To express the sentiment "you are beautiful" to a woman in French, say"tu es belle."The phonetic pronunciation of this short phrase is roughly, "too eh bell." Alternatively, you can say "tu es jolie," which means "you are pretty." Pronounce "tu es jolie" as "too eh jo-lee." To...
Saying thank you is all about being polite, and knowing how to sayyou are welcomein French when someone thanks you shows that you’re well-mannered too. There are several options, of varying degrees of difficulty, although most are interchangeable. Avec plaisir Literallywith pleasure, the Englis...
There are no distinct second-person plural pronouns in modern standard English. “Ye” once served that purpose; a good look at the King James version of the Bible can give a sense of the usage. “Ye are the light of the world,” Jesus t...
The term derives from the Frenchmadame(French pronunciation: [maˈdam]); in French, ma dame literally means "my lady". In French, the abbreviation is "Mme" or "Mme" and the plural is mesdames (abbreviated "Mmes" or "Mmes"). What we will say OK MAM in French? Aah! - It's...
In English, “thee” is singular and “you” is plural. But the British imitated the French and began to use “you” as an honorific. 一开始,英语中的“thee”和“you”只有单复数的差别,但英国人借用了法国的做法,用复数形式的“you”来表示“您“,而“thee...
In certain situations, you may need to useje vous aimeinstead ofje t’aimeto say “I love you.” The object pronounvous(“you,” plural) indicates that you are speaking to multiple people. Note: French-speaking people may usevouswith family members who are older than they are, especially...
French past participleWith this research we investigated the real-time electrophysiological correlates of noun–verb agreement checking during the comprehension of correct passive sentences in French. Event-related potentials were acquired while participants read passive sentences that contained covert (singular...
There are lots of ‘euh’ in French. The French use “euh” the way English speakers use “aah” or “umm”, as a spacer or breather between words or phrases. You kind of have to pick up on that as soon as you can and have it flow through your pronunciation. It will help you ...
Instead of attempting an English plural, we borrowed the abbreviations for the respective titles as they appear in French. Borrowing from French The French noun for Mister is Monsieur, and the noun for what gets abbreviated as Mrs. is Madame. Respectively, they are pluralized as Messieurs and...
There are no distinct second-person plural pronouns in modern standardEnglish. “Ye” once served that purpose; a good look at the KingJames version of the Bible can give a sense of the usage. “Ye are thelight of the world,” Jesus told a crowd in Galilee. But nowadays,“ye” and ...