Tex's French Grammar: Pronouns: Recent Episodes
First Year French @UT Austin
Tex's French Grammar is the grammar component of Français Interactif, an online French course from the University of Texas at Austin.
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Tammy: Quelque chose d'extraordinaire est arrivé aujourd'hui. J'ai rencontré quelqu'un de légendaire.
Tammy: Something exceptional happened today. I met somebody legendary.
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Tammy: Quiconque nous écoute en ce moment doit te trouver ridicule!
Tammy: Whoever is listening to us right now must think you are ridiculous!
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Tammy: Je n'ai jamais vu une jalousie telle que la tienne!
Tammy: I have never seen such jealousy as yours!
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Tex: Qui as-tu rencontré?
Tex: Who did you meet?
Tammy: Personne que tu connais.
Tammy: No one you know.
Tex: C'est tout? Tu ne me dis rien d'autre?
Tex: That's all? You aren't telling me anything else?
Tammy: Ça ne vaut pas la peine. Personne ne veut me croire.
Tammy: It's not worth the trouble. Nobody wants to believe me.
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Tex: Quoi? Tu as rencontré Ricky Williams? Quelques-uns de mes amis me disent que tu es amoureuse de lui ...
Tex: What? You met Ricky Williams? Some of my friends tell me you are in love with him ...
Tammy: Un peu ... Parmi mes copines, quelques-unes sont complètement folles de lui.
Tammy: A little ... Among my girlfriends, some are completely crazy about him.
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Tex: Tu es amoureuse de Ricky Williams?! Alors c'est chacun sa vie maintenant?!
Tex: You're in love with Ricky Williams?! So it's everyone for himself now?!
Tammy: Mais non, calme-toi!
Tammy: Of course not, calm down!
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Tammy: J'ai rencontré beaucoup de footballeurs, mais aucun ne me fait cet effet.
Tammy: I have met many football players, but none has this effect on me.
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Les copines de Tammy? Plusieurs sont folles de Ricky Williams.
Tammy's girlfriends? Several are crazy about Ricky Williams.
Les copines de Fiona? Certaines sont folles de Joe-Bob.
Fiona's girlfriends? Some are crazy about Joe-Bob.
Les copains de Tex? Certains sont amoureux de Tammy.
Tex's friends? Some are in love with Tammy.
Les copains de Tex? Tous sont dingues de Bette.
Tex's friends? All are crazy about Bette.
Les copines de Tammy? Toutes sont folles de Tex!
Tammy's girlfriends? All are crazy about Tex!
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Tammy: Tex, tout va bien?
Tammy: Tex, everything's ok?
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Tex: Non! Il y a un autre dans ta vie!?
Tex: No! There is another in your life!?
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Tex: Tammy, je ne suis pas n'importe qui! Tu ne peux pas me traiter comme ça!
Tex: Tammy, I am not just anybody! You cannot treat me this way!
Tammy: Tu racontes n'importe quoi, Tex!
Tammy: You are talking nonsense Tex!
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- chapter: Pronouns
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number
masculine
feminine
singular
celui
celle
plural
ceux
celles
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Tammy: Tu aimes l'accent d'Edouard? Bette: Je préfère celui de Tex.
Tammy: Do you like Edouard's accent? Bette: I prefer Tex's.
Tammy: Tu aimes la voix d'Edouard? Bette: Oh, je préfère celle de Tex.
Tammy: Do you like Edouard's voice? Bette: Oh, I prefer that of Tex.
Tammy: Tu aimes les yeux d'Edouard? Bette: Oui, mais je préfère ceux de Tex.
Tammy: Do you like Edouard's eyes? Bette: Yes, but I prefer Tex's.
Tammy: Tu aimes les oreilles d'Edouard? Bette: Oui, mais je préfère celles de Tex.
Tammy: Do you like Edouard's ears? Bette: Yes, but I prefer those of Tex.
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Bette: Tammy, regarde mes dernières photos de Tex! Tu préfères celle-ci ou celle-là?
Bette: Tammy, look at my latest pictures of Tex! Do you prefer this one or that one?
