Shadowing Practice: 10 verbes que TOUS les Français utilisent vraiment - Learn English Speaking with YouTube
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Salut !
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Si tu veux parler un français plus naturel,
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tu n'as pas forcément besoin de connaître plus de mots.
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Il faut surtout que tu connaisses les verbes les plus utilisés en français.
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Ce ne sont pas forcément les verbes les plus beaux ou les plus soutenus,
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mais ce sont ceux que les français utilisent au quotidien sans même s'en rendre compte.
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In this video, I will show you 10 who are often not maîtrisés by the apprenants.
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I would be surprised that you know the 10.
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The first one is the verb gérer.
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The basic sense, you know maybe, it's organiser, administrer.
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For example, I manage French Authentic,
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so it's me who organize it in general.
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But in oral, when we use gérer,
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we often say maîtriser a situation or even s'occuper of something.
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For example, he gert super well his team.
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It means that he is very well and that he is very well and that he is very well.
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Very often,
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the French use the short courte je gère c'est un moyen
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de dire pas de problème je m'en occupe fais moi confiance
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par exemple si ma femme doit partir et qu'elle me laisse
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avec les trois enfants en me disant fais bien attention je
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vais lui répondre t'inquiète je gère ça veut dire je maîtrise
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la situation fais moi confiance le deuxième verbe dont je souhaitais
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te parler c'est le verbe tomber tu You probably know the physical sense of the verb to be a failure,
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to make a chute.
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Someone who falls, is someone who,
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for example, is trying to go and make a chute.
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But in French, the verb to be a lot of idiom.
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For example, to be on someone,
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we use it rather in the figure,
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and that means to meet someone by chance.
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For example, I was on my old friend in the street.
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It means I met him by accident.
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We didn't have planned to see him.
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He marched, he marched, and we were on my own friend.
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On says I was on him.
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The proper sense would be weird.
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If you fell, if you fell,
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if you fell on a colleague,
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it doesn't have a sense here.
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So, retiens that tomber on someone means meeting someone by chance.
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There's also the locution, it's a tomb of a bad.
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If we say something is a tomb of a bad,
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it means it's a good time.
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Justly, I had to have to,
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so it's exactly a good time for me.
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For example, I just called you to phone because I need to talk to you.
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So here, your call is good,
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it's good, it means it's good.
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The opposite of it's good, it's bad.
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If you say it's bad,
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it means it's not good.
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It's not a good news.
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The third verb that I wanted to talk today is the verb TENIR.
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The first verb TENIR is maintaining something in your hand.
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For example, I hold this style c'est le verbe tenir.
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Le premier sens du verbe tenir,
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c'est maintenir quelque chose dans sa main.
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Par exemple, je tiens ce stylo.
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Je le tiens.
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Mais pendant une conversation, tu vas souvent entendre le mot tien au début de la phrase, seul.
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Et en fait, dans ce cas,
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tien est utilisé comme exclamation,
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souvent pour montrer une surprise.
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Par exemple, tiens, I don't know that you were here.
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You see that in this case,
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the word I am a little surprised.
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It's an exclamation.
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Of course, it comes naturally to a French.
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He doesn't think.
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But he says, I don't know that you were here.
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For showing his surprise.
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Sometimes, this little word, I use it to accompany the fact that we give something.
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For example, I can say, I use my stylo.
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So here, the tiens is a little word that doesn't mean anything,
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but that shows that I propose a object,
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I propose to take something.
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Let's take my stylo.
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The fourth verb is the verb filer.
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We use it to express the fact of going quickly.
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For example, I'm in a hurry, I file.
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It means I have to leave,
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but I have to leave.
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I'm in a hurry, I file.
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Filer is also used to be familiar with a familiar word for saying donner.
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It means to give, to pass.
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For example, file me your phone number, please.
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It means to give, give me your phone number, please.
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Passe-moi your phone number, please.
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Again, here is a language familiar that I don't invite you to use,
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but it is important to understand it.
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We will see six other verbs super useful.
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Of course, you can watch this video several times and I invite you to download it from now,
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you can do it right now,
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click on the first link in the description,
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in the download of your PDF PDF,
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which will be able to read the words that we are studying together with their definitions,
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the examples associated to each one of these definitions.
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So I invite you to do it now,
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because to hear a word like that once,
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it's good for your culture,
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but if you want to go further and use it for some of them,
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you need to read it.
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So, you can download this PDF PDF now.
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Now we can see the fifth verb which is the verb LÂCHER.
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In the proper sense, LÂCHER means no longer tenir.
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Here I hold my stylo, I have a LÂCHER.
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So LÂCHER is when we hold something, we stop it.
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And the fact of the stop it is LÂCHER.
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But in the family language,
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the French use the verb LÂCHER to say LÂCHER.
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It's a way to ask someone to stop pressing.
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For example, LÂCHE-MOI, I have to do calme.
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Again, it's familiar, when we say LÂCHE-MOI,
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it's even a little irrespective to say that,
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but the person who will say that will ask his interlocutor to stop pushing.
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Let's say, in a language a little more common, it also means abandonment.
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If you abandon a job,
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a place of life or another,
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you can use the verb let's say.
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For example, he has everything left to do the world.
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So he has quit his work,
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he has quit his friends,
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he has quit his apartment.
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He has everything left, he has everything abandoned.
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And of course, you probably have already heard the locution LÂCHER-PRISE.
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If we say that we let the prism,
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it means that we accept things that we can't change.
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Sixth verb, GALERER.
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GALERER means peiné, have trouble,
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suffer in a difficult situation.
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For example, I really have got to find a apartment in Paris.
