
a date – French expression
Part of Mots Du Jour | Valentine’s Day
What does ” un rencard ” mean? How do you say ‘ a date ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com
un rencard can also be spelled with a t at the end – un rencart. Go figure! un rencard is familiar French, and it means ‘a date’. If you want to be more sophisticated, you’d say ‘un rendez-vous amoureux’.
* « Je peux pas venir avec toi faire des courses samedi. J’ai un rencard avec Matthieu. J’ai hâte. »
* “I can’t go shopping with you on Saturday. I have a date with Mat. I can’ wait.”
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to make a mistake – French expression
Part of Mots Du Jour | Reflexive Verbs – List
se tromper – oneself to mislead. se tromper means ‘to make a mistake’.
* « Oh là là ! Je me suis trompé. Elle m’avait donné rendez-vous dans le VIème, mais comme elle avait écrit son message avec un chiffre romain, j’ai inversé et je suis allée dans le IVème. »
* ‘Oh dear ! I made a mistake. She had given me a meeting point in the sixth arrondissement, but because she wrote her message with a Roman numeral, I switched the numbers and I went to the fourth arrondissement.’
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Aug 2, 2021
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to go over the top – French expression
Part of Mots Du Jour | Le Festival de Cannes
faire son cinéma – to do one’s movies. In everyday French, faire son cinéma means to be dramatic, to be over the top about something, to draw the attention onto oneself, to be a ham, to ham it up. There is another word that means the same thing. It’s cabotiner. I love cabotiner. It feels like it’s coming from old times, and as a result, it’s not very used any more. However, faire son cinéma is.
* « Je vais pas lui demander car elle va encore faire son cinéma, comme d’hab. »
* “I’m not going to ask her as she’s going to go over the top, as usual.”
French verbs – Tenses and modes
présent : je fais mon cinéma, nous faisons notre cinéma
futur : je en ferai mon cinéma, nous ferons notre cinéma
présent du subjonctif : que je fasse mon cinéma , que nous fassions notre cinéma
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Jul 16, 2021
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to sneak out – French expression
Part of Mots Du Jour | Le Festival de Cannes
faire le mur – to do the wall, faire le mur means to escape, to sneak out of a place. This expression is mostly used with teenagers sneaking out when parents don’t realize it.
The expression ‘faire le mur’ is also the name of a yearly movie event that takes place in Cannes during the Cannes Film Festival. It’s called ‘Cannes fait le mur’ – ‘The Cannes Film Festival does the wall’. It’s a spectacular event presenting huge photographs hanging on high building walls throughout town. It’s really impressive. I hope you get to visit Cannes during ‘Cannes fait le mur’.
* « La maison qu’ils ont achetée est vraiment faite pour que les enfants puisse faire le mur. »
* “The house they bought makes it easy for their children to sneak out.”
French verbs – Tenses and Modes
présent : je fais le mur
imparfait : je faisais le mur
present subjunctive: que je fasse le mur
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Jul 16, 2021
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down to Earth – French expression
Part of Mots Du Jour | Body Parts
les pieds sur terre – the feet on earth. In everyday French, les pieds sur terre means ‘avoir du bon sens’, ‘être réaliste.’ ‘sensible’, ‘practical’, ‘reasonable’, ‘down-to-earth’, ‘to have your feet on the ground’. The opposite would be ‘avoir la tête dans les nuages’, ‘to have your head in the clouds’.
* « Il faut avoir les pieds sur Terre : on ne peut pas faire du kayak et faire une rando dans la même journée. »
* “You have to be down-to-earth: you can’t go kayaking and go hiking on the same day.”
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Jul 13, 2021
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quite a character – French expression
Part of Mots Du Jour | Le Festival de Cannes
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What does ” un sacré personnage ” mean? How do you say ‘ quite a character ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com.
un sacré personnage – a sacred character. In everyday French, un sacré personnage means that a real person – not a character – is impressive. I’d translate it as ‘a hell of a wo/man’, or ‘quite a character’ i n English.
* « Je pense qu’il va gagner les élections. C’est un sacré personnage qui n’a peur de rien. »
* “I think he’ll win the elections. He is quite a character who isn’t afraid of anything.”
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what a disaster – French expression
Part of Mots Du Jour | Strike and Protest Terms – Today’s French
What does ” bonjour les dégâts ” mean? How do you say ‘ what a disaster ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com.
bonjour les dégâts – hello the damages – In everyday French, bonjour les dégâts means ‘what a disaster’.
* « Regarde cet arrêt de bus détruit après la manif. Bonjour les dégâts ! »
* “Look at the this destroyed bus stop after the demonstration. What a disaster!”
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things behind you – French expression
Part of Mots Du Jour | La Covid
What does ” tourner la page ” mean? How do you say ‘ to put things behind you ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com
tourner la page – to turn the page. In everyday French, tourner la page means ‘to make a fresh start’, to put things behind you’.
* « Je ne sais pas comment on va pouvoir tourner la page après la covid. »
* “I don’t know how we will be able to put things behind us after the pandemic.”
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here and there – French expression
Part of Mots Du Jour | French Adverbs
What does ” ici et là ” mean? How do you say ‘ here and there ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it.
ici et là – here and there. Today, our expression is straight forward, y a pas photo. ici et là means ‘here and there’, 2 adverbs.
* « Si tu vas sur le site de français d’Anne, tu trouveras des photos de sa ferme ici et là. »
* “If you go to Anne’s French site, you’ll find pictures of her farm here and there.”
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Tenses and Modes
* présent > futur : Si tu vas sur le site de français d’Anne, tu trouveras des photos de sa ferme ici et là.
* imparfait > conditionnel présent : Si tu allais sur le site de français d’Anne, tu trouverais des photos de sa ferme ici et là.
* plus-que-parfait > conditionnel passé : Si tu étais allée sur le site de français d’Anne, tu aurais trouvé des photos de sa ferme ici et là.
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it’s a no brainer – Mot du Jour
Part of Mots Du Jour | Sports in French
What does the French expression ‘ y a pas photo ‘ mean? How do you say ‘ it’s a no brainer ’ in French? How is it used in a sentence?
y a pas photo – there has not photo. I think this expression comes from the horse racing world. In order to make sure who’s horse was on first, they rely on the arrival picture, making it very clear who won.
In everyday French, y a pas photo means that the situation is not ambiguous at all, it’s very clear, ‘it’s a no brainer’.
* « Non, c’est moi qui ai gagné, y a pas photo, là. T’es mauvaise perdante ! »
* “No, I’m the winner, it’s a no brainer. You’re a sore loser.”
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