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[cyan raptor]

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[bitter gyro]

Valoir la peine = to be worth it

Je me dis que ça quand même la peine d’essayer
Would be like

“I tell myself that it was still worth trying”

I was afraid of how grandpa could react but I told myself that it was still worth it. Is the whole sentence

[muted yew]

Dis is in passé simple, you can tell because the narration text is in the past. So "I told myself".

[bitter gyro]

Or yeah ur right

[fathom adder]

what does "la peine" mean?

google translate is telling me it means sentence

[bitter gyro]

That’s for a “jail sentence” I believe

La peine means pain
Valoir la peine is an expression though

[fathom adder]

i think i get it. so like "to be worth the hassle/ risk"?

[fathom adder]

ahh okay taht makes more sense

[bitter gyro]

Yes something like that

[fathom adder]

thanks!

[muted yew]

Peine = effort

So trouble or hassle.