </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>86 = Quatre vingt six</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>87 = Quatre vingt sept</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>88 = Quatre vingt huit</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>89 = Quatre vingt neuf</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When it comes to 90, it can seem a bit longer to pronounce to you, but basically, think about some numbers combination (vocally speaking, not mathematically of course) to easily remember them if you have to write them or to read them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>90 = Quatre vingt dix (4 "quatre" + 20 "vingt" + 10 "dix" <span style="color: #134f5c;">or</span> 80 "quatre vingt" + 10 "dix")</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>91 = Quatre vingt onze (yes, "onze"as in 11, and not "one" as in 1 like <i>31 trente et un</i>, <i>41 quarante et un</i>, <i>61 soixante et un</i>...! - 80 quatre vingt + 11 onze)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>92 = Quatre vingt douze (80 quatre vingt + 12 douze)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>93 = Quatre vingt treize (80 quatre vingt + 13 treize)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>94 = Quatre vingt quatorze (80 quatre vingt + 14 quatorze)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>95 = Quatre vingt quinze (8 quatre vingt + 15 quinze)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>96 = Quatre vingt six (80 quatre vingt + 6 six)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>97 = Quatre vingt sept (80 quatre vingt + 7 sept)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>98 = Quatre vingt dix huit (80 quatre vingt + 18 dix huit)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>99 = Quatre vingt dix neuf (90 quatre vingt dix + 9 neuf <span style="color: #134f5c;">or</span> 80 quatre vingt + 10 dix + 9 neuf)</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Let's talk about <b>pronounciation</b> here. In French, some words can be written a way and pronounced another, which can sometimes be pretty confusing for foreigners who try to read what they see just like they see it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>● 20 Vingt</b>, will be pronounced like the number 1 = Un. Think of it as "vUN", when you pronounce it. But, when it is followed by another number, like 21 (vingt et un), you make the link between <i>vingt</i> and the following number, using the "t". So basically, it will be pronounced "vUN<b>t</b>-et-un". </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">● <b>Et</b> : in this word, you don't pronounce the "t". It would be like the [hey] sound in english. Et/Hey without any trace of the letter "t". And the rule is like this for all the context including the word "et". The "t" is NEVER pronounced in this word.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">● <b>Soixante</b> : the "x" in this word is never pronounced like an actual "x", but more like "s". Think about a snake. "soiSante". And "oi" is like the sound [whoa], in English. So when you pronounce it, think of "S[whoa]-[s]an-te". </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">● <b>-</b> : the dash. In french, it's called a "<b>tiret</b>". It's used in numbers when you write them (21 vingt<b>-</b>et<b>-</b>un), to show that when you pronounce it, you need to link the words without hesitation or without taking any break. It's three words reunited, but it's actually pronounced like one word together thanks to the "<b>-</b>" who is placed here to show how to properly say it: "vingt-et-un". </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">● <b>2 Deu<span style="color: red;">x</span></b> : the x here is silent. Always.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">● <b>3 Troi<span style="color: red;">s</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>: same for the s here. Never pronounced. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">● <b>5 Cin<span style="color: red;">q</span></b> : the q is pronounced.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">● <b>6 Si<span style="color: red;">x</span> </b>: like 60 (soixante), it's pronounced but like an s. Think about the word's contraction "sis" (sister in english). That's how you pronounced the 6 in French. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">● <b>7 Se<span style="color: red;">p</span>t</b> : the p here is silent. It's actually pronounced like the number 3 in Korean ("set"). Or like the English word "set".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">● <b>8 Hui<span style="color: red;">t</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>and <b>9 Neu<span style="color: red;">f</span></b> : the t and the f are pronounced.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">● <b>10 Di<span style="color: red;">x</span></b> : like 6 (six), think about an s at the end. Replace the "s" in "sis" by a "d" and you obtain the correct French pronounciation for the number 10 (dix = [dis])</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This lesson was the <b>first part</b> of the "French numbers" lesson. <b>In the part 2, we will speak</b> about 100 and the rest of the numbers, and how to use the several numbers into examples and basic sentences in French. </span><br />
