{"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 – Part 01"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m Adir Ferreira, your new French blogger. I have been working with Transparent Language for 4 years on the Spanish<\/a><\/strong>, Portuguese <\/a><\/strong>and 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

Now, let’s start off with a series called Colloquial French<\/strong>. They’re sentences and expressions that you won’t usually find in dictionaries. These sentences and expressions were taken from movies, Youtube videos, TV shows and radio shows so enjoy them! En route!<\/em><\/p>\n

C’est fini? \u00c7a y est?<\/em> = Is it over? Is that all?
\nVite! Fonce!<\/em> = Step on it!
\nCo\u00fbte que co\u00fbte!<\/em> = Come what may!
\nCroyez si vous pouvez!<\/em> = Believe it or not!
\nDevine!<\/em> = Guess what!
\nIl faut tenir le coup!<\/em> = Hang in there!
\n\u00c0 propos…<\/em> = By the way…
\nVoil\u00e0!<\/em> = Here you are!
\nLes choses se casent<\/em>. = Things are falling into place.
\nJusqu’\u00e0 pr\u00e9sent \u00e7a va!<\/em> = So far so good.
\nC’est la vie! La vie est comme \u00e7a!<\/em> = That’s life!
\nAvec (le) temps…<\/em> = As time goes by…
\nCalme-toi!<\/em> = Calm down!
\nContr\u00f4le-toi!<\/em> = Pull yourself together!
\nTu as r\u00e9ussi?<\/em> = Any luck?
\nTant pis pour toi!<\/em> = Tough luck!
\nBien fait!<\/em> = It serves you right!
\nTire-toi!<\/em> = Take a hike!
\nPile ou face?<\/em> = Heads or tails?
\nS\u00fbrement! Sans aucun doute!<\/em> = Definitely!
\nComment?<\/em> = Come again?
\nComment \u00e7a fait que…?<\/em> = How come…?
\nComment c’est possible?<\/em> = How’s that possible?
\nOccupe-toi de tes affaires!<\/em> = Mind your own business!
\n\u00c7a se voit!<\/em> = You can tell!
\n\u00c0 partir de maintenant…, d\u00e9sormais…<\/em> = From now on…
\nJette un coup d’oeil!<\/em> = Check it out!
\nLaisse-moi tranquille!<\/em> = Give me a break!
\nIl n’en est pas question!<\/em> = No way!<\/p>\n

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C’est tout pour aujourd’hui! J’esp\u00e8re que \u00e7a vous a plu.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

I’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’s start off with a series called Colloquial French. They’re sentences…<\/p>\n

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