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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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LE, LA, LES, LUI, LEUR
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Today we have a difficult, but very exciting and useful task.
In the post above, you see 8 steps to building self-confidence.
Try to write them in English in the comments!
Good luck! And believe in yourself!
You can do it!!!
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#Phonetics
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#Vocabulary
If you want to say that someone trusts me/you/him/her/us/them, then you will use
*️⃣me/te/lui/nous/vous/leur + faire confiance
Please have a look at the following three examples, to better understand how to say “trust” in French with indirect object pronouns.
➖Est-ce que tu me fais confiance ?
Do you trust me?
➖Je te fais confiance.
I trust you.
➖Vous ne devriez pas lui faire confiance.
You shouldn’t trust her.
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Replace the expression «À un de ces jours» in this phrase with a synonym.
«Quand je quitte le bureau, je dis «À un de ces jours».»
(When I leave the office, I say "See you later".)
See the post above to make the right choice.
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#Phonetics
Read, listen and repeat the phrase.
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#Adjective
*️⃣ Plural masculine and feminine nouns will use (these/those)
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➖le prix🔤 les prix
Ces prix sont scandaleux !
These prices are outrageous!
➖la boîte 🔤les boîtes
Ces boîtes sont fragiles.
These boxes are fragile.
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*️⃣Masculine singular nouns will use (this/that)
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➖le gâteau
Ce gâteau est délicieux !
This cake is delicious!
➖l’endroit
Cet endroit est parfait.
This place is perfect.
❗️Please note that ce is used for masculine singular nouns that start with a consonant.
❗️Cet is used for masculine singular nouns that start with a vowel or a mute h.
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#Adjective
How to use: ce, cet, cette, ces.
In English, when you use this/that to refer to something, it means that whatever you are referring to is close to you.
However, when you use these/those to refer to something, it means that whatever you are referring to is far from you.
in French, you have to agree in gender and number.
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#pronoun
❗️if you want to say that someone is going to visit me/you/him/her/us/them, then you will use:
*️⃣me/te/lui/nous/vous/leur + rendre visite
➖Je vais lui rendre visite.
I am going to visit her.
➖Vas-tu me rendre visite ?
Are you going to visit me?
➖Allez-vous leur rendre visite ?
Are you going to visit them?
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#Vocabulary
To Visit Someone In French
If you want to say “to visit someone”, then you will use the following idiom:
*️⃣ rendre visite à [quelqu’un] = to visit [someone]
➖Il ne va pas rendre visite à sa sœur.
He is not going to visit his sister.
➖Laurent rend visite à Janine.
Laurent is visiting Janine.
➖Nous rendons visite à mes parents.
We are visiting my parents.
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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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#Vocabulary
Check if you have correctly done the previous test.
Here are the correct correspondences of French and English phrases.
1️⃣Je n'y arriverai jamais. (I will never make it.)
2️⃣Je ne peux pas le faire. (I can not do it.)
3️⃣Je veux le faire. (I want to do it.)
4️⃣Comment puis-je le faire? (How can I do it?)
5️⃣Je vais essayer de le faire. ( I will try to do it.)
6️⃣Je peux le faire. ( I can do it.)
7️⃣Je vais le faire. ( I will do it.)
8️⃣Oui. Je l ai fait. (Yes. I did it)
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8 marches de la confiance en soi
8 steps to self-confidence
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If you want to express “trust”, then you will use the following idiom:
*️⃣faire confiance à 🟰 to trust
➖Je fais confiance à Paul.
I trust Paul.
➖Il ne fait pas confiance à ses amis.
He doesn’t trust his friends.
➖Tout le monde fait confiance à Annabelle.
Everyone trust Annabelle.
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«À un de ces jours» = The answer to this question will affect how to say goodbye.
➖If the next time you will see the person is not defined, you can use:
*️⃣ À un de ces quatre → Later (Undefined)
*️⃣ À un de ces jours → Later (Undefined)
*️⃣ À plus tard / À plus / A+ → Later (Undefined)
*️⃣ À la prochaine → Next time (Undefined)
*️⃣ Au revoir / Salut → Goodbye / Bye
➖And here are the ones you can use if you know when you will see the person again:
*️⃣ À tout de suite / À toute / Je reviens tout de suite → 1 to 30 minutes*
*️⃣ À tout à l’heure / À toute / Je reviens → 30 minutes to later today*
*️⃣ À ce soir → This evening
*️⃣ À demain → Tomorrow
*️⃣ À lundi / mardi / mercredi… → Next Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday…
*️⃣ À la semaine prochaine → Next week
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“À un de ces jours” is the French way to say “See you later” or “See you around“. It’s useful when you don’t know exactly when you will see the person again. #Vocabulary
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#Adjective
*️⃣Feminine singular nouns will use (this/that)
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➖la fille
Je connais cette fille.
I know that girl.
➖la publicité
J’adore cette publicité.
I love this commercial.
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#Verb
What will you use in the phrase "to visit New York"? Choose the correct answer below.
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#Verb
in the present tense
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#Vocabulary
In French, there is a difference between visiting a place, and visiting someone.
It’s very easy to say that you are visiting a place.
All you have to do is conjugate the French verb
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➖Je vais visiter Paris.
I am going to visit Paris.
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