PHRASES
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Trente ans de ma femme la semaine prochaine..
→ “My wife's 30th birthday next week..”
Trente — thirty — number
ans — years — plural of 'year'
de — of — preposition indicating possession or relation
ma — my — possessive adjective (feminine singular)
femme — wife — noun
la semaine — week — noun
prochaine — next — adjective (feminine singular agreement with 'semaine')
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T'as pas une idée de cadeau génial ?
→ “Don't you have a brilliant gift idea?”
T' — you — contraction of 'tu' before vowel sound
as — have — present tense, 2nd person singular of 'avoir'
pas — not — negation particle (informal drop of 'ne')
une idée — idea — noun
de — of — preposition introducing complement
cadeau — gift — noun
génial — brilliant — adjective (masculine singular)
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Pour les 30 ans de ma femme, je l'ai emmené sur une île..
→ “For my wife's 30th birthday, I took her to an island..”
Pour — for — preposition indicating purpose or occasion
les 30 — 30 — number
ans — years — plural of 'year'
de — of — preposition indicating possession
ma — my — possessive adjective (feminine singular)
femme — wife — noun
je — I — subject pronoun
l'ai — have — present tense, 1st person singular of 'avoir' (auxiliary verb)
emmené — taken — past participle of 'emmener' (to take someone somewhere)
sur — on/to — preposition indicating destination or location
une île — island — noun
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Wouaooh ! T'y vas pas avec le dos de la main morte toi !!
→ “Wow! Don't go at it half-heartedly, you!!”
Wouaooh — wow — interjection expressing surprise or excitement
T' — you — contraction of 'tu' before vowel
y — there/about it — adverbial pronoun replacing 'là' or referring to situation
vas — go — present tense, 2nd person singular of 'aller'
pas — not — negation particle (informal drop of 'ne')
avec — with — preposition indicating means or accompaniment
le dos — back — noun
de — of — preposition indicating possession or relationship
la main — hand — noun
morte — dead — adjective (feminine singular agreement with 'main'; here used metaphorically for lack of effort)
toi — you — stressed pronoun emphasizing the subject
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Ca va être dur de faire mieux après...
→ “It's going to be hard to do better after that...”
Ca — it — impersonal subject pronoun
va — will go/will be — present tense, 3rd person singular of 'aller' (used as auxiliary for near future)
être — to be — infinitive form of verb
dur — hard/difficult — adjective (masculine singular)
de — of/to — preposition introducing infinitive clause
faire — to do/make — infinitive form of verb
mieux — better — comparative adverb of 'bien'
après — after — preposition/adverb indicating time sequence
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T'as prévu quoi pour ses 50 ans ??
→ “What have you planned for his/her 50th birthday??”
T' — you — contraction of 'tu' before vowel
as — have — present tense, 2nd person singular of 'avoir'
prévu — planned — past participle of 'prévoir' (to plan/foresee)
quoi — what — interrogative pronoun
pour — for — preposition indicating purpose or occasion
ses — his/her/their — possessive adjective (plural agreement with 'ans')
50 — 50 — number
ans — years — plural of 'year'
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D'aller la rechercher (peut-être).
→ “(To go fetch her) (maybe).”
D'aller — to go — infinitive form of verb
la rechercher — to fetch/go get — infinitive form of verb
peut-être — maybe/perhaps — adverb expressing uncertainty