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It means I have a lot of pain,
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it was difficult, I have pained.
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Or, I have a lot of pain with my children these days.
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It means I have a lot of pain,
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it's very difficult for me,
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maybe because they are little and they have too much energy or other.
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In any case, we understand that this person has difficulties.
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Sometimes, instead of saying I have a lot of pain,
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we can say it's a lot, voire it's a lot.
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So instead of saying, I can say,
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I can say, I can say,
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or I can say, you can say,
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you can see that there are different ways to use galérer,
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but that it takes a little bit the same idea,
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the same idea of difficulty.
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The seventh verb, it's a double verb,
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it's to say For example,
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if you ask what does this word mean,
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it means that you would like to know its signification,
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the signification of the word,
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what this word means, what it means.
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Sometimes we use it in the beginning of phrase to re-formulate a little bit.
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For example, I want to say it's complicated to explain.
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So the I want to say here,
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it lets a little bit of reflection to the person who speaks,
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and if you hear it,
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you understand that the person wants to reformulate something.
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I want to say.
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Eightieth, to be found.
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To be found in two senses.
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The first, to be found somewhere,
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or to be found somewhere.
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For example, to be found at 18 hours in the cinema.
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So here you understand that it means that we are going to meet there.
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The second sense is more subtle.
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It means being in a situation in a way a little inattent.
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For example, I was found alone to manage the project.
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If you see that I was found alone,
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it means that I was in this situation.
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And we understand that there is a little inattend.
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Maybe it was initially planned that five people would manage the project.
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And this person would say, I was found alone.
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That means I was alone in this situation and it was rather inattent.
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Nineveh verb, TENIR A.
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We talked about TENIR all the time,
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but TENIR A has a completely different sense.
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It means ATTACHER.
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9. Tenir à.
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On a parlé de tenir tout à l'heure,
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mais tenir à a un sens complètement différent.
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Ça veut dire attacher une grande importance à quelque chose ou à quelqu'un.
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Au fond de soi, cette personne ou cet objet est très important pour nous.
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On y tient.
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Par exemple, si tu dis à une personne « je tiens à toi »,
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ça veut dire « tu es très important pour moi ».
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I can also say, do attention to this stylo, I'm very careful.
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Again, it means that this object is important for me.
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Sometimes we can use it to show that something is important for us.
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We can say, I'm trying to say.
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So if you say, I'm trying to say,
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it means that it's important for me to say something,
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to say something, to add something.
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But I remember that, to say,
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to give a lot of importance to someone or something.
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The last verb, to start.
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We use it to say that we have a difficulty.
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We have to get a difficult situation.
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For example, This situation was difficult, but we were out.
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You understand here, we are out of our problems,
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we have managed to solve our problems,
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we have managed to overcome this complicated period.
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You can also ask someone how to get out of your new job.
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In doing that, you ask him how to get out of your new job,
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to get out of the difficulties that always happen when you have a new job.
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So, I hope you enjoyed it.
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Now I will give you two missions.
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The first is to download immediately the PDF PDF completely free,
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which is in the description of this video,
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to well see these 10 verbs.
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And your second mission is to write a comment in using one or two verbs that we have seen today.
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Because when we practice, when we met en pratique,
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on transform du vocabulaire passif qu'on comprend en vocabulaire actif qu'on utilise.
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Et c'est comme ça, petit à petit,
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qu'on maîtrise la langue et qu'on passe de la compréhension à l'expression.
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Donc fais ce petit exercice,
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tu choisis un verbe, deux verbes ou trois verbes parmi les dix,
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tu peux le faire après avoir téléchargé ta fiche et tu rédiges un petit commentaire without using the artificial intelligence, of course.
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Do you do it by yourself?
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If you like this content,
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you can show it in a little like, it helps you.
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You can share this video with your friends who learn French.
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And I invite you to join or to subscribe to the channel of French Authentic in activating the notifications.
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Thanks for having spent this time with me and I say to you very soon for new content in French Authentic.
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Salut !
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In this lesson, you will enhance your English speaking skills by focusing on practical vocabulary and phrases commonly used in everyday conversations. Drawing inspiration from a French YouTube video discussing essential French verbs, this lesson aims to help you discover how mastering commonly used verbs can improve your English fluency. By listening to the verb usage and practicing pronunciation, you'll learn how to communicate naturally, making your spoken English more relatable and effective. Whether you aim to excel in IELTS speaking practice or simply want to engage in casual conversations, this lesson is designed to help you achieve your goals.
Key Vocabulary & Phrases
- Gérer: to manage, organize, or take care of something.
- Tomber: to fall, but also means to meet someone by chance.
- Sans même s'en rendre compte: without even realizing it.
- Pas de problème: no problem.
- Fais moi confiance: trust me.
- Ça veut dire: it means.
- Un bon timing: a good timing.
- Je m'en occupe: I’ll take care of it.
Practice Tips
To effectively improve your English pronunciation, try shadowspeak techniques while practicing with this lesson. Start by listening to the phrases slowly, repeating them at the same pace. This will help you grasp the natural intonation and rhythm of native speakers. Once you feel comfortable, try shadowing at a faster speed, mimicking the tone and emotion behind the words. This speed increase will not only enhance your listening skills but also boost your confidence in speaking. Additionally, make sure to focus on the key verbs, such as "gérer" and "tomber," to incorporate them into your English conversations. After practicing, test yourself by forming sentences using these verbs naturally in context. Engaging in regular practice with content like videos enhances your ability to both understand and utilize the language effectively. With consistent effort and focus, you will find yourself communicating more fluidly and confidently, whether for personal conversations or in formal situations like the IELTS exam.
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