BEGINNER2. LESSON #31. EN VOITURE3
- Je ne suis pas mécontent de rencontrer tes parents même si j’ai un peu peur.- N’ai pas peur, ils sont très gentils. Je leur ai déjà beaucoup parlé de toi, alors ils te connaissent un peu.
- Tout de même, rencontrer pour la première fois les parents de ma… comment je dois dire ? Petite amie ? Copine ? Non, pas à notre âge. Amie ? Compagne ?… Amoureuse ?
- Bonne question. Au fait, quel âge as-tu ? Je te connais depuis quelques mois maintenant et je ne t’ai jamais posé cette question.
- Tu me donnes combien ?
- Je dirais à peu près comme moi, 34, 35 ans.
- J’ai 34 ans.
TRANSLATION
- I’m happy I can meet with your parents even though I’m a little scared.
- Don’t be scared, they’re very nice. I tell them a lot about you, so they know you a little.
- Anyway, to meet for the first time the parents of my… how should I say ? girlfriend ? friend ? No, we’re too old for that. A good friend ? A partner ? … a lover ?
- Good question. By the way, how old are you ? I know you for a few month now and I never asked you that question.
- How old do you think I am ?
- I’d say around 34, 35, like me.
- I’m 34.
- I’m happy I can meet with your parents even though I’m a little scared.
- Don’t be scared, they’re very nice. I tell them a lot about you, so they know you a little.
- Anyway, to meet for the first time the parents of my… how should I say ? girlfriend ? friend ? No, we’re too old for that. A good friend ? A partner ? … a lover ?
- Good question. By the way, how old are you ? I know you for a few month now and I never asked you that question.
- How old do you think I am ?
- I’d say around 34, 35, like me.
- I’m 34.
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Mécontent, mécontente : unhappy, not happy. Avoir peur : to be scared, to be frightened. Rencontrer : to meet. Petite amie (fém.) : girlfriend. Ami, amie (masc. et fém.) : friend. |
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In this lesson we have a double negation in the sentence :
Je ne suis pas mécontent de rencontrer tes parents.
First negation is ne…pas. Second one is in the adjective : mécontent (the opposite of content, prefix mé- is a negative one). Be careful, two negations make a positive sentence. It means Je suis content. That’s why we translate it I'm happy.In French, in order to ask someone’s age we use the sentence : Quel âge as-tu ? or sometimes Tu as quel âge ? but the first one is the most common. The answer to that question is : J’ai 34 ans. Attention ! Notice that in English we say I am 34 years old using the verb to be. In French, we always use the verb avoir to express the age. And the word ans is always required after the number.
J’ai 34 ans
Victor a 3 ans |
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Translate in French : 1. Suzanne is 4. 2. I am a little scared. 3. How old are you ? Translate in English : 1. J’ai rencontré les parents de mon petit ami. 2. Je ne suis pas mécontent de te voir. 3. Mon fils aura dix ans demain. Petit ami (masc.) : boyfriend. What do you understand ? Answers |
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