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to be fed up – French expression







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What does ” en avoir marre ” mean? How do you say ‘to be fed up’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com.







en avoir marre – to it to have enough. In everyday French, en avoir marre means ‘to be sick of it’, ‘to have had enough’, to be fed up’.







* « J’ai arrêté de lire cette histoire. Les personnages sont trop compliqués et j’en ai marre. »* “I stopped reading this story. The characters are too complicated and I’m fed up.”







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LOL – French expression







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MDR – mort de rire – dead of laughter. mort de rire or être mort de rire means ‘laughing out loud, to laugh one’s head off’, ‘LOL’, which is also used in French, in text messages  as MDR.







* « J’adore la blague que tu viens de me raconter. MDR. »* “I love the joke you just told me. LOL.“







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to make a mess – French expression







What does ” mettre la zone ” mean? How do you say ‘ to shake things up ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com.







mettre la zone – to put the mess – In everyday French, mettre la zone means ‘to disrupt, to wreak something, to make a mess’.







* « Les gosses ont bien mis la zone dans la voiture pendant que je conduisais. Je ne retrouve plus mon portefeuille. »* “The kids really made a mess in the car while I was driving. I can’t find my wallet anymore.”







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lundimanche – French expression







What does lundimanche mean? How is it pronounced? How is lundimanche used in a sentence. Listen to Anne, repeat after her. Learn French at FrenchHour.com







Covid-19 has created a tragic situation and I want to reiterate how much we’re grateful to all who are going to work despite the crisis. My thoughts are also with those who lost loved ones. I was listening to the radio yesterday, and the journalist was talking about this new words in French, due to coronavirus. With the coronavirus lockdown, every day seems like it’s Sunday. The French renamed all the days of the week with a portmanteau word – un mot-valise. They blended the last syllable of the day – DI – and added dimanche to it.







It goes as follows:







* lundimanche* mardimanche* mercredimanche* jeudimanche* vendredimanche* samedimanche* dimanche







Of course, there is no translation for these fun words. I’m hesitating between MondaySunday, TuesdaySunday, MonSunday, TuesSunday or SundayMon, SundayTues… Or maybe just Day: today is Day.







* « J’ai envie de vous voir. On se fait un coronapéro lundimanche ou mardimanche ? »* ‘I’d love to see you guys. How about a video-cocktail on MonSunday or TueSunday?’







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Internet Giants – French expression







What does GAFA mean in French? How is it used in a sentence? Learn French with Anne at Frenchhour.com







GAFA. G. A. F. A. is an acronym for Google – Apple – Facebook – Amazon. Often included in these internet giants are Microsoft, Uber, Airbnb. They are often in the heart of French news as these large tech-companies may be taxed on local revenues from now on, even though they are based mostly in the States.







* « Est-ce que t’as entendu parler de la taxation des GAFA ? Qu’est-ce (que) t’en penses ? »* ‘Did you hear about the Internet giants tech tax? What’s do you think about it?’







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ELEVE or ETUDIANT ? – French Expression







Should you say ELEVE or ETUDIANT? How is it used in a sentence? Listen to Anne’s AUDIO file.







un/e élève is someone who goes to a school.un/e étudiant/e is someone who goes to a university – la fac. It is confusing because in English, you may easily hear the word ‘student’ not necessarily applying to a university. For instance, you can hear: my father is a student at French Hour. French Hour is not a university, it’s a school. So even if my father were 70 years old, that sentence may not be: mon père est étudiant à French Hour. Instead, you should say: Mon père est élève à French Hour.







* « J’emmène mes enfants en cours. Mon fils de 19 ans est étudiant à la fac et ma fille de 13 ans est élèveau collège  Jacques Prévert. »* “I’m bringing my children to school. My 19 year-old son is a student at the university and my 13 year-old daughter goes to Jacques Prévert Middle school.”







* Collège – Middle-school – 12-15 ans – élève* Lycée – High-school – 15-18 ans – élève* Fac – University – 18 ans+ – étudiant.e* École comme French Hour – School such as French Hour – 3-99 ans – élève







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