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#1 2008-07-04 17:50:06
- John E. Franklin
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francais question
Anyone know how to say this in French:
1.) "I would have done it, but..."
2.) "I should do that."
3.) "I could have gone there, but..."
4.) "We found out too late."
Thanks a lot for any help!!!
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#2 2008-07-04 23:03:03
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Re: francais question
(i) Je laurais fait, mais
(ii) Je dois le faire.
(iii) Jy serais allé(e)*, mais
(iv) Nous lavons / On la** découvert trop tard.
*Masculine = allé, feminine = allée
**On is commonly used nowadays for nous (we) in informal chat
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#3 2008-07-05 08:44:11
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Re: francais question
Merci beaucoup! Vraiment dure a\ apprendre dans une dictionarre.
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#4 2008-07-05 09:03:02
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Re: francais question
What if "should" is a little less
important than "must", such as:
I feel that I must, or I should.
Is there something different than
dois I could
use??
Peut-e^tre je
could say:
J'ai envie je dois...??
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#5 2008-07-05 09:16:29
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Re: francais question
Try
Il faut que je le fasse.
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#6 2008-07-05 13:10:40
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Re: francais question
Merci encore.
Puit-tu dit, "Nous peut-e^tre allons avec vous. Je vous'appellerai tard apre\s je parle a\ les autres." ?
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#7 2008-07-05 16:05:26
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Re: francais question
Nous pouvons aller avec vous. Je vous appelerai plus tard après avoir parlé aux autres.
(We can go with you. Ill call you later after Ive spoken to the others.)
Is that what youre trying to say?
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#8 2008-07-06 17:42:40
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Re: francais question
Thanks for that. Oh a firefly just landed on my face and I hurt it by mistake getting the itchy thing off before I knew what it was. Poor firefly, I hope it recovers. Actually I was trying to say: We might go with you, I'll call you later after I talk with the others. But I really appreaciate all this help. Now I just have to go back and memorize the "would", "could", "should" stuff again.
My memory isn't the best.
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#9 2008-07-06 19:46:59
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Re: francais question
... oh a firefly just landed on my face...
Cool mental image.
"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..." - Leon M. Lederman
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#10 2008-07-08 02:53:33
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Re: francais question
Est-ce que tu as les mouches feu qui clignotant?
Ici a\ 72 Ouest et 43 Nord, nous les avons pendant les e/te/s.
Ils clignotant (blink) a pre\s de (about) chaque deux secondes.
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