Showing posts with label kenya french translation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kenya french translation. Show all posts

Monday, September 10, 2012

Plans / Arrangements

How to talk about your plans and make arrangements

Je ne peux pas aujourd'hui
J'ai une réunion importante
Tu es libre demain ?


To accept or turn down an invitation, say je peux (I can), or je ne peux pas (I can't). Peux is from the verb pouvoir

To say what you have to do, use je dois (I must). It's from the verb devoir and is followed by another verb in the infinitive:
Je dois aller à mon rendez-vous
I must go to my appointment.

With questions and negatives, English also uses "do" "don't" and "doesn't", which have no equivalent in French.
Tu travailles ici ?
Do you work here ?
Je ne travaille pas ici.
I don't work here.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Leçon 1 : Se présenter - Lesson 1: Introducing Yourself

Dialogue 1
Two good friends—Marie and Jean—are meeting:
• Marie: Salut Jean. Ça va ?
• Jean: Ça va bien, merci. Et toi, ça va ?
• Marie: Pas mal.
• Jean: Quoi de neuf ?
• Marie: Pas grand-chose.
• Marie: Au revoir Jean.
• Jean: Au revoir, à demain.
bonjour, salut                               hello (formal), hi (informal)
Comment allez-vous?                 (formal),comment ça va?/ça va ? (informal) how are you?
ça va bien                                    I'm doing well (lit. I'm going well)
merci                                         thank you
et toi ? et vous ?                       and you? (informal) and you? (formal)
pas mal                                     not bad
bien                                           good