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Bette: Moi, j'aime les tatous.
Bette: Me, I like armadillos.
Tammy: Moi aussi, surtout ceux qui portent le béret.
Tammy: Me too, especially those who wear berets.
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Tammy: Et toi Bette, qui est-ce que tu aimes?
Tammy: What about you Bette, who do you love?
Bette: Celui que j'aime ne m'aime pas!
Bette: The one I love does not love me!
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Tammy: De qui tu parles?
Tammy: Who are you talking about?
Bette: Tu ne connais pas celui dont je parle.
Bette: You don't know the one I am talking about!
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Tammy: Tu es amoureuse de Tex, cela me semble évident!!
Tammy: You are in love with Tex. That seems obvious to me!!
Bette: Qu'est-ce que tu racontes?! Tu crois vraiment que je ne respecte pas l'amour entre toi et Tex?! Ça me fait de la peine, ça!
Bette: What are you saying!? Do you really believe that I don't respect the love between you and Tex? Now that really upsets me!
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Tammy: C'est ton béret Tex?
Tammy: Is this your beret Tex?
Tex: Oui, c'est le mien.
Tex: Yes, it is mine.
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mine
yours
his/hers/its
ours
yours
theirs
masculine singular
feminine singular
masculine plural
feminine plural
le mien
la mienne
les miens
les miennes
le tien
la tienne
les tiens
les tiennes
le sien
la sienne
les siens
les siennes
le nôtre
la nôtre
les nôtres
les nôtres
le vôtre
la vôtre
les vôtres
les vôtres
le leur
la leur
les leurs
les leurs
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Tex: Mon frère est musicien.
Tex: My brother is a musician.
Tammy: Le mien est professeur.
Tammy: Mine is a professor.
Tex: Ma soeur est secrétaire.
Tex: My sister is a secretary.
Tammy: La mienne est PDG.
Tammy: Mine is a CEO.
Tex: Mes parents sont américains.
Tex: My parents are American
Tammy: Les miens aussi.
Tammy: Mine too.
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Tammy: Je pense souvent à mes neveux.
Tammy: I often think about my nephews.
Tex: Je pense rarement aux miens.
Tex: I seldom think about mine.
Tammy: Oh! Tex, tu es si égoïste!
Tammy: Oh! Tex you are so selfish!
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Fiona: A qui appartient cette photo?
Fiona: Who does photo belong to?
Tex: Elle est à moi.
Tex: It's mine.
Tammy: Oui c'est la sienne. Tu ne connais pas Rita?
Tammy: Yes it is his. Don't you know Rita?
Fiona: Qui est Rita?
Fiona: Who is Rita?
Tammy: C'est la soeur de Tex.
Tammy: It is Tex's sister.
Fiona: Ta soeur est très belle. Tu lui ressembles.
Fiona: Your sister is very beautiful. You resemble her.
Tex: Non, je ne lui ressemble pas.
Tex: No, I don't look like her.
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Tammy: Quand j'étais à Lyon, je pensais souvent aux miens.
Tammy: When I was in Lyon, I often thought of my folks.
Tammy: Fiona, j'invite des amis ce soir. Tu es des nôtres?
Tammy: Fiona, I am inviting a few friends tonight. Are you joining us?
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Tammy: Tex, nous avons des invités ce soir. Il y a beaucoup de choses à préparer. J'espère que tu vas y mettre du tien.
Tammy: Tex, we are having guests tonight. There are a lot of things to prepare. I hope you are going to do your share.
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Tammy: Bette a encore fait des siennes. Hier elle a dragué Tex toute la soirée devant tout le monde.
Tammy: Bette has been up to her tricks again. She flirted with Tex all evening in front of everybody.
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person
singular
plural
1st person
je, I
nous, we
2nd person
tu, you
vous, you/y'all
3rd person
il, he/it elle, she/it on, one/we (colloquial)
ils, they (masc.) elles, they (fem.)
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Tammy: Bonjour, Paw-Paw. Vous allez bien?
