Comme Une Francaise

Question 1

T’inquiéte

Answer 1

Don’t worry

Question 2

Pas de souci

Answer 2

No problem

Question 3

Aucun problème

Answer 3

No problem

Question 4

Y’a pas de souci

Answer 4

No problem

Question 5

une égratignure

une éraflure

Answer 5

a scratch

Question 6

Comme d’habitude

Comme d’hab

Answer 6

As usual

Question 7

Á la bonne franquette

Answer 7

With no pretension

Simple, enjoying life

Question 8

Quoi de neuf?

Answer 8

What’s new?

Question 9

Un raccourci

Answer 9

a shortcut

Question 10

au fait

Answer 10

By the way

prounce the t

almost always at begining of sentence, sometimes end

Question 11

d’ailleurs

Answer 11

By the way

I’m thinking

Question 12

en fait

Answer 12

Actually

pronounce the t

often singled out by commas

Question 13

actuellement

Answer 13

now

Question 14

actuel

Answer 14

current

Question 15

revenons à nos moutons

Answer 15

Let’s return to the topic at hand.

Question 16

en réalité

effectivement

Answer 16

actually

Question 17

le fait

Answer 17

the fact

don’t pronounce the t

Question 18

C’est bien fait pour toi.

Answer 18

You deserve that.

Negative connotation - not for a good occurrence

Question 19

la fête

Answer 19

a party

Question 20

s’effacer

Answer 20

to step, move aside

to fade (photograph, cloth…)

Question 21

dès

dès que possible

Answer 21

as soon as
when followed by a condition or starting point in the near future

as soon as possible

s is silent

Question 22

depuis

Answer 22

since, also from

Il nous appelle depuis Paris.

also could be “de Paris”

Question 23

Ça fait [duration] que [action]

Answer 23

[action] has been going on for [duration]

Question 24

à partir de

Answer 24

starting from, since

Question 25

entre quelle heure et quelle heure? entre quand et quand?

Answer 25

between what times?

Question 26

une forchette une forchette horaire une forchette de prix

Answer 26

a range a time range a price range

Question 27

approximativement à peu près en gros (familiar) à la louche (familiar)

Answer 27

approximately, about roughly, basically

Question 28

allô

Answer 28

standard introduction for video or phone call doesn't mean hello, just makes sure someone is there

Question 29

les salamalecs

Answer 29

excessively long greetings

Question 30

euh

Answer 30

french for "um" colloquial for whining

Question 31

ouais

Answer 31

yeah, maybe a little uncertain, no ironically

Question 32

les yéyés

Answer 32

french baby boomers

Question 33

nan

Answer 33

no counterpqrt of ouais

Question 34

mouais

Answer 34

uncertain response

Question 35

Hein?

Answer 35

surprise, confusing response close to quoi? At the end of a statment means "right?" but more definitive.

Question 36

et puis voilà quoi

Answer 36

expresses you have arrived at the end of your thougt, story, point

Question 37

envoyer du pâté, lourd, gros, steak Ça envoie du pâté.

Answer 37

to be awsome, to kick butt That's great.

Question 38

Tu me manque. Je te manque.

Answer 38

You are missing from me. Instead of "I miss you." You miss me.

Question 39

Il ne fallait pas. Vous n'auriez pas dû.

Answer 39

he shouldn't have you don't have to

Question 40

petit

Answer 40

small but also simple in a good way may express false modesty

Question 41

plural rule 1

Answer 41

add an s adjectives also become plural

Question 42

plural rule 2

Answer 42

words ending in s, x or z don't change

Question 43

plural rule 3

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- eau, -au, -eu all add an x | - al becomes -aux

Question 44

plural rule 4

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``` bijou(x) jewelry caillou(x). rocks chou(x) cabbage genou(x) knees hibou(x) owls joujou(x) toys pou(x) lice all male nouns ```

Question 45

plural rule 5

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un oiel, deux yeux un porte-monnaie, des porte-monnaie un arc-en-ciel (rainbow), des arcs-en-ciel un amour, un orgue, un délice - male singular, feminine plural

Question 46

venir

Answer 46

to come i just did this more general than arriver 3rd group verb

Question 47

arriver

Answer 47

``` to arrive more specific than venir close to réussir (to manage) can mean to happen or occur 1st group verb ```

Question 48

le ménage

Answer 48

house cleaning

Question 49

apprivoiser

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to tame an animal, not by force, to be a friend similar to dompter can be used to mean taking time to make a friend

Question 50

le dépaysement

Answer 50

seeing things you are not familar with in a good way

Question 51

le ras-le-bol

Answer 51

the feeling of anger, frustration about to errupt about a situation feed up

Question 52

râler

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complaining more forceful than se peindre (to complain) noun form: un râleur

Question 53

les retrouvailles

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plural, femine noun people who reunite

Question 54

tartiner

Answer 54

to spread something (like butter) une tartine: a piece of something with something else spread on it