French Vocab 5
Terms
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- être dans le coup
- (inf) to be in on it
- Ça vaut le coup.
- It's worth it.
- pour un coup
- for once
- rire un bon coup
- to have a good laugh
- Je me donnerais des coups !
- I could kick myself!
- l'un à l'autre
- to each other
- c'est tout l'un tout l'autre -
- there's no in between, everything is black and white
- l'un l'autre
- one another, each other
- When un is a pronoun,* rather than an article or number, it can be replaced by...
- ...l'un in formal French
- *How do you know whether un is a pronoun, article, or number?
- Very simple: any time un is followed by a preposition, usually de, or by anything else other than a noun, it's a pronoun.
- In addition, when un is a pronoun at the beginning of a sentence, it is nearly always replaced by l'un, for reasons of euphony:
- In addition, when un is a pronoun at the beginning of a sentence, it is nearly always replaced by l'un, for reasons of euphony:
- L'un de mes meilleurs étudiants est à l'hôpital
- One of my best students is in the hospital
- Tu dois choisir l'un de ces livres
- You have to choose one of these books
- Va te faire mettre ! (slang)
- Get lost!
- Mettons que...
- Let's say/Suppose that...
- mettre le verrou
- to bolt the door
- mettre qqch debout
- to stand something up
- mettre le réveil
- to set the alarm
- Je suis hors d'haleine.
- I'm out of breath.
- N'importe quel
- Any
- J'aimerais n'importe quel livre.
- I'd like any book.
- N'importe quelle décision sera...
- Any decision will be...
- N'importe comment
- Any way
- Tu peux le faire n'importe comment.
- Do it any way. (Just do it!)
- N'importe quand
- Anytime
- Ecrivez-nous n'importe quand.
- Write to us anytime.
- N'importe où
- Anywhere
- Nous irons n'importe où.
- We'll go wherever.
- Qu'est-ce qui se passe ?
- What's happening?
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De quoi est-ce que vous parlez ? }
De quoi parlez-vous ? - What are you talking about?
-
ì qui est-ce que tu parles ? }
ì qui parles-tu ? - To whom are you speaking?
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Qui est-ce que vous aimez ? }
Qui aimez-vous ? - Whom do you love?
- Que penses-tu de mon idée ?
- What do you think of my idea?
- Interrogative pronouns are used to ask questions, qui, que
- Interrogative pronouns are used to ask questions, qui, que
- (The third interrogative pronoun, lequel, is in a separate lesson due to its uniqueness.)
- (The third interrogative pronoun, lequel, is in a separate lesson due to its uniqueness.)