idiomatic expressions translation help?

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Permalink Reply by Erwan on January 30, 2012 at 11:21pm

"It seems like you have a lot going on" : On dirait qu'il se passe plein de choses pour toi or On dirait que tu as beaucoup de choses en tête. It really depends on the context.

In French "video games" are jeux vidéos.

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Permalink Reply by Allison L. on January 30, 2012 at 11:25pm

Thanks very much. The context was my friend describing why their plans are so up in the air for the summer because of changes in jobs, a possible relocation and work being done on their weekend home.  In this case, perhaps the second option you suggested?

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Permalink Reply by Erwan on January 31, 2012 at 10:56pm

Yes, the second proposition sounds good here.

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Permalink Reply by Peter En on February 1, 2012 at 6:01am

I have a question, are idioms generally formed with "on" as the subject?

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Permalink Reply by Erwan on February 1, 2012 at 6:52am

It's not compulsory. There ara a lot of idioms without "on".

e.g. "Il m'a posé un lapin" : He stands me up.

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Permalink Reply by Peter En on February 1, 2012 at 12:41pm

Also, "video games" les jeux-vidéos" If I am correct:

i.e.

je joue aux jeux-vidéos

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Permalink Reply by Erwan on February 1, 2012 at 1:20pm

If you talk about the device (xbox,wii,...) then it's "une console de jeux (vidéos)"

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