Destroy and harm

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Permalink Reply by hmoun on December 15, 2009 at 5:34pm

ça ne m'intéresse pas de te/vous détruire
ça ne m'intéresse pas de te/vous nuire

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Permalink Reply by Frank on December 15, 2009 at 6:49pm

Or

Ce n'est pas dans mon intérêt de te/vous nuire/détruire

"Ce n'est pas dans mon intérêt de (+ inf)", "Ce n'est pas dans l'intérêt de (sb) de (+ inf)" is a good expression to know. It includes the idea that there would be no point in doing it and is less harsh than "ça ne m'intéresse pas".

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Permalink Reply by Crack1 on December 15, 2009 at 6:53pm

Thanks hmoun for the reply.
French is a tall order!
I am 100% wrong here.

I went to a party and I bought her 2 bottles of wine.
I told her several times that neither I am not interested in destroying her nor I am not interested in harming her.

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Permalink Reply by Crack1 on December 15, 2009 at 8:33pm

I just want to know why it is necessary to stick to an impersonal sentence.

I don't advice you to smoke a packet of cigarette a day.

It is not good to smoke a packet of cigarette a day. [ Impersonal nature]

For me the following sentences border impersonal ones.

Ce n'est pas dans mon intérêt de te/vous nuire/détruire.

ça ne m'intéresse pas de te/vous détruire.
ça ne m'intéresse pas de te/vous nuire.

I may be wrong here.

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Permalink Reply by Cedrick on December 15, 2009 at 8:52pm

cela ne m'intéresse pas de vous détruire.
Je n'ai aucun intérêt à vous nuire.

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