PHRASES
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Mon amour, en lavant ton pantalon, je suis tombé sur une note avec marqué Natasha ...
→ “My love, while washing your pants, I came across a note with 'Natasha' written on it...”
Mon amour — my love → possessive adjective + noun (term of endearment)
en lavant — while washing → preposition + present participle indicating simultaneous action
ton pantalon — your pants → possessive adjective + noun (invariant plural item)
je suis tombé — I fell → subject pronoun + auxiliary verb (être) + past participle; indicates movement resulting in an event
sur une note avec marqué — with written → preposition + past participle used adjectivally to describe the note
Natasha — Natasha → proper noun (female name)
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Ce n'est rien, c'est juste le nom d'un cheval à jouer aux courses.
→ “It's nothing, it's just the name of a horse for playing races.”
Ce n'est rien — it is nothing → demonstrative pronoun + negative contraction + indefinite pronoun
c'est juste — it is just → subject pronoun + auxiliary verb + adverb emphasizing simplicity
le nom d'un cheval — of a horse → preposition + contracted article + noun
à jouer — to play → preposition + infinitive verb expressing purpose or activity
aux courses — to the races → preposition + contracted article + noun (plural)
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Ta jument vient d'appeler, elle ne pourra pas courir, elle est enceinte !
→ “Your mare just called, she won't be able to run, she's pregnant!”
Ta jument — your mare → possessive adjective + noun (female horse)
vient d'appeler — just called → verb 'venir' + preposition + infinitive indicating recent action
elle ne pourra pas — she won't be able → subject pronoun + negation + future tense modal verb + negation particle
courir — to run → infinitive verb expressing action
elle est enceinte — she is pregnant → subject pronoun + auxiliary verb (être) + adjective describing state
