What French words or phrases would you like me to teach you?

[Julie4]

[nightdrot]

Okay, this won't surprise you..."After me, the deluge!!" Cheery, isn't it?

[Julie4]

Haha , Après moi le déluge ! For the record, Louis XV used this phrase after the defeat of the Seven Years' War.

I hope you and your family are well. Please take care of yourselves.

[lilBigPotato]

I think I can say most things that I wanna say in French. It's not perfect but good enough to hold normal discussion. If I need to explain something that I'm not familiar with it gets difficult though

[Julie4]

Et bien c'est déjà très bien que vous puissiez vous exprimer à votre niveau.

[purplepoppy]

What noises do animals make, things like woof, moo, baa, quack? I know different languages have different words for them.

[Julie4]

The dog says ouaf ouaf or wouf wouf, not woof woof.
The cow says meuh, not moo.
The sheep says bêê, not baa.
The duck says coin coin, not quack quack.

[RavVid]

That is a good one. Alledgedly the ancient egyption for cats was meows. It is too good to be true I think.

[RavVid]

Moving along on this theme, English has collective nouns and it seems they came into being at a point in time and froze. Some of them are quite odd.
e. g. a gaggle of geese, a murder of crows, a parliament of owls, a school of fish,

Any weird French collective nouns?

[purplepoppy]

Interestingly where dogs make very different sounds in different languages cats don't deviate from meow much

[RavVid]

Sure is interesting animals make different sounds in different languages. Got the Egyptian for cats wrong a bit - it is miu. They did nickname people after cats too.

[purplepoppy]

Still close to meow and probable sound the same

[RavVid]

Think so. Probably spelt using continental vowel sounds and would come out more like mee-oo.

Apparently we ( well egyptian scholars) do know how to pronounce ancient Egyptian which is quite cool.

[Lliam]

You are charming and lovely. This is my first time here. Would it be impetuous to ask if you be willing to dine with me and show me around your beautiful city?

[Julie4]

Vous êtes charmante et adorable. C'est la première fois que je viens ici. Serait-il impétueux de vous demander si vous accepteriez de dîner avec moi et de me faire visiter votre belle ville?

[Lliam]

LOL That's beautiful. Merci beaucoup!

[Amy10223]

How about, "I used to study French in school, but I have forgotten almost all of it"?

I try it and because I really have forgotten I say, "J'ai etudie francais dan l'ecole, mais j'ai oublie beaucoup".

[RavVid]

May I suggest a selection of current vernacular? Everybody knows Voila. But what is the French equivalent to the exasperated whatever response. That could be fun.

[Julie4]

What would come closest is

Peu Importe or ça m'est égal

[Anonymous]

What are some idioms to express that something is easy or that you are very confident you can do it.

For example, in English we say "piece of cake" or "I got this" or "no sweat."

[Julie4]

Les doigts dans le nez , c est un jeu d'enfant , c est du gâteau ,

[Opinion Owner]

They say piece of cake in French? I wonder how this started.

[KostasKouvalis]

I don't care, whatever. Whatever you think the essentials are. Not like I'll be able to pronounce them anyways.😂

Usually the hundred most common words does the trick

[KostasKouvalis]

I'll probably forget them anyways

[KostasKouvalis]

By the way, that's really generous of you to offer free French lessons😊

[Julie4]

Je suis quelqu'un de gentil, tu devrais le savoir depuis le temps 🤣

[KostasKouvalis]

Oh my God!🤣

I am something of gentle, you deserve praise something time🤣

[KostasKouvalis]

https://voca.ro/14c8d9Vk2VfT

[Julie4]

It wasn't bad.

