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#Vocabulary
It literally means:
Amuse → Enjoy / Have fun
Toi → Yourself
Bien → Good
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Translation: Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise. — Victor Hugo, French novelist
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#Vocabulary #Verb
Reflexive Verbs Conjugation Method
1. Find the infinitive (full verb)
2. Add the right reflexive pronoun
3. Conjugate the verb
1️⃣ se lever
The full verb of “to get up” is se lever in French
2️⃣ me lever
Because we are conjugating in the “je” form, we will take “me“
3️⃣ je me lève
When we conjugate the verb we get an e ending, so its becomes leve
So if we wish to say “I get up” we must say:
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#Verb
In French, there are some verbs that have the reflexive pronoun “se” in front of them.
When a verb has a “se” in front of it, the action is done to oneself.
These kind of verbs are called reflexive verbs.
To illustrate this, I will use a verb that can work as a normal verb and as a reflexive verb.
*️⃣lever
➖Je lève mon verre.
I raise my glass.
*️⃣se lever
➖Chaque jour, je me lève à 8 heures.
Every day I get up at 8.
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#Grammar #Verb
Let's repeat the conjugation of the verb «to walk» in the present tense!
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#Vocabulary
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❕ Complete the sentence
Le serveur travaille dans un______ français.
1. Bus
2. Journaliste
3. Restaurant
4. Taxi
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🇫🇷 Merci de tout mon coeur
🇬🇧 Thank you with all my heart
✅ DEFINITION
The literal meaning is:
• Merci → Thanks
• De tout → From all
• Mon coeur→ My heart
✅ HOW TO USE
Imagine someone offers you an amazing gift and your heart is full of gratitude, then instead of a classic "Merci." you can use "Merci de tout mon coeur !" or any other variations you will find in the next section.
All of them are fine with formal contexts, so you can use them in a professional environment too.
✅ SYNONYMS
Powerful gratitude:
• Merci beaucoup ! ("Thanks a lot")
• Merci pour tout ! ("Thanks for everything!")
• Merci bien! ("Thanks a lot!")
• Un grand merci ! ("A big thanks!")
• Mille mercis ! ("Thousand thanks!")
• Merci mille fois ! ("Thanks a thousand times!")
• Merci infiniment ! ("Infinite thanks!")
• Merci du fond du coeur ! ("Thanks from the bottom of my heart!")
✅ Normal gratitude:
• Merci. ("Thanks")
• Je vous remercie. ("Thank you")(Formal and/or plural)
• Cimer. ("Thanks")(Slang)
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🇫🇷 Comment vous appelez-vous ?
🇬🇧 What is your name?
✅ DEFINITION
"Comment vous appelez-vous ?" is a formal way to ask "What's your name?" in French.
✅ HOW TO USE
In French, there are many ways to say "What's your name". So, if someone asks you one of these:
• Comment tu t'appelles ?
• Comment t'appelles tu ?
• Comment vous appelez vous ? (Formal)
• Quel est ton nom ?
• Quel est votre nom ? (Formal)
• C'est quoi ton nom ?
• C'est quoi votre nom ? (Formal)
• Ton nom ?
• Votre nom ? (Formal)
• Nom ?
Then you can answer :
• Jean Dupont → Jean Dupont
• Je m'appelle Jean Dupont → My name is Jean Dupont
• Mon nom est Jean Dupont → My name is Jean Dupont
• Je suis Jean Dupont → I am Jean Dupont
And if instead of "Nom" (Name) we asked you specifically for your "Prénom" (First name):
• Jean → Jean
• Je m'appelle Jean→ My (first) name is Jean
• Mon prénom est Jean→ My first name is Jean
• Je suis Jean → I am Jean
Finally, if we asked you specifically for your "Nom de famille" (Last name / Surname):
• Dupont → Dupont
• Je m'appelle Dupont→ My (last) name is Dupont
• Mon nom de famille est Dupont→ My last name is Dupont
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🇫🇷 J'ai du pain sur la planche
🇬🇧 I have a lot to do
DEFINITION
• Avoir → To have
• Du pain → Some bread
• Sur la planche → On the board
Finally! A French idiom with bread! But where is it coming from and why does it mean: "To have a lot of work"?
Few centuries ago, it meant "To have a lot of resources" and it was a sign of prosperity/capacity to survive.
But weirdly, with time it became a way to say "I have a lot to do". Just like every morning, the baker sees all the uncooked bread on the board as a sign of the hard work he still has to accomplish.
