from Michel Thomas
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| I’m sorry but I don’t have the time to do it now because I’m very busy. | Je regrette mais je n’ai pas le temps de le faire maintenant parce que je suis très occupé.
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| You use XXX after adjectives, nouns and also after some verbs such as ‘dire’, ‘demander’ and ‘décider’ if they are followed by another verb. | 'de
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| to decide | décider
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| Will you ask him to do it? | Voulez-vous lui demander de le faire?
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| Will you tell him to wait for me? | Voulez-vous lui dire de m’attendre?
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| Will you ask him to call me later? | Voulez-vous lui demander de m’appeler plus tard?
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| In English you need to make a distinction between ‘have to’ (must) and ‘have to drink, eat, etc.’. | For the latter, you use ‘avoir + à’.
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| What do you have? | Qu’est-ce que vous avez?
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| Do you have…? | Est-ce que vous avez…?
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| Do you understand? | Comprenez-vous?
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| Is it that you understand? | Est-ce que vous comprenez?
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| Is it that you understand me? | Est-ce que vous me comprenez?
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| What is it that…? | Qu’est-ce que…?
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| What do you have to eat? (What have you got to eat?) | Qu’est-ce que vous avez à manger?
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| You have to eat. | Vous devez manger.
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| to drink | boire
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| What do you have to drink? | Qu’est-ce que vous avez à boire?
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| What is there? | Qu’est-ce qu’il y a?
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| What is there to drink? | Qu’est-ce qu’il y a à boire?
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| What is there to eat? | Qu’est-ce qu’il y a à manger?
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| You use XXX after ‘chose’ if it is followed by a verb because it is normally an extension of ‘have’. | ‘à’
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| I have something to tell you. | J’ai quelque chose à vous dire.
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| After expressions of quantity you use ... | ‘de’
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| How much time? | Combien de temps?
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| too much time | trop de temps
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| much time | beaucoup de temps
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| I don’t have much time. | Je n’ai pas beaucoup de temps.
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| many things | beaucoup de choses
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| I’m going to buy many things. | Je vais acheter beaucoup de choses.
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| I don’t have too much time. | Je n’ai pas trop de temps.
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| I’m not going to buy too many things. | Je ne vais pas acheter trop de choses.
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| If an expression of quantity is followed by a verb, you use ... | ‘à’
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| I have much to do. | J’ai beaucoup à faire.
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| I have much too much to do. | J’ai beaucoup trop à faire.
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| I have nothing to do. | Je n’ai rien à faire.
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| nothing doing | rien à faire
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| What difference? | Quelle différence?
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| What is the difference? | Quelle est la différence?
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| between | entre
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| between us | entre nous
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| between the two / between both | entre les deux
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| What is the difference between the two? | Quelle est la différence entre les deux?
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| What speciality do you have tonight? | Quelle spécialité avez-vous ce soir?
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| What address? | Quelle addresse?
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| What is your address? | Quelle est votre addresse?
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| telephone number | numéro de téléphone
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| What is your telephone number? | Quel est votre numéro de téléphone?
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| If you combine nouns in French (telephone + number = telephone number), you need to join them together with ... | ‘de’
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| What is your name? | Quel est votre nom?
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| What do you want? | Que voulez-vous?
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| What do you want to eat? | Que voulez-vous manger?
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| What do you want to do now? | Que voulez-vous faire maintenant?
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| What do you want to know? | Que voulez-vous savoir?
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| What do you prefer? | Que préférez-vous?
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| to think | penser
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| What do you think? | Que pensez-vous?
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| What do you have? | Qu’avez vous?
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| Instead of ‘que?’ you can also use ‘qu’est-ce que?’ for ‘what?’. They are interchangeable. If you use ‘qu’est-ce que?’, you do not invert. |
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| What is it that you want? | Qu’est-ce que vous voulez?
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| What do you know? | Qu’est-ce que vous savez?
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| What do you have for me? | Qu’est-ce que vous avez pour moi?
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| What do you want to say? / What do you mean? | Qu’est-ce que vous voulez dire? / Que voulez-vous dire?
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| what (in the middle of a sentence) | ce que
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| I don’t know what I’m going to do today. | Je ne sais pas ce que je vais faire aujourd’hui.
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| Nobody knows what it is. | Personne sait ce que c’est.
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| Who knows? | Qui sait?
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| I don’t understand what you mean. | Je ne comprends pas ce que vous voulez dire.
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| There are only two verbs for which the ending for the first person is ‘x’ not ‘s’: | ‘pouvoir’ and ‘vouloir’.
