PHRASES
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Alors ton stage en boulangerie ?
→ “So, your internship in baking?”
Alors — so / then
ton — your (informal singular possessive)
stage — internship / work placement
en — in / as
boulangerie — bakery
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Nickel ! J'adore ça en plus !!
→ “Awesome! I love it on top of that!!”
Nickel — awesome / perfect / great (slang)
J' — I (contraction of 'je' before a vowel)
adore — love / adore
ça — it / this / that
en plus — on top of that / furthermore
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Ah ben tant mieux !! T'as pas fait de gaffe ? M'étonne de ta part...
→ “Oh well, all the better!! You didn't make a mistake? No wonder coming from you...”
Ah — oh
ben — well (colloquial filler)
tant — so much / so
mieux — better
T' — you (contraction of 'tu') + not + done (part of 't'as pas fait')
pas — not
fait — done / made
de gaffe — mistake / blunder
M'étonne — surprises me (colloquial for 'ça m'étonne')
de — from / of
ta — your (informal singular possessive)
part — side / part
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lol presque !! Tu sais à la boulange, on a des mini-saucisses qu'on appelle les bébés-croissants, bébés-chausson etc..
→ “lol almost!! You know at the bakery, we have little sausages that we call baby-croissants, baby-pastries etc..”
lol — laugh out loud (internet slang)
presque — almost
Tu — you (subject pronoun)
sais — know
à — at / to
la boulange — bakery (colloquial shortening of 'boulangerie')
on — we / people / one
a — have
des mini-saucisses — little sausages
qu'on — that we (contraction of 'que' + 'on')
appelle — call
les bébés-croissants — baby-croissants
bébés-chausson — baby-pastries
etc.. — et cetera (and so on)
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Oui à 30cts ? J'aime bien, c'est bien pour les petits enfants.
→ “Yes for 30 cents? I like it well, it's good for small children.”
Oui — yes
à — for / at
30 — 30
cts — cents (abbreviation of 'centimes')
J' — I (contraction of 'je' before a vowel)
aime — like
bien — well / quite
c' — it (contraction of 'ce' before a vowel)
est — is
bien — good / fine
pour — for
les petits — small
enfants — children
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Oui ben hier, j'avais lancé une cuisson et ça m'était sorti de la tête... Quand je m'en suis rappelé, j'ai bêtement crié dans le magasin "j'ai oublié les bébés dans le four !!" et j'ai couru à la cuisine.
→ “Yeah well yesterday, I had started a bake and it slipped my mind... When I remembered it, I stupidly yelled in the shop "I forgot the babies in the oven!!" and ran to the kitchen.”
Oui — yeah / yes
ben — well (colloquial filler)
hier — yesterday
j' — I (contraction of 'je' before a vowel)
avais — had (auxiliary verb for pluperfect tense)
lancé — started / launched
une cuisson — cooking / bake
et — and
ça — it
m' — me (reflexive pronoun) + was (auxiliary for passive/reflexive)
était — was (auxiliary verb for past participle agreement)
sorti — come out / slipped (past participle)
de — out of / from
la tête — head
Quand — when
je — I (subject pronoun)
m' — myself (reflexive pronoun) + am/are/was (auxiliary for reflexive verbs)
suis — am/are/was (auxiliary verb for passé composé with reflexive verbs)
rappelé — remembered (past participle)
j' — I (contraction of 'je' before a vowel)
ai bêtement — stupidly / foolishly
crié — shouted / yelled (past participle)
dans — in
le magasin — shop / store
"j'ai — I have (contraction of 'je' + 'ai')
oublié — forgotten (past participle)
les bébés — babies
dans — in
le four — oven
!!" — exclamation marks
et — and
j' — I (contraction of 'je' before a vowel)
ai couru — ran (past participle of courir)
à — to / towards
la cuisine — kitchen
