alwayslovemya

[hasty raven]

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[viral patio]

Well first you have to recognize that in English, there are really two different words spelled "so".

One allows to intensify an adjective or an adverb:

• He dances so well!
• I'm so hungry!
  This "so" translates to "si" or "tellement" in French.
• Il dance si bien ! / Il dance tellement bien !
• J'ai si faim ! / J'ai tellement faim !

The other allows to logically connect one thought to another:

• My fridge was empty, so I went to buy groceries.
  This "so" translates to "donc" or "alors" in French.
• Mon frigo était vide, alors je suis allé faire les courses / alors je suis allé faire les courses.

[naive sleet]

OMG THANK YOU that was explained so well or (tellement bien) but I thought “si” translates to “IF” in English so like “If I go to the shop” or is that wrong??

[silent magnet]

The French word « si » can mean "so" and "if" depending on the context

for example...
Si elle va venir aujourd'hui, ça me rendrait si content.
-# ("If she is going to come today, that would make me so happy!")

The first « si » is introducing a condition; therefore, it means "if".
On the other hand, the second « si » is intensifying the adjective « content »; therefore, it means "so".

[naive sleet]

Omg thank u so much ur so good at explaining but could I ask you one question it’s not really related to the topic but how do u make a verb into ING e.g jouer to play into PLAYING

[silent magnet]

This verb form is called the present participle and it's pretty easy to conjugate. There are three steps:

• Conjugate the verb in the nous form.
  • e.g. Nous jouons
• Remove the « nous » pronoun as well as the –ons ending.
  • e.g. jou–
• Add the suffixe –ant to the verb.
  • e.g. jouant

Here are some more examples:

• parler → parlant
• finir → finissant
• vendre → vendant
• prendre → prenant
• connaître → connaissant

However, there are three exceptions to this rule:

• être → __ét__ant
• avoir → __ay__ant
• savoir → __sach__ant
  For these verbs, the verb root is irregular.

[naive sleet]

But if I were to say “I am not speaking to you” from what ur saying it would be “je suis ne parlant pas á toi” but it’s not its “Je ne vous parle pas” I thought it would be parlant?

[silent magnet]

ahhh

hold on then

"I am not speaking to you" can be translated to French using the present tense

so it would be « Je ne vous parle pas »

because French does not make a distinction between the present simple (I speak) and the present continuous (I am speaking)

you could say something like « Je suis en train de vous parler »

however, that means something like "I am in the middle of speaking to you"

so... if you want to emphasize that you are speaking right now, you should use « Je suis en train de vous parler »

but if you're just simply stating a fact or thought, then you should use « Je vous parle »

got it...?

[naive sleet]

OHH YA

I get it thank you

are u fluent French ur so good??

[silent magnet]

i guess yeah