How do you say "Cool like me"?
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Here is a word that can mean almost anything!pen said:
Applied to a person, the dictionnary proposes:
calme, tranquille, hardi (bold, daring, fearless), peu gêné (not really shy).
Example from the dico:
How cool that man is:
comme cet homme est sans gêne or à de l'aplomb.
(aplomb = assurance (same word in french), coolness, self-command)
But lots of people here will say:
Un gars cool comme moi.
Elle est très cool cette fille!
I would say il a de l'aplomb, de l'assurance, il n'est pas gêné.
Tell me what "cool" can mean for you??
Thanks a lot Jean!
Vous e^tes tre`s gentille !
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Vous e^tes tre`s gentille !
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Among the various translations of "cool", I have found "sympa" that seems to correspond to Jean's non-translated "cool":
Cette fille est très cool/cette fille est très sympa(-tique)
In French, "cool" may be used to characterize someone who don't make much effort in its work:
Il est très cool pour préparer son examen.
Does this use exist in English too?
Cette fille est très cool/cette fille est très sympa(-tique)
In French, "cool" may be used to characterize someone who don't make much effort in its work:
Il est très cool pour préparer son examen.
Does this use exist in English too?
aurayfrance said:
We would say that he is LAX about his exams
Je regrette d'avoir a` dit que vous e^tes gentille!jean1938 said:
Je suis plutôt très gentil !
My name is pronounced zha(n). Like Jean Cocteau!
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aurayfrance said:
So you can say:
Sympa comme moi!
pen said:Je regrette d'avoir a` dire que vous e^tes gentille!
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I think you want to say:
Je regrette d'avoir dit que vous êtes gentille.
Otherwise, it would imply you persist in the belief that Jean is "gentille"...
He might then answer you:
Je regrette d'avoir à vous répondre que vous êtes un malotru!
Thanks , I need so much help.aurayfrance said:I think you want to say:
Je regrette d'avoir dit que vous êtes gentille.
Otherwise, it would imply you persist in the belief that Jean is "gentille"...
He might then answer you:
Je regrette d'avoir à vous répondre que vous êtes un malotru!
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pen said:
A guy willing to chat up a girl could say that!
Sympa comme moi, tu trouves pas!
jean1938 said:I just meant that
gentilLE is feminine.
As I am a man
I am gentil... which I am!
I understood. I am sorry
Now, the teenagers say "cool like that" how would you say this?
Do you still say petit(e) ami(e)for girlfriend/boyfriend?
How would you say He/she is hot!(meaning handsome and beautiful)?
Thanks a lot!
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Do you still say petit(e) ami(e)for girlfriend/boyfriend?
How would you say He/she is hot!(meaning handsome and beautiful)?
Thanks a lot!
Pen
Pen, to build up your chat-up vocabular:
a hot girl would be "un canon" or "une fille canon"
Elle est canon, cette nana! (nana= ok-nice slang word for "girl")
a hot guy:
Il est d'enfer, ce mec" ("boy, that guy is hot like hell" - 'enfer' means 'hell')
un mec d'enfer (a hot guy) , une nana d'enfer (a hot girl),
un mec canon (a hot guy), une fille canon (a hot girl), un canon (a hot girl)
"il est à tomber" ("he's drop-dead gorgeous")
elle est mignonne, cette nana (she's "cute", "pretty")
Il est mignon, ce mec (he's cute, good-looking, that guy)
"Il est pas mal"/ "elle est pas mal" (yeah, he/she looks good)
Dis donc, elle est pas mal ta copine (hey, that (girl-)friend of yours looks good!)
About "petite amie" (girlfriend) "petit ami" (boyfriend): yes, it's fine.
BUT you will hear most likely: "mon copain (my boyfriend)/ma copine (my girlfriend), the most common colloquial (but acceptable in any polite informal chat) expression. I heard that in french-speaking Canada they say "mon chum" (my boyfriend) "ma chum" (my girlfriend). But not in France, nor in Switzerland.
More formal is: mon ami (my "friend", my "boyfriend"), mon amie (my "friend", my "girlfriend"). Mon "fiancé", ma fiancée.
More informal (when you are having a beer with friends down the pub):
ma nana (my girl, my girlfriend), mon mec (my guy, my boyfriend).
a hot girl would be "un canon" or "une fille canon"
Elle est canon, cette nana! (nana= ok-nice slang word for "girl")
a hot guy:
Il est d'enfer, ce mec" ("boy, that guy is hot like hell" - 'enfer' means 'hell')
un mec d'enfer (a hot guy) , une nana d'enfer (a hot girl),
un mec canon (a hot guy), une fille canon (a hot girl), un canon (a hot girl)
"il est à tomber" ("he's drop-dead gorgeous")
elle est mignonne, cette nana (she's "cute", "pretty")
Il est mignon, ce mec (he's cute, good-looking, that guy)
"Il est pas mal"/ "elle est pas mal" (yeah, he/she looks good)
Dis donc, elle est pas mal ta copine (hey, that (girl-)friend of yours looks good!)
About "petite amie" (girlfriend) "petit ami" (boyfriend): yes, it's fine.
BUT you will hear most likely: "mon copain (my boyfriend)/ma copine (my girlfriend), the most common colloquial (but acceptable in any polite informal chat) expression. I heard that in french-speaking Canada they say "mon chum" (my boyfriend) "ma chum" (my girlfriend). But not in France, nor in Switzerland.
More formal is: mon ami (my "friend", my "boyfriend"), mon amie (my "friend", my "girlfriend"). Mon "fiancé", ma fiancée.
More informal (when you are having a beer with friends down the pub):
ma nana (my girl, my girlfriend), mon mec (my guy, my boyfriend).
Thanks a lot Olivia!
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How do you say "cool" in spanish? Meaning like "Oh that's cool" ? Or even how do you say that's neat/nifty.