Tammy: Hello Paw-Paw. Are you doing well?
Paw-Paw: Ah, oui! Et vous, mes enfants, Tex, Tammy, vous allez bien?
Paw-Paw: Ah, yes! And you, kids, Tex, Tammy, are you doing OK?
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Bette: La musique est bonne, n'est-ce pas?
Bette: The music is good, isn't it?
Tex: Non, elle est terrible! Je déteste la musique country.
Tex: No, it's terrible. I hate country music.
Bette: Oh, qu'est-ce que tu as fait, Tex? Le juke-box est cassé?
Bette: Oh, what did you do, Tex? The juke-box is broken
Tex: Oui, il est cassé!
Tex: Yes, it is broken!
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Bette et Tex sont de bons amis.
Bette and Tex are good friends.
Normalement ils s'entendent bien, mais pas aujourd'hui!
Normally, they get along well, but not today!
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Fiona: Bonjour Tex, tu vas bien?
Fiona: Hi Tex, are you doing well?
Tex: Pas du tout, je vais très mal. Je veux écouter de la musique française. Et puis Bette et moi, on s'est disputé.
Tex: Not at all. I'm doing poorly. I want to listen to some French music. And then Bette and I had a fight.
Fiona: Ah bon? Elle est toujours là?
Fiona: Oh really? Is she still here?
Tex: Non. Elle est partie avec Tammy. Elles sont allées au Broken Spoke.
Tex: Non, she left with Tammy. They went to the Broken Spoke.
Fiona: Tiens, nous y allons, toi et moi?
Fiona: Hey, why don't you and I go there?
Tex: Tu ne m'as pas entendu? Je n'aime pas la musique country!!! Beurk! Qu'est-ce qu'on aime la musique country au Texas!
Tex: Didn't you hear me? I don't like country music!!! Argh! People really like country music in Texas!
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noun, including modified nouns
Tex? C'est un tatou. C'est un Américain. C'est un petit tatou bilingue.
Tex? He's an armadillo. He is an American. He is a small bilingual armadillo.
Tammy et Tex? Non, ce ne sont pas des chats! Ce sont des tatous.
Tammy and Tex? No they are not cats! They are armadillos.
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adjective alone
Tex? Il est arrogant! Il n'est pas français. Il est américain. Tammy? Elle est gentille.
Tex? He is arrogant! He isn't French. He is American. Tammy? She is nice. -
nationality, occupation, religion (used as adjectives in French)
Tex? Il est poète. Trey? Il est musicien. Tammy? Elle est étudiante.
Tex? He is a poet. Trey? He is a musician. Tammy? She is a student.
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Il est stupide. (He's stupid.)
C'est stupide. (That's stupid.)
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disjunctive pronouns
moi (I, me)
nous (we, us)
toi (you)
vous (you)
lui (he, him) elle (she, her) soi (one)
eux (they, them; masc.) elles (they, them; fem.)
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after prepositions
C'est samedi soir:
It's Saturday night:
Tammy adore Tex. Elle ne peut pas vivre sans lui. Elle vit pour lui. Elle veut se marier avec lui.
Tammy loves Tex. She can't live without him. She lives for him. She wants to marry him.
in short answers or exclamations when no verb is expressed
Corey: Qui sort avec Tammy? Tex: Moi!
Corey: Who is going out with Tammy? Tex: Me!
with ni. . . ni, ne. . . que
Tex (à Tammy): Je n'aime que toi ma chérie.
Tex (to Tammy): I love only you, my dear.
in a compound subject or object
Tammy: Tex et moi, nous aimons aller en boîte.
Tammy: Tex and I like to go clubbing.
in simple agreements or disagreements when no verb is expressed
Joe-Bob: Moi aussi! Corey: Pas moi! Fiona: Moi non plus!
Joe-Bob: Me too! Corey: Not me! Fiona: Me neither!
for emphasis
Joe-Bob: Eux, ils s'amusent, mais vous, vous ne sortez jamais.
Joe-Bob: Those guys, they have fun, but you, you never go out.
