Thread: Can someone please check my French sentences???

Originally Posted by Оля

Originally Posted by Spiderkat

Beside this discussion, do you have any translations that need to be corrected or just verified ?

Ah, hm, yes, I think I have, but I must to type them here from the "cahier".

I have a question:
what is the defference: le mot - la parole?

I would say that they mean more or less the same thing but are used differently depending on the context or set expressions. Here are a few examples...
- c'est ma parole contre la tienne = it's my word against yours
- qui veut la parole ? = who wants to speak
- il va lui dire deux mots = he'll give him/her a piece of his mind
- il ne sait pas un mot de russe = he doesn't know a word of Russian

Of course these two terms also have a few meanings of their own.

Ok, I think I understand. Thank you.

Originally Posted by Оля

Ok, I think I understand. Thank you.

You're welcome. I think you can through without too much trouble using a dictionary when it comes to the expressions, fixed and figurative ones.

Spiderkat, tell me please, are the both sentences correct?

Ils marchent trop vite.
Ils vont trop vite.

Merci.

Originally Posted by Оля

Spiderkat, tell me please, are the both sentences correct?

Ils marchent trop vite.
Ils vont trop vite.

Merci.

Both are correct. And I'm sure you already figured out the difference between these two sentences.

Originally Posted by Spiderkat

And I'm sure you already figured out the difference between these two sentences.

No.

Originally Posted by Оля

Originally Posted by Spiderkat

And I'm sure you already figured out the difference between these two sentences.

No.

I thought you did. Don't worry, it's quite simple. In the first sentence the speed refers only to their walking and in the second sentence the speed refers to any movement whether it's an object or a living being.

Originally Posted by Spiderkat

do you have any translations that need to be corrected or just verified ?

Now - yes!
By the way, how can I say "now" in French? I have found too many variants: [i]

Et encore une question.

Is that right that "il pleut" could be translated as:
1. it's raining
AND
2. he is crying
?

Originally Posted by Оля

Et encore une question.

Is that right that "il pleut" could be translated as:
1. it's raining
AND
2. he is crying
?

Not as far as I know. Is it something you read in one of your books?
- il pleut = it rains, it's raining
- il pleure = he cries, he's crying

Originally Posted by Spiderkat

Is it something you read in one of your books?

No, it's my own "invention".

[quote=Оля]Now - yes!
By the way, how can I say "now" in French? I have found too many variants: [i]

Originally Posted by Оля

No, it's my own "invention".

Nice try.
Since you're talking about rain, here are a few other ways to say it when it rains a lot, when it's pourring.

- il pleut des hallebardes
- il pleut des cordes
- il pleut

[quote=Spiderkat]Since you're talking about rain, here are a few other ways to say it when it rains a lot, when it's pourring.

- il pleut des hallebardes
- il pleut des cordes
- il pleut

Originally Posted by Оля

En ce moment chez nous il pleut des hallebardes_!

Lucky you. Here we still have to wait for a few months to get any rain.

Originally Posted by Оля

J'aime beaucoup quand il pleut... (is this correct?)

This is correct. You could also say "J'adore quand il pleut...".

[quote=Spiderkat]
- il pleut des hallebardes
- il pleut des cordes
- il pleut

Originally Posted by Spiderkat

You could also say "J'adore quand il pleut...".

Oui ! J'adore quand il pleut ! Pr

[quote=kt_81]Je suis tr

Das macht nix. :P

[quote=kt_81]Spiderkat (I misspelled your nick twice before. Je suis tr