[KostasKouvalis]

Thanks. I'll NEVER get the accent right, and French people know that.
Let's see, what else can I say?

https://voca.ro/1cbe3ndAsxe7

[KostasKouvalis]

https://voca.ro/18s8GjMTcbpr

These are kinda fun😂

[Julie4]

Please promise me you won't sing again 🤣 well for someone who isn't French and hasn't learned it, your pronunciation is quite correct. As for the accent, no need to talk about it 🤣

But if it reassures you, tell yourself that Québécois do exist 🤣

[KostasKouvalis]

Okay, that's fair considering I roasted the way you write your numbers😂

Really? 😃 I guess I've heard it enough. Somes words at least. I think pronunciation and accent go hand in hand, but the accent is never gonna happened. You guys make sounds that don't exist here😂

Quebecois and pretty much every other dialect that isn't Metropolitan French😂

https://youtu.be/kawk1sBypQg?si=HDOlmt6E7pHTWvuL

https://youtu.be/pr_HcNzNBXg?si=K8iWl32RwbfeqOUd

[NathanDavis]

April's Fools... in France

[strateguy632]

how do you say the crystal slippers from cinderella?

[collie22]

Okay Julie. I would like to say " your coffee sit" or Mam
And "your change"
I do have a French customer. Even tho I'm only working part time this will be fun thanks

[Iron_Man]

Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn that one

[Julie4]

Honnêtement ma chère, je me fiche éperdument de l'un ou de l'autre.

[Iron_Man]

Thanks that line came from gone with the wind the movie

[Amy10223]

Yes, Rhett Butler said it to Scarlet! lol

[Iron_Man]

@Amy10223 right I was watching that video last night

[Amy10223]

That's a long movie! I saw that in the theaters once in NY. I always wanted a part 2. That Scarlett--why couldn't she just be happy with Rhett? Much more handsome and dashing than Ashley!

[Iron_Man]

@Amy10223 I saw that movie with my mother we rented it excellent movie

[Amy10223]

Yes, it is a great movie. Did your mother like it?
At the time the movie was around, I believe it won best picture for the year. I read the novel many times as a teen, very thick book. Now I want to see it again.

[TonyMetal___86]

The last time i answered your question in french, i got reported and my comment was deleted 😏

[strateguy632]

weird, comments are allowed in foreign language just not question?

[TonyMetal___86]

@strateguy632 yes i know and i always reply on her question in french but the last time i replied, the comment went hidden and than they removed it and the reason was because of "grammar"

[Heolurt]

Sorry but I have come here to spend my last few moments.

[Anonymous]

Nothing I can't learn from Google Translate.

[Julie4]

Google traduction est loin d"être parfait.

[Yannae]

To be honest with you. Everything.

[Julie4]

Haha , ça va être compliqué de tout vous apprendre. Mais si vous pensez à un mot particulier , dites le moi🙂

[Yannae]

Difficult or not, yes Everything, not just one word. I want that language down.

[love_conquers_lust]

What does the fox say?

[Julie4]

Qu'est-ce que le renard à dit?

[RyanEC]

What does Sacré Blur mean?

[Julie4]

Sacrebleu Means astonishment

[RyanEC]

I knew it translated to “sacred blue” but I wasn’t sure of the meaning.

[TiaNour]

My name is Tia

[Saiesh30]

I love your ass

[Saiesh30]

I'm asking for a translation of this 😅

[Julie4]

J'aime ton cul.

[Simslover92]

Fuck my life

[Andres77]

🤦‍♂️

[Simslover92]

🤷‍♀️

[Andres77]

Are you just giving up or are you frustrated but carrying on?

[Simslover92]

Frustrated but carrying on. It's just my favorite phrase I say to myself because I'm always fucking up.

[Andres77]

As long you don’t give up

[Simslover92]

Oh no I won't. I had times where I was going to but I've overcome those moments.

[Andres77]

Ok, just as long as you stay strong and you’re willing to fight alongside the rest of us, little sister.

[FunkyMonkee]

I love you.

[Julie4]

Je t'aime.

[FunkyMonkee]

That's what I thought! Mercy buckets!

[Julie4]

But I prefer to say it in the manner of the great French author Edmond Rostand

“Un baiser, qu’est-ce? Un serment fait d’un peu plus près, un aveu qui veut se confirmer, un point rose qu’on met sur l’i du verbe aimer ; c’est un secret qui prend la bouche pour oreille.” Edmond Rostand

Translation

"What is a kiss? An oath made a little closer, a confession that wants to be confirmed, a pink dot that we put on the i of the verb to love; it's a secret that takes the mouth for an ear." Edmond Rostand

[FunkyMonkee]

That's very logical!
How about, "Sur la mer"?