Dimanche matin:
Sunday morning:
after c'est or ce sont
Corey: C'est moi le plus nul.
Corey: I'm the biggest loser.
with -même, to mean'-self'
Tammy: Arrête de t'apitoyer sur toi-même!
Tammy: Stop pitying yourself!
in comparisons
Corey: Il n'y a personne qui soit plus pitoyable que moi!
Corey: There is nobody who is more pitiful than me.
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direct object pronouns
me, me
nous, we/us
te, you
vous, you
le, him/it la, her/it
les, them (masc./fem.)
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Tammy: Dis, tu m'appelles ce soir, Tex?
Tammy: Say, will you call me tonight, Tex?
Tex: Oui, ma belle, je t'appelle ce soir.
Tex: Yes, beautiful, I will call you tonight.
Corey: Edouard et moi, tu nous appelles ce soir, Tex?
Corey: Edouard and me, will you call us tonight, Tex?
Tex: Non, je ne vous appelle pas ce soir.
Tex: No, I will not call you guys tonight.
Joe-Bob: Moi, je peux les appeler ce soir!
Joe-Bob: I can call them tonight!
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Tex cherche le numéro de téléphone de Tammy. Enfin il le trouve et il l'appelle.
Tex looks for Tammy's phone number. Finally he finds it and he calls her.
Joe-Bob cherche les numéros d'Edouard et de Corey. Enfin il les trouve et il les appelle.
Joe-Bob looks for Edouard and Corey's phone numbers. Finally he finds them and he calls them.
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Tammy: Tex m'aime.
Tammy: Tex loves me.
Bette: Tex ne t'aime pas.
Bette: Tex does not love you.
Tammy: Tex va m'épouser.
Tammy: Tex is going to marry me.
Bette: Sois raisonnable, Tammy. Tex ne veut pas t'épouser.
Bette: Be reasonable, Tammy. Tex doesn't want to marry you.
Tammy: Mais si. Il l'a promis quand je l'ai rencontré à Lyon.
Tammy: Yes he does. He promised when I met him in Lyon.
Bette: Mais il ne m'avait pas encore rencontrée!
Bette: But he hadn't yet met me!
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Bette: Tex, embrasse-moi!
Bette: Tex, kiss me!
Joe-Bob: Attends, ne l'embrasse pas devant moi. Je m'en vais.
Joe-Bob: Wait, don't kiss her in front of me. I'm leaving.
Bette: Eh bien, il est parti. SMACK!
Bette: Eh bien, he's left. SMACK!
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Un peu plus tard ...
A little later ...
Bette: Tammy? Tu sais, Tex m'a embrassée.
Bette: Tammy? Tex kissed me.
Tammy: Ce n'est pas vrai!
Tammy: That's not true.
Bette: Demande-lui. Il arrive.
Bette: Ask him. Here he comes.
Tammy: Tex, tu l'as embrassée, Bette?
Tammy: Tex, did you kiss her, Bette?
Tex: Qui? Bette? Mais non. Je ne l'ai pas embrassée. C'est elle qui m'a embrassé! PAF! Aie!
Tex: Who? Bette? Why no. I didn't kiss her. She kissed me! POW! Ow!
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Bette: Tammy, tu vas à Waco?
Bette: Tammy, are you going to Waco?
Tammy: Oui, j'y vais ce week-end pour un bal à Baylor.
Tammy: Yes, I'm going there this weekend for a dance at Baylor.
Bette: Mais on ne peut pas y danser.
Bette: But you can't dance there.
Tammy: Mais si, les étudiants à Baylor ont maintenant le droit de danser.
Tammy: But yes, Baylor students now have the right to dance.
Bette: Super, on y va!
Bette: Super, let's go there!
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Tex s'intéresse à la philo. Il s'y intéresse énormément.
Tex is interested in philosophy. He's terribly interested in it.
Tex pense toujours à l'existentialisme. Il y pense jour et nuit.
Tex always thinks about existentialism. He thinks about it night and day.
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Edouard: Où allez-vous?
Edouard: Where are you going?
