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“None” in French can be expressed in the following way:
*️⃣ ne…aucun/aucune + [chose] = none/not one/no + [thing]
➖le commentaire
Je n’ai aucun commentaire.
I have no comment.
➖l’ennemi
Je n‘ai aucun ennemi.
I have no enemies.
➖la chance
Ils n’ont aucune chance.
They don’t stand a chance.
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“No more” in French can be expressed in the following way:
*️⃣ ne [verb] plus = no more/no longer
➖Tu ne peux plus voir Jean.
You can no longer see Jean.
➖Il n’est plus malade.
He’s not sick any more.
➖Ils n’ont plus besoin de moi.
They don’t need me anymore.
❗️Please note that the -s in plus will not be pronounced unless it is in a liaison with a vowel.
In that case, it will take a -z sound.
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“No one” in French can be expressed in the following way:
*️⃣ ne…personne = no one/not anyone
➖Tu ne trompes personne.
You’re not fooling anyone.
➖Il ne voit personne.
He doesn’t see anyone.
➖Elle n’aime personne.
She doesn’t like anyone.
❗️Please note that “personne” means “no one”.
However, “une personne” means “a person”.
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When to use Articles
*️⃣With this negation you are only allowed to use definite articles (le, la, and les).
However, you only use the definite articles to refer to something in a specific situation.
➖Je ne veux ni vin ni bière.
I neither want wine nor beer.
*️⃣This is a general statement. This person just doesn’t want wine or beer, regardless of the situation. Maybe this person doesn’t drink alcohol.
➖Je n’aime ni le pain ni le fromage.
I neither like the bread nor the cheese.
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Write in the comments what the weather is now where you live.
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Weather in French: 🔤🔤 🔤 🔤
*️⃣ il y a + [noun] “there is” + noun.
*️⃣ Il y a + du / de la / de l’ / des + noun.
➖Il y a du vent.
It is windy.
➖Il y a de l’orage.
It is stormy.
➖Il y a de la brume.
It’s misty.
➖Il y a de la pluie.
It’s rainy.
➖Il y a du soleil.
It is sunny.
➖Il y a des nuages.
It is cloudy.
➖Il y a du brouillard.
It is foggy.
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il fait + [adjective] “it does + adjective”.
➖Il fait beau.
The weather is nice.
➖Il fait mauvais.
The weather is bad.
➖Il fait trop chaud.
It is too hot.
➖Il fait très froid.
It is very cold.
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“Il fait un froid de canard” (It’s a cold of duck)
Synonyms and similarities
*️⃣ Il fait froid → It’s cold
*️⃣Ça caille → It’s freezing
*️⃣J’ai froid → I’m cold
*️⃣Je suis glacé(e) → I’m frozen
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It means “It’s freezing cold” but literally means: “It’s a cold of duck“
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"Je ne sais pas sur quel pied danser" (I don’t know where to give my head.)
Synonyms
*️⃣ Je ne sais pas où donner de la tête → I don’t know where to give my head
*️⃣ Je ne sais pas à quel saint me vouer → I don’t know which Saint to devote
*️⃣ J’ai le cul entre deux chaises → My ass is between two chairs (Vulgar)
*️⃣ Je ne sais pas quoi faire → I don’t know what to do
*️⃣ Je ne sais comment réagir → I don’t know how to react
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It literally means:
* Je → I
* ne sais pas → don’t know
* sur → on
* quel → which
* pied → foot
* danser → to dance
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Sport and Hobbies in French:
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Please take a look at how the idiom faire de is used in French.
➖Tu fais du ski ?
Do you ski?
➖Elle fait de la natation.
She swims. [on a regular basis]
➖Nous faisons du vélo tous les week-ends.
We cycle every weekend.
❗️Please don’t forget about contractions in French,
*️⃣de + le = du
*️⃣de + les = des
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#Vocabulary Translation: Today we don't know anymore how to speak because we don't know anymore how to listen. — Jules Renard, French author
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“Neither…nor” in French can be expressed in the following way:
*️⃣ne…ni…ni = neither…nor
➖Je ne bois ni café ni thé.
I drink neither coffee nor tea.
➖Il ne sait lire ni écrire.
He can neither read nor write.
➖Personne ne peut entrer ni sortir.
No one can get in or out.
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Weather in French
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The grammatical structure is “Il + verb”.
The following a weather-related verbs: pleuvoir (to rain), neiger (to snow) and geler (to be freezing).
*️⃣ Il pleut. It’s raining.
*️⃣ Il neige. It’s snowing.
*️⃣ Il gèle. It’s freezing.
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🔤🔤🔤🔤➖ Write in the comments how it will be in French "The weather is good." (You can see the hint in the picture.)
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When talking about the weather in French, you will need to know two idioms:
1️⃣ il fait [adjective]
You are literally saying “it does + adjective”.
2️⃣ il y a [noun]
You are literally saying “there is” + noun.
➖Il fait froid.
It is cold.
➖Il y a du vent.
It is windy.
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