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idiomatic expressions translation help?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Erwan Feb 1. 7 Replies 0 Likes
I'm writing another email to a French friend, and want to say to her, "It seems like you have a lot going on" or something to that effect. Suggestions?Also, my daughter is doing a project for French…Continue
Help translating some phrases for an email
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Hello-I'm writing an email to a French friend (the daughter in the family I lived with while studying in Paris years ago) and my French (especially my idiomatic French) is quite rusty. I can look up…Continue
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Peter En replied to Allison L.'s discussion idiomatic expressions translation help?"Also, "video games" les jeux-vidéos" If I am correct:
i.e.
je joue aux jeux-vidéos
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Erwan replied to Allison L.'s discussion idiomatic expressions translation help?"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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Peter En replied to Allison L.'s discussion idiomatic expressions translation help?"I have a question, are idioms generally formed with "on" as the subject?"
Erwan replied to Allison L.'s discussion idiomatic expressions translation help?"Yes, the second proposition sounds good here."
Allison L. replied to Allison L.'s discussion idiomatic expressions translation help?"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…"
Erwan replied to Allison L.'s discussion idiomatic expressions translation help?""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…"
Allison L. posted a discussionidiomatic expressions translation help?
I'm writing another email to a French friend, and want to say to her, "It seems like you have a lot going on" or something to that effect. Suggestions?Also, my daughter is doing a project for French class, and wants to mention "video games" (things like Wii, Xbox, Nintendo, etc.), and I don't know how those are referred to in French. Again, suggestions welcomed!Thanks!See More
Allison L. replied to Allison L.'s discussion Help translating some phrases for an email"Thanks so much, Neil, I appreciate it. This is really helpful!"
Allison L. posted a discussionHelp translating some phrases for an email
Hello-I'm writing an email to a French friend (the daughter in the family I lived with while studying in Paris years ago) and my French (especially my idiomatic French) is quite rusty. I can look up words in the dictionary but I sometimes have trouble putting phrases together appropriately. Can someone help with the following words and/or phrases?"I learned to speak French with the best French family ever!" I have: "J'ai appris le français dans la meilleure famille française que j'aie…See More
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