Bette: A Waco. Tu veux y aller avec nous?
Bette: To Waco. Do you want to go there with us?
Edouard: Je n'y suis jamais allé. On m'a dit que Waco était une expérience anthropologique, le musée Dr. Pepper, le musée Texas Rangers, Baylor ...
Edouard: I've never been there. I've been told that Waco was an anthropological experience: the Dr. Pepper museum, the Texas Rangers museum, Baylor ...
Bette: Nous y allons tout de suite.
Bette: We're going there right away.
Edouard: Bon, attendez-moi, j'y vais aussi. Allons-y!
Edouard: Good, wait for me I'm going there, too. Let's go (there)!
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Tammy, Edouard et Tex sont à table.
Tammy, Edouard and Tex are eating.
Tammy: Edouard, tu veux de la soupe?
Tammy: Edouard, do you want some soup?
Edouard: Oui, merci. Elle est délicieuse.
Edouard: Yes, thank you. It is delicious.
Tex: Il y a du vin?
Tex: Is there any wine?
Tammy: Oui il y en a. Tu en veux?
Tammy: Yes, there is some. Would you like some?
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Tammy: Edouard, tu as assez de pain?
Tammy: Edouard, do you have enough bread?
Edouard: Oui, merci, j'en ai assez.
Edouard: Yes, thank you, I have enough (of it).
Tammy: Tex, tu veux un peu de pain?
Tammy: Tex, do you want a little bread?
Tex: Non, merci, je n'en veux pas. J'en ai encore une tranche.
Tex: No, thank you, I do not want any. I still have a slice (of it).
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s'occuper de, to deal with
parler de, to speak of
remercier de, to thank for
revenir de, to return from
venir de, to come from
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Tammy: Alors Edouard, comment s'est passée ton interview au restaurant?
Tammy: So Edouard, how did your interview at the restaurant go?
Edouard: J'en reviens tout juste! C'était dégoûtant.
Edouard: I've just returned from it! It was disgusting.
Tammy: Tu veux en parler?
Tammy: Do you want to talk about it?
Edouard: Tu sais bien que j'ai envie de gagner plus d'argent, j'en ai vraiment besoin, mais servir du barbecue! Jamais! Edouard ne travaillera jamais dans un restaurant qui s'appelle le Bon Barbecue!
Edouard: You know that I want to earn more money. I really need some (money), but serve barbecue! Never! Edouard will never work in a restaurant named Good Barbecue!
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Tex: De nouveaux poèmes? Ne m'en parle pas!
Tex: Some new poems? Don't talk to me about them.
Editeur: Mais si, parlons-en.
Editor: But yes, let's talk about them.
Tex: Je n'en ai pas écrit depuis longtemps et je ne vais plus en écrire. Ma muse m'a quitté et je n'ai plus d'idées.
Tex: I haven't written any for a long time and I'm not going to write any more. My muse has left me and I don't have any more ideas.
Editeur: Mais si tu en as. Elles sont bizarres, tes idées, mais tu en as beaucoup quand même.
Editor: But yes, you have some (ideas). Your ideas are strange, but you have a lot of them nevertheless.
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me (to me)
nous (to us)
te (to you)
vous (to you)
lui (to him/to her)
leur (to them)
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Tammy: Tex, tu m'offres des fleurs? Et à Bette, tu lui offres des fleurs aussi, n'est-ce pas?
Tammy: Tex, you're giving me flowers? But Bette, you give her flowers, too, don't you?
Tex: Oui, mais je t'offre des fleurs plus souvent.
Tex: Yes, I give you flowers more often.
Joe-Bob: Tu leur as offert des fleurs, à toutes les deux! Bravo, quel tombeur!
Joe-Bob: You gave them both flowers! Bravo, what a womanizer!
Tammy: Paf!
Tammy: Pow!
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Tex: Regarde, quelqu'un m'a envoyé un cadeau.
Tex: Look, someone sent me a gift.
Tammy: Qui t'offre un cadeau?
Tammy: Who is giving you a gift?
Tex ouvre le cadeau.
Tex opens the gift.