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<br />Apprends&Parlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10242350396646490878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042389642926790880.post-26757787642232001182018-03-17T13:34:00.000+01:002018-03-17T16:40:18.950+01:00PERSONNAL PRONOUNS & POLITENESS LEVEL - PART 1 / LES PRONOMS PERSONNELS & LES NIVEAUX DE POLITESSE - PARTIE 1<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Welcome eveyone! :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On today's lesson, let's take a look at the <b>French pronouns</b> and the <b>politeness levels</b> in French.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>French pronouns:</b></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Je </b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We called them personnal pronouns or in French, "Pronoms personnels". It's different from the "Possessives pronouns", but it will be explained in another lesson so don't worry about it for now. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Let's break them down: </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Je = I </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tu = You (polite/informal form)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Elle = She</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Nous = We </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Vous = You (polite/formal form)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ils = They (masculine form)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Elles = They (feminine form)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Let's see how we call them in the grammatical term by classified them into two categories: Plural and Singular.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Je </b>= First person of the singular / Première personne du singulier</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Tu</b> = Second person of the singular / Deuxième personne du singulier</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Il </b><i>and </i><b>Elle</b> = Third person of the singular / </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Troisième personne du singulier </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Nous </b>= First person of the plural / Première personne du pluriel</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Vous </b>= Second person of the plural / Deuxième personne du pluriel</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Ils </b><i>and</i><b> Elles </b>= Third person of the plural / Troisième personne du pluriel</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now, let's see how to use them to <i>properly address to someone</i>. In French, you have the <b>informal way of speaking</b>, and the <b>formal way</b>. This is not very complicated. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">● When you <i>speak to your friends, family members, parents, people younger than you (kids), or people of the same age as you,</i> you use the <b>informal way of speaking</b>. It's still polite but you lower the level and you break the barriers between the person you are talking to, and you, and you make the conversation more casual. You put yourself at the same level of the person you are adressing to. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">● When you <i>speak to your teachers, doctor, neighbor (usually someone older than you), or when you go in some shops and you don't know the persons, your co-workers that are older or that you don't know very well, your boss,</i> etc, always use <b>formal way</b>. Always. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have often heard foreigners asking for they way on the street and using informal way to adress a perfect stranger. It's not unpolite because we guess the person is not French and doesn't necessarily know all the rules, but it's surprising to hear a foreigner that you have never seen before in your life, asking you an information using the informal way, speaking to you like you have been acquaintances for years. So, in order to avoid difficulties if you adress someone who is not really in a good mood, it's better to know the basics.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now, let's define what is informal and formal way, how to use them, and how to remember them!</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>for friends, people of the same age, people older but that you have known for years and with whom you are comfortable enough, kids, family members, parents</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yes, that's the <b>only way possible to be informal/casual and close to someone </b>in French. Surprising, huh?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When you speak to someone using <b>"Tu"("You")</b>, remember it's called <i>informal </i>or, in French, "<i>tutoiement</i>". This is basically the only way to be informal because with the second person of the singular (Tu), you always adress someone, and <b>with the other pronouns, you just describe something, someone, or talk about you</b> (with "Je"/"I")</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Vous</b> = "You" </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yes, here again, one way to differentiate informal and formal. If you hear <b>"Vous"</b>, basically the "You" formal, you can guess t<i>he person is being polite to you and is respecting you because they don't know you yet,</i> so they address you in the formal way. Plus, when you talk to someone that way, it means you lower yourself a bit too, in order to show your respect to them and the fact that you will never cross any social line toward them. In French, it's called "<i>vouvoiement</i>" or in English, "<i>informal</i>". </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">1)</span></b> <b>Tu</b> es en retard, dépêches-toi ! / <b>You</b> are late, hurry! <i><span style="color: red;">(informal, tutoiement)</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-weight: bold;">2) </span>Depuis combien de temps habitez-<b>vous</b> ici ? For how long have <b>you</b> lived here? <i><span style="color: red;">(formal, vouvoiement)</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">3)</span></b><i style="color: red;"> </i>Maman, as-<b>tu </b>vu mon manteau ? / Mom, have <b>you</b> seen my coat? <span style="color: red;"><i>(informal, tutoiement)</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">4)</span></b> Laissez-moi <b>vous</b> aider à ouvrir la porte, <b>Madame</b> / Let me help <b>you</b> opening the door, <b>Madam</b> <i><span style="color: red;">(formal, vouvoiement)</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>5) </b></span>Cher <b>cousin</b>, je suis tellement heureuse que <b>tu</b> sois venu ! Dear <b>cousin</b>, I am so happy that <b>you</b> came! <span style="color: red;"><i>(informal, tutoiement)</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">6) </span>Grand-père</b>, as-<b>tu</b> dis à Papa de laver la voiture ? <b>Grandpa</b>, did <b>you</b> tell Daddy to wash the car? <span style="color: red;"><i>(informal, tutoiement)</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">7)</span></b> <b>Grand-mère</b>, as-tu <b>vu</b> mon frère, hier ? <b>Grandma</b>, have <b>you</b> seen my brother, yesterday? <i><span style="color: red;">(informal, tutoiement)</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As you can see, <i>we use them in a very distinct manner</i> to address people we know for a long time, like family, and people who are complete strangers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Earlier, I was talking about t<b>he way we use the other pronouns</b> to <i>describe</i> something or someone. Let's see them closer now:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Je, Il, Elle</b> =<b> I, He, She</b> ► Singular pronouns, speaking about one person at a time</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Nous, Ils, Elles</b> = <b>We/Us, You, They</b> ► Plural pronouns, speaking about several persons at a time</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"<b>Je</b>" is used to <i>talk about yourself</i>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"<b>Il</b>" is used to <i>talk about a masculine person</i>, usually when you speak about this person. If the person is right in front of you, you will never speak to him by calling him "Il".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"<b>Elle</b>" is t<i>he same as "Il" in term of definition</i>, except it's a feminine pronoun, reserved to speak about a girl.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">All of them here are singular. <b>Let's the the plural now:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"<b>Nous</b>" is used to <i>talk about "We/Us"</i>. It includes yourself and an other person.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"<b>Ils</b>" is usually used to <i>talk about several people</i>. It's the <i>plural form of the masculine way</i>, but it is usually used to talk about several persons in a mixed concept. So you can use it to speak about girls AND boys. Like a group of friends.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"<b>Elles</b>" is the <i>plural version of the feminine way</i>, and it is used to talk exclusively about several girls. That's why it's pretty different from "Ils" because "Ils" is more commonly used.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Keep one thing in mind: </b><i>in French, when you have a doubt in the way you should write something or say something, like how to use "Ils" for example, remember that in French, <b>the masculine way ALWAYS win and lead the grammar</b>. So sometimes if you have the possibility to talk about something but the grammatical rule permit you to use both masculine and feminine to talk about it, and if as a foreigner you have some doubts, choose the masculine. It will be more than correct in term of neutrality. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1) <b>Cette fille</b> est jolie = <b>Elle</b> est jolie / <b>This girl</b> is pretty = <b>She</b> is pretty <span style="color: red; font-style: italic;">("cette fille" is replaced by "elle". As you can see, "elle" is used to describe a feminine person)</span><i>.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>2) </i><b>Ce garcon</b> est vraiment intelligent ! = <b>Il </b>est vraiment intelligent ! / <b>This boy</b> is very smart! = <b>He</b> is very smart! <span style="color: red; font-style: italic;">(same here "ce garçon" can be replaced and described with "il")</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">3) <b>Lui</b> et <b>moi</b> sommes très heureux = <b>Nous</b> sommes très heureux / <b>Him</b> and <b>I </b>are very happy = <b>We</b> are very happy </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">4) <b>Mon frère</b>, <b>sa petite-amie et leurs amis</b> sont partis en vacances en Espagne pour deux mois = <b>Ils</b> sont partis en vacances en Espagne pour deux mois / <b>My brother, his girlfriend and their friends</b> went in Spain for the holidays for two months = <b>They</b> went on holidays in Spain for two months </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">5) <b>Ces filles</b> sont très talentueuses = <b>Elles</b> sont très talentueuses / <b>Those girls </b>are very talented = <b>They</b> are very talented</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">6) <b>Je </b><i>suis</i> très en colère contre toi / <b>I</b> <i>am</i> very angry against you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Now, note something important:</b> when you <i>use the pronouns to describe something, a situation, a person, something that someone told you, etc</i>, you need to get the right context. For example, if you are talking about your brother to your friend, and you say <b>"He went somewhere" = "Il est allé quelque part"</b>, the person you are talking to (your friend) won't understand whom you are talking about if you haven't mentioned your brother previously.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>- Mon frère</b> est parti en Espagne / My brother went in Spain</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Here, <b>you mentionned the subject of your sentence, your brother.</b> So when your friend replies to you, she will say "Il", because you already know you are talking about your brother and the fact that it's a boy (masculine way). But if you suddenly say this to your friend:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- <b>Il</b> est parti en Espagne ! / He went in Spain!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">That's what your friend can reply to you because she doesn't know who you are talking about! <b>So be careful when you use pronouns to talk about someone who isn't here</b>, because <b>if you don't precise previously who you are talking about</b>, the person probably won't understand, and will ask you whom you are referring to. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">That's all for the part 1 of <i>personnal pronouns</i>! I hope this lesson was helpful for you. If you have any question, do not hesitate to post a comment below! :)</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the next lesson, we will see the part 2 of the personnal pronouns and how to use them in a different manner. Stay tuned! </span></b><br />
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