PHRASES
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Maman, t'oublies pas de me prévenir quand tu as fini les courses ?
→ “Mom, don't forget to let me know when you're done with the shopping?”
Maman — Mom (noun of direct address)
t'oublies — forget (v.) — present tense, 2nd-p. singular of oublier
pas — not (part of negation 'ne...pas')
de — of / to / from (preposition introducing infinitive)
me — me (object pronoun)
prévenir — to warn / to let know (infinitive verb)
quand — when (conjunction)
tu — you (subject pronoun)
as — have (v.) — present tense, 3rd-p. singular of avoir
fini — finished (adj./past participle of finir)
les courses — shopping / errands (noun)
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J'ai fini, je suis à la maison là.
→ “I'm done, I'm at home now.”
J' — I (contraction of 'je' before vowel)
ai fini — finished (adj./past participle of finir)
je — I (subject pronoun)
suis — am (v.) — present tense, 1st-p. singular of être
à — at / to (preposition)
la maison — house / home (noun)
là — there / here (adverb indicating location)
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Tu sais que j'étais avec toi au supermarché ?
→ “You know that I was with you at the supermarket?”
Tu — you (subject pronoun)
sais — know (v.) — present tense, 2nd-p. singular of savoir
que — that (conjunction)
j'étais — I was (v.) — imperfect tense, 1st-p. singular of être
avec — with (preposition)
toi — you (object pronoun)
au supermarché — supermarket (noun)
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Ah ben voilà ! Me disait bien que j'avais oublié quelque chose !!
→ “Oh well there it is! It told me I had forgotten something!!”
Ah — ah (interjection expressing realization)
ben — well (discourse filler / intensifier)
voilà — there it is / see (expression of discovery)
Me — me (object pronoun)
disait — was telling (v.) — imperfect tense, 3rd-p. singular of dire
bien — indeed / surely (adverb emphasizing certainty)
que — that (conjunction)
j'avais — I had (v.) — pluperfect tense, 1st-p. singular of avoir
oublié — forgotten (v.) — past participle of oublier
quelque — some / any (indefinite adjective)
chose — thing (noun)