Tex: Ahh, une bouteille de champagne!
Tex: Ahh, a bottle of champagne!
Tammy: Oh, regarde. Il y a une petite carte ... Bon anniversaire, mon petit tatou. Je compte partager cette bouteille ... et la vie avec toi. Avec toi? Mais, il n'y a pas de signature. Eh bien, monsieur, explique-moi!
Tammy: Oh, look. There is a little card ... Happy birthday, my little armadillo. I'm counting on sharing this bottle ... and life with you. With you? But, there's no signature. Well, now, sir, explain (this to) me.
Tex: Euh ...
Tex: Uh ...
Tammy: C'est bien cette petite chatte maline, n'est-ce pas? Je vais aller lui parler.
Tammy: It's that cunning little cat, isn't it? I'm going to go talk to her about it.
Tex: Ne lui parle pas! C'est une bagatelle, c'est un petit rien ...
Tex: Don't talk to her! It's a small thing, it's nothing ...
Tammy: Un petit rien? Paf!
Tammy: Nothing? Pow!
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Joe-Bob prépare sa leçon: Mon dieu, comme c'est difficile, l'ordre des pronoms objets! Le prof me dit qu'il faut les apprendre par coeur. Voici ma chanson ...
Joe-Bob is preparing for class: My god, the order of object pronouns sure is difficult! The teacher says I have to memorize them. Here is my song ...
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Bette: Tu vas au gymnase?
Bette: Are you going to the gym?
Tammy: Oui, j'y vais. Et toi, Fiona?
Tammy: Yes, I'm going there. And how about you, Fiona?
Fiona: Non, j'en viens. Vas-y avec Bette.
Fiona: No, I've just been there. Go with Bette.
Tammy: Il y a des footballeurs là-bas?
Tammy: Are there any football players there?
Fiona: Oui, il y en a. Je te retrouve dans une heure chez toi?
Fiona: Yes, there are some. Should I meet you at your house in an hour?
Tammy: D'accord. Dis Fiona, je n'ai pas de rouge à lèvres. Tu m'en donnes?
Tammy: OK. Say, Fiona, I don't have any lipstick. Can you give me some?
Bette: Et n'oublie pas le parfum. C'est essentiel aussi, hein? Allez, donne-nous-en.
Bette: And don't forget the perfume. It's also essential, right? Go on, give us some.
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son parfum?
Fiona me le donne?
Fiona gives it to me?
Fiona te le donne?
Fiona gives it to you (singular)?
Fiona le lui donne?
Fiona gives it to him/her?
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Tammy: Fiona! Fiona! Ton parfum, tu me le donnes!? Tu vas me le donner? Donne-le-moi!
Tammy: Fiona! Fiona! Your perfume? Are you giving it to me? Are you going to give it to me!? Give it to me!
Fiona: Pardon, je ne comprends pas. Vous voulez du parfum pour aller au gymnase?
Fiona: Sorry, I do not understand. You want perfume to go to the gym?
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Plus tard au gymnase.
Later in the gym.
Tammy: Personne ne fait attention à nous! Tu vois, sans parfum, aucun mec! Pourquoi est-ce que Fiona ne nous en a pas donné?
Tammy: No one is paying any attention to us. You see, no perfume, not a single guy! Why didn't Fiona give us any?
Bette: Et bien, c'est parce qu'elle ne comprend pas l'art de la séduction.
Bette: Well, that's because she doesn't understand the art of seduction.
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Tex écrit un roman. Le roman s'appelle Guerre et amour.
Tex is writing a novel. The novel is called War and Love.
Tex écrit un roman qui s'appelle Guerre et amour.
Tex is writing a novel which is called War and Love.
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Tex interviewe Paw-Paw qui a combattu pendant la deuxième guerre mondiale.
Tex interviews Paw-Paw who fought during World War II.
Paw-Paw: Oui, j'étais avec des Américains qui ont libéré Paris.
Paw-Paw: Yes, I was with Americans who liberated Paris.
On a célébré notre victoire dans le quartier latin qui débordait de jolies Parisiennes.
