PHRASES
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Et Simon ? On le voit plus ? Il est mort ou quoi ?
→ “And Simon? We don't see him anymore? Is he dead or what?”
Et — and (conjunction)
Simon — Simon (proper noun)
On — we / one / people (indefinite subject pronoun)
le voit — see → present tense, 3rd-p. singular of voir
plus — anymore / no longer (indicates cessation of action)
Il est — is → present tense, 3rd-p. singular of être
mort — dead (adjective; agrees with 'il' in gender/number)
ou — or (conjunction)
quoi — what (interrogative pronoun)
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Ben non tu penses, il bosse pour sa prépa là !!!
→ “Well no, you think? He's working for his prep school right now!!!”
Ben — well (discourse filler / interjection)
non — no (negation)
tu — you (informal singular subject pronoun)
penses — think → present tense, 2nd-p. singular of penser
il bosse — works → informal contraction of 'travaille', present tense, 3rd-p. singular
pour — for (preposition)
sa — his/her (possessive adjective, feminine singular)
prépa — prep (short for 'classe préparatoire', a French intensive exam prep school)
là — there / now (adverb indicating location or time)
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Il dort pas des masses et bosse le reste du temps.
→ “He doesn't sleep much and works the rest of the time.”
Il dort — sleeps → present tense, 3rd-p. singular of dormir
pas — not (part of negation structure)
des masses — masses / loads (noun; 'des masses' = a lot, informally)
et — and (conjunction)
bosse — works → informal contraction of 'travaille', present tense, 3rd-p. singular
le reste — rest (noun; here means 'the remaining part')
du temps — time (noun)
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Ca fait au moins deux mois qu'il est pas sorti..
→ “It's been at least two months since he hasn't gone out..”
Ca — it (impersonal subject pronoun; colloquial for 'cela')
fait — makes / does → present tense, 3rd-p. singular of faire
au moins — less / fewer (adverb; combines with 'au' to mean 'at least')
deux — two (numeral)
mois — months (noun; plural of 'mois')
qu' — that (contraction of 'que' before vowel sound; introduces subordinate clause)
il est — has been → present tense, 3rd-p. singular of être (used here in 'être sorti' = to have gone out)
pas — not (part of negation)
sorti — gone out → past participle of sortir (agrees with 'il' in gender/number)
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Le pauvre, il est passé de vie à prépa…
→ “The poor guy, he went from life to prep school...”
Le pauvre — poor (adjective; here used empathetically to mean 'poor thing')
il est — has → present tense, 3rd-p. singular of être (auxiliary verb for compound tenses)
passé — passed → past participle of passer (with 'être', agrees with subject)
de — from (preposition indicating origin or change)
vie — life (noun; here implies normal daily life/socializing)
à — to (preposition indicating direction or destination)
prépa — prep (short for 'classe préparatoire', as before)
