PHRASES
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Coucou Ginette, t'offres quoi à David pour son anniv' ?
→ “Hey Ginette, what are you getting David for his birthday?”
Coucou — hey / hi (informal greeting)
Ginette, — Ginette (proper noun, name)
t'offres — you offer → here, 'tu offres' contracted to 't'offres' in spoken French; present tense, 2nd-p. singular of offrir
quoi — what (interrogative pronoun)
à — to / for (preposition indicating recipient)
David — David (proper noun, name)
pour — for (preposition indicating purpose or occasion)
son — his (possessive adjective, masculine singular)
anniv' — birthday (colloquial contraction of 'anniversaire')
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Une sacoche.
→ “A bag (satchel).”
Une sacoche. — bag (feminine noun; specifically a shoulder bag or satchel)
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Tu plaisantes ???? Il pourra échanger au moins si ça lui plaît pas !
→ “Are you kidding me???? He'll be able to exchange it at least if he doesn't like it!”
Tu — you (subject pronoun, informal singular)
plaisantes — joke → here, 'tu plaisantes' means 'are you joking?'; present tense, 2nd-p. singular of plaisanter
???? — multiple question marks (expresses disbelief or shock in text)
Il pourra — will be able to (future tense, 3rd-p. singular of pouvoir)
échanger — to exchange (infinitive verb)
au moins — less / at least (adverb; combined with 'au' forms idiom 'au moins' = 'at least')
si — if (conjunction introducing condition)
ça — it (informal subject pronoun, often replaces 'cela')
lui — him / to him (indirect object pronoun)
plaît — pleases → here, 'ça lui plaît' means 'he likes it'; present tense, 3rd-p. singular of plaire
pas — not (negation particle; used with 'plaît' to form negative: 'ne... pas' → colloquially dropped 'ne')
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Quoi ? C'est cool une sacoche, il sera content...
→ “What? A bag is cool, he'll be happy...”
Quoi — what (interrogative pronoun, used here as exclamation expressing surprise)
C'est — it is (contraction of 'ce est'); present tense, 3rd-p. singular of être + demonstrative 'ce'
cool — cool (loanword from English, commonly used in French slang)
une sacoche, — bag (feminine noun; same as before)
il sera — will be (future tense, 3rd-p. singular of être)
content — happy / pleased (adjective; agrees in gender/number with subject)
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-.- . Cites moi un seul mec cool célèbre avec une sacoche !
→ “-.- . Name me one single cool famous guy with a bag!”
-.- — eyebrow emoji / facepalm gesture (used in texting to show exasperation or sarcasm)
. — period (sentence terminator)
Cites — name / cite → imperative mood, 2nd-p. singular of citer
moi — me (object pronoun; indirect object here: 'cite to me')
un seul — single / only (adjective; emphasizes uniqueness)
mec — guy / dude (slang term for man, informal)
cool — cool (loanword from English)
célèbre — famous (adjective; agrees in gender/number with noun it modifies)
avec — with (preposition indicating accompaniment or possession)
une sacoche — bag (feminine noun; same as before)
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Touché.
→ “Gotcha. / You got me.”
Touché. — gotcha / you got me (past participle of toucher, used figuratively to admit defeat or acknowledgment)