We celebrated our victory in the Latin Quarter which was overflowing with pretty Parisian girls.
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Paw-Paw: Une jolie Parisienne que j'ai connue est devenue ta grand-mère, Tex!
Paw-Paw: A pretty Parisian whom I met became your grandmother, Tex!
Tex: Ma grand-mère! Une héroïne de la Résistance française? Tiens, le livre que j'écris c'est l'histoire de deux héros de la Résistance. Ce n'est pas une pure coïncidence!
Tex: My grandmother! A heroine of the French Resistance? Say, the book that I'm writing is the story of two heroes from the Resistance. It is not entirely a coincidence!
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Tex: Marie-Tammy et Jean-Tex sont les deux héros que j'ai vus dans un rêve.
Tex: Marie-Tammy and Jean-Tex are the two heroes whom I saw in a dream.
Ce sont deux espions qui se sont rencontrés en mission.
They are two spies who met on a mission.
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Tammy: Edouard, tu as lu le roman de Tex sur la deuxième guerre mondiale?
Tammy: Edouard, have you read Tex's novel on WWII?
Edouard: Ah oui! Ce qui est fascinant, c'est sa description de l'époque.
Edouard: Ah, yes I have! What's fascinating is his description of the period.
J'adore tout ce qui se rapporte à la Résistance!
I love everything that is related to the Resistance!
Et puis, il y a une intrigue amoureuse, ce qui ne m'étonne pas puisque l'héroïne du livre s'appelle Marie-Tammy!
And there's also a love interest, which does not surprise me since the book's heroine is called Marie-Tammy!
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Tammy: Tout ce que Tex crée est tellement original!
Tammy: Everything that Tex creates is so original!
Moi, j'aime ce qu'il écrit à propos de la France dans les années 1940.
Personally, I like what he writes about France in the 1940s.
Ce que je n'aime pas, c'est la fin du livre.
What I don't like is the end of the book.
Le héros meurt. Il n'épouse donc pas Marie-Tammy, ce que je trouve très dommage.
The hero dies. So he does not marry Marie-Tammy, which I think is such a pity.
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Tex: Le livre dont je suis l'auteur est un roman historique.
Tex: The book of which I'm the author is an historical novel.
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Edouard, parlant du livre de Tex: Tex, dont le grand-père a combattu en France, en 40, a dédié ce livre à Paw-Paw.
Edouard, speaking about Tex' book: Tex, whose grandfather fought in France in '40, dedicated this book to Paw-Paw.
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Paris, où l'histoire commence, va être libéré par les Américains.
Paris, where the story starts, is going to be liberated by the Americans.
Paw-Paw était à Paris le jour où les Américains sont entrés dans la ville.
Paw-Paw was in Paris the day [when] the Americans entered the city.
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Ce roman, dans lequel Tex utilise les souvenirs de guerre de Paw-Paw, est très réaliste.
This novel, in which Tex uses Paw-Paw's war memories, is very realistic.
Ses personnages, auxquels Tex s'identifie, sont des héros de la Résistance.
His characters, with whom Tex identifies, are heros of the Resistance.
L'homme à côté duquel Marie-Tammy est assise est un officier nazi.
The man next to whom Marie-Tammy is seated is a nazi officer.
Les hommes parmi lesquels Marie-Tammy se trouve sont tous des nazis.
The men among whom Marie-Tammy finds herself are all nazis.
Les deux femmes entre lesquelles l'officier se trouve font partie de la Résistance.
The two women between whom the officer is seated are part of the Resistance.
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On comprend très bien ce dont les Parisiens avaient peur pendant l'Occupation.
One understands very well what the Parisians were afraid of during the Occupation.
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Tout le monde va comprendre ce à quoi Tex fait allusion quand il décrit Jean-Tex et Marie-Tammy--il s'agit bien de Tex et Tammy, nos tatous favoris!
Everybody's going to understand what Tex is alluding to when he describes Jean-Tex and Marie-Tammy--it's indeed a matter of Tex and Tammy, our favorite armadillos!