{"id":14373,"date":"2012-04-13T06:00:03","date_gmt":"2012-04-13T04:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=14373"},"modified":"2017-10-20T12:55:44","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T10:55:44","slug":"colloquial-french-part-01","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/colloquial-french-part-01\/","title":{"rendered":"Colloquial French &#8211; Part 01"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I&#8217;m Adir Ferreira, your new French blogger. I have been working with Transparent Language for 4 years on the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\">Spanish<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\">Portuguese <\/a><\/strong>and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/br\/ingles\/\">English for Brazilians<\/a><\/strong> blog. I hope to have a great time giving you some really cool tips to improve your French.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now, let&#8217;s start off with a series called <strong>Colloquial French<\/strong>. They&#8217;re sentences and expressions that you won&#8217;t usually find in dictionaries. These sentences and expressions were taken from movies, Youtube videos, TV shows and radio shows so enjoy them! <em>En route!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>C&#8217;est fini? \u00c7a y est?<\/em> = Is it over? Is that all?<br \/>\n<em>Vite! Fonce!<\/em> = Step on it!<br \/>\n<em>Co\u00fbte que co\u00fbte!<\/em> = Come what may!<br \/>\n<em>Croyez si vous pouvez!<\/em> = Believe it or not!<br \/>\n<em>Devine!<\/em> = Guess what!<br \/>\n<em>Il faut tenir le coup!<\/em> = Hang in there!<br \/>\n<em>\u00c0 propos&#8230;<\/em> = By the way&#8230;<br \/>\n<em>Voil\u00e0!<\/em> = Here you are!<br \/>\n<em>Les choses se casent<\/em>. = Things are falling into place.<br \/>\n<em>Jusqu&#8217;\u00e0 pr\u00e9sent \u00e7a va!<\/em> = So far so good.<br \/>\n<em>C&#8217;est la vie! La vie est comme \u00e7a!<\/em> = That&#8217;s life!<br \/>\n<em>Avec (le) temps&#8230;<\/em> = As time goes by&#8230;<br \/>\n<em>Calme-toi!<\/em> = Calm down!<br \/>\n<em>Contr\u00f4le-toi!<\/em> = Pull yourself together!<br \/>\n<em>Tu as r\u00e9ussi?<\/em> = Any luck?<br \/>\n<em>Tant pis pour toi!<\/em> = Tough luck!<br \/>\n<em>Bien fait!<\/em> = It serves you right!<br \/>\n<em>Tire-toi!<\/em> = Take a hike!<br \/>\n<em>Pile ou face?<\/em> = Heads or tails?<br \/>\n<em>S\u00fbrement! Sans aucun doute!<\/em> = Definitely!<br \/>\n<em>Comment?<\/em> = Come again?<br \/>\n<em>Comment \u00e7a fait que&#8230;?<\/em> = How come&#8230;?<br \/>\n<em>Comment c&#8217;est possible?<\/em> = How&#8217;s that possible?<br \/>\n<em>Occupe-toi de tes affaires!<\/em> = Mind your own business!<br \/>\n<em>\u00c7a se voit!<\/em> = You can tell!<br \/>\n<em>\u00c0 partir de maintenant&#8230;, d\u00e9sormais&#8230;<\/em> = From now on&#8230;<br \/>\n<em>Jette un coup d&#8217;oeil!<\/em> = Check it out!<br \/>\n<em>Laisse-moi tranquille!<\/em> = Give me a break!<br \/>\n<em>Il n&#8217;en est pas question!<\/em> = No way!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Want more free resources to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.transparent.com\/learn-french\/\">learn French<\/a>? Check out the other goodies we offer to help make your language learning efforts a daily habit.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>C&#8217;est tout pour aujourd&#8217;hui! J&#8217;esp\u00e8re que \u00e7a vous a plu.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"192\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/04\/french-cup.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><p>I&#8217;m Adir Ferreira, your new French blogger. I have been working with Transparent Language for 4 years on the Spanish, Portuguese and English for Brazilians blog. I hope to have a great time giving you some really cool tips to improve your French. Now, let&#8217;s start off with a series called Colloquial French. 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