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#1 2008-07-04 17:50:06

John E. Franklin
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francais question

Anyone know how to say this in French:
1.)  "I would have done it, but..."
2.)  "I should do that."
3.)  "I could have gone there, but..."
4.)  "We found out too late."
Thanks a lot for any help!!!


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#2 2008-07-04 23:03:03

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Re: francais question

(i) Je l’aurais fait, mais …
(ii) Je dois le faire.
(iii) J’y serais allé(e)*, mais
(iv) Nous l’avons / On l’a** découvert trop tard.

*Masculine = allé, feminine = allée
**On is commonly used nowadays for nous (“we”) in informal chat

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#3 2008-07-05 08:44:11

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Re: francais question

Merci beaucoup! Vraiment dure a\ apprendre dans une dictionarre.

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#4 2008-07-05 09:03:02

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Re: francais question

What if "should" is a little less
important than "must", such as:
I feel that I must, or I should.
Is there something different than
dois I could
use??
Peut-e^tre je
could say:
J'ai envie je dois...??

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#5 2008-07-05 09:16:29

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Re: francais question

Try

Il faut que je le fasse.

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#6 2008-07-05 13:10:40

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Re: francais question


Merci encore.
Puit-tu dit, "Nous peut-e^tre allons avec vous.  Je vous'appellerai tard apre\s je parle a\ les autres." ?


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#7 2008-07-05 16:05:26

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Re: francais question

Nous pouvons aller avec vous. Je vous appelerai plus tard après avoir parlé aux autres.

(We can go with you. I’ll call you later after I’ve spoken to the others.)

Is that what you’re trying to say?

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#8 2008-07-06 17:42:40

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Re: francais question

Thanks for  that.  Oh a firefly just landed on my face and I hurt it by mistake getting the itchy thing off before I knew what it was.  Poor firefly, I hope it recovers.  Actually I was trying to say: We might go with you,  I'll call you later after I talk with the others.  But I really appreaciate all this help.  Now I just have to go back and memorize the "would", "could", "should" stuff again.
My memory isn't the best.


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#9 2008-07-06 19:46:59

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Re: francais question

John E. Franklin wrote:

... oh a firefly just landed on my face...

Cool mental image.


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#10 2008-07-08 02:53:33

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Re: francais question

Est-ce que tu as les mouches feu qui clignotant?
Ici a\ 72 Ouest et 43 Nord, nous les avons pendant les e/te/s.
Ils clignotant (blink) a pre\s de (about) chaque deux secondes.


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