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| I want | je veux
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| I want it. | Je le veux.
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| I don’t want it. | Je ne le veux pas.
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| That’s not what I want. | Ce n’est pas ce que je veux.
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| That’s exactly what I want. | C’est exactement ce que je veux.
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| But that’s not what I mean. | Mais ce n’est pas ce que je veux dire.
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| Sound distinction between ‘veux’ and ‘vais’ |
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| I want to do it. | Je veux le faire.
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| I’m going to do it. | Je vais le faire.
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| I’m going to do it because I want to see it. | Je vais le faire parce que je veux le voir.
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| That’s not what I mean. | Ce n’est pas ce que je veux dire.
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| I don’t understand what it means. | Je ne comprends pas ce que ça veut dire.
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| it means | ça veut dire
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| What does it mean? | Qu’est-ce que ça veut dire?
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| to explain | expliquer
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| Will you explain to me what you mean? | Voulez-vous m’expliquer ce que vous voulez dire?
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| I will do it tomorrow. | Je vais le faire demain.
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| He will be here in a few days. | Il va être ici dans quelques jours.
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| I will arrive tomorrow morning. | Je vais arriver demain matin.
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| We will arrive tomorrow morning. | Nous allons arriver demain matin.
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| He will leave. | Il partira.
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| The ending -rai with any verb means ‘I will’. The ending -ra means ‘he/she/it will’. The ending -rez means ‘you will’. The ending -rons means ‘we will’. |
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| I will say. / I will tell. I will wait. | Je dirai.
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| You will wait. | J’attendrai.
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| We will wait. | Vous attendrez.
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| He will wait. | Nous attendrons.
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| I will understand. | Il attendra.
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| I will not understand it. | Je comprendrai.
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| I won’t understand you. | Je ne le comprendrai pas.
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| He won’t understand me. | Je ne vous comprendrai pas.
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| He will tell you. | Il ne me comprendra pas.
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| He won’t tell me. | Il vous dira.
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| I will ask you later. | Il ne me dira pas.
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| It will start soon. / It is going to start soon. | Ça va commencer bientôt.
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| It starts tomorrow. | Ça commence demain.
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| next week | la semaine prochaine
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| I’m going to see you next week. | Je vais vous voir la semaine prochaine. / Je vous vois la semaine prochaine.
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| to lift / to lift up | lever
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| I’m lifting it. | Je le lève.
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| He’s lifting it. | Il le lève.
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| She’s lifting it. | Elle le lève.
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| one is starting | on commence
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| One is starting now. | On commence maintenant.
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| In spoken language ‘on’ is often used for ... | ‘we’
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| One is very comfortable here. | On est très confortable ici.
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| one is going / we are going | on va
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| One is going to leave. | On va partir.
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| One is going to stay here. / We are going to stay here. | On va rester ici.
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| Shall we…? | On va…?
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| Shall we start? | On va commencer?
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| Shall we leave? | On va partir?
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| Shall we stay? | On va rester?
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| What shall we…? | Qu’est-ce qu’on va…?
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| What shall we do? | Qu’est-ce qu’on va faire?
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| What shall we eat? | Qu’est-ce qu’on va manger?
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| What shall we order? | Qu’est-ce qu’on va commander?
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| What shall we drink? | Qu’est-ce qu’on va boire?
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| What shall we take? | Qu’est-ce qu’on va prendre?
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| When referring to food or drink you do not use the verb ‘avoir’ (to have), you use ... | ‘prendre’ (to take)
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| I’m going to have a | Je vais prendre une
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| cup of coffee. | tasse de café.
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| to have lunch | déjeuner
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| the lunch | le déjeuner
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| Will you have lunch with me? | Voulez-vous déjeuner avec moi?
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| breakfast | le petit déjeuner
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| Will you have breakfast with me tomorrow morning? | Voulez-vous prendre le petit déjeuner avec moi demain matin?
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| I will do it. | Je le ferai. / Je vais le faire.
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| In English ‘will’ expresses the future tense with one exception: ... | ‘will you (please…)?’, which is a polite request and not the future tense.
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| Will you come with me? | Voulez-vous venir avec moi?
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| Do you want to come with me? | Est-ce que vous voulez venir avec moi? / Voulez-vous venir avec moi?
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| Will you wait for me? | Voulez-vous m’attendre?
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| Do you want to wait for me? | Voulez-vous m’attendre? / Est-ce que vous voulez m’attendre?
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