HOW TO USE:
Whenever someone asks you if you are available for something, but you can't because you have a lot of things to do. You can say: "Je ne peux pas, j'ai du pain sur la planche". (I can't, I have some bread on the board)
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HOW TO USE IT
Scenario 1 — Your boss asks if working Sunday is okay:
👉 “Oui, c’est pas grave, je serai là.”
(Yes, don’t worry, I’ll be there.)
(Or the honest alternative: “N’y pense même pas, dimanche je dors.” — Don’t even think about it, I’m sleeping on Sunday.)
Scenario 2 — Someone checks on you after you fall:
👉 “C’est pas grave, je vais bien.”
(It’s not serious / I’m fine.)
Note:
The full, formal version is “Ce n’est pas grave.” But in everyday speech, we drop the ne → “C’est pas grave”. You’ll also hear the ultra-short “Pas grave”, which is casual but very common.
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The imperative mood of the reflexive verb "to wash".
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#Verb
The “ne…pas” is wrapped around the verb.
Negating with reflexive verbs is very similar:
*️⃣ ne + (me/te/se/nous/vous/se) + (verb) + pas
The “ne…pas” is wrapped around the verb AND the reflexive pronoun.
se lever
➖Elle se lève à 8 heures.
She wakes up at 8.
➖Elle ne se lève pas à 8 heures.
She doesn’t wake up at 8.
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The verb se promener is used to describe:
*️⃣ to take a walk
*️⃣ to take a stroll
➖Je me promenais dans les bois.
I used to take walks in the woods.
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The verb promener is used to describe:
*️⃣ to walk [something/someone]
➖Arthur promène son chien tous les jours.
Arthur walks his dog every day.
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#Phonetics
Audio dialogue from French people.
Read, listen and repeat the dialogue.
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The verb marcher is used to describe:
*️⃣ the general action of walking
*️⃣ the way in which a person walks
➖J’aime marcher lentement.
I like to walk slow.
➖Valérie marche dans la rue.
Valerie is walking on the street.
➖Clara marche sur le boulevard.
Clara is walking on the boulevard.
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🇫🇷 Excuse-moi
🇬🇧 Excuse me
DEFINITION
It literally means:
• Excuse → Excuse
• moi→ me
"Excuse-moi" is a common way to express "Excuse me" in French. It's useful to express apologies in informal contexts or when talking to someone you already know.
HOW TO USE
Just like in English, "Excuse-moi" (excuse me) is typically used when apologizing for interrupting a friend or a family member, few examples:
• Excuse-moi, il est quelle heure ?→ Excuse me, what time is it?
• Excuse-moi de te déranger... → Sorry to bother you...
• etc.
But it can also be used to apologize in every other formal situation, to express "I am sorry":
• Tu m'as fait mal ! → You hurt me!
• Excuse-moi, je ne l'ai pas fait exprès → I am sorry, I didn't do it on purpose
Finally, when you need to express apologies in formal contexts, you can use instead: "Excusez-moi" (Excuse me) or “Toutes mes excuses” (All my excuses/apologies)
SYNONYMS
• Excusez-moi → Excuse me (Formal)
• Je m'excuse → I apologize
• Désolé → Sorry
• Pardon → Sorry
• Toutes mes excuses → All my excuses/apologies (Formal)
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📌 MEANING
🇫🇷 J'ai du pain sur la planche
🇬🇧 I have a lot to do
Literal meaning: I have bread on the board
🗣️ IPA: / ʒe dy pɛ̃ syʁ la plɑ̃ːʃ /
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MEANING
🇫🇷 Casser la croûte
🇬🇧 To have a snack
*Literal meaning: To break the crust
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SYNONYMS
Neutral
• Ce n’est pas grave. — That doesn’t matter
• C’est rien. — It’s nothing
• C’est pas grand-chose. — It’s no big deal
Informal
• Pas grave. — No harm
• Ça va. — It’s okay
• Tranquille. — All good
• Rien de grave. — Nothing serious
• Pas de souci. — No worries
• Pas de problème. — No problem
• Y’a pas de mal. — No harm done
• Y’a pas mort d’homme. — Nobody died
• Y’a pas de lézard. — No issue (very colloquial)
• C’est pas la mort. — It’s not the end of the world
• C’est pas la fin du monde. — Same idea, slightly stronger
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🇫🇷 C’est pas grave
🇬🇧 It doesn’t matter / No problem
DEFINITION
Literally:
• C’est → it is
• Pas → not
• Grave → serious / severe
“C’est pas grave” is the French equivalent of “No problem”, “Don’t worry about it”, “It’s not serious”, or “That doesn’t matter.”
It’s one of the most common reassuring phrases in French used when you want to play something down, clear up a misunderstanding, or tell someone you’re fine after something goes wrong.
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