PHRASES
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-bravo Christian vous gagnez cette magnifique cave à vin
→ “- bravo Christian, you win this magnificent wine cellar”
-bravo — bravo — well done / congratulations (exclamation of praise)
Christian — Christian — proper noun (name)
vous — you — formal/plural subject pronoun
gagnez — win — present tense, 2nd-person plural of gagner (to win); here used in the sense of 'you are awarded'
cette — this — feminine singular demonstrative adjective
magnifique — magnificent — adj.
cave — cellar — n.
à — to / of — preposition indicating possession or purpose
vin — wine — n.
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-Ça tombe bien j'ai du 12 ans d'âge à la maison
→ “- that works out perfectly, I have a 12-year-old at home”
-Ça — that — colloquial contraction of 'cela', subject pronoun here
tombe — falls — present tense, 3rd-p. singular of tomber (to fall); part of idiom 'ça tombe bien'
bien — well / nicely — adv.; completes the phrase 'ça tombe bien' meaning 'that works out perfectly'
j'ai — I have — contraction of 'je' + 'avoir'; present tense, 1st-p. singular of avoir (to have)
du 12 — 12 — numeral
ans — years — n., plural of an (year)
d'âge — of age — prepositional phrase modifying '12 ans'; literally 'of age', here means 'in terms of age'
à — at / to — preposition
la maison — house / home — n., feminine
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-ha monsieur est connaisseur en vin
→ “- ha, sir is a wine connoisseur”
-ha — ha — interjection expressing realization or mild surprise
monsieur — sir — n., title of respect
est — is — present tense, 3rd-p. singular of être (to be)
connaisseur — connoisseur — n., someone with expert knowledge
en — in / of — preposition introducing domain of expertise
vin — wine — n.
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-quel vin?
→ “- which wine?”
-quel — which — interrogative adjective, masculine singular form of quel
vin — wine — n.
