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Everything about the French sentence "Je lui en veux"

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English translation

Pronunciation

Slow pronunciation

Normal pronunciation

Example in a story with translation

Now, let’s see a complete example of this idiom in a story with slow French audio and the English translation below.

En vouloir à quelqu'un

To be mad at someone

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Karine: Lisa m’a appelée. Elle dit que tu ne réponds pas à ses appels.

Lisa called me. She says you don’t answer her calls.

Rémi: Oh non, maintenant elle t’appelle !

Oh no, now she’s calling you!

Karine: Quoi ? Pourquoi tu ne parles plus à ta soeur ?

What? Why aren’t you talking to your sister anymore?

Rémi: Parce que je lui en veux.

Because I have a grudge against her.

Karine: Qu’est-ce qu’elle a fait ?

What did she do?

Rémi: Elle n’a pas tenu sa promesse, c’est tout.

She didn’t keep her promise, that’s all.

Karine: J’espère que tu vas m’en dire plus, car je ne comprends rien !

I hope you will tell me more, because I don’t understand a thing!

Rémi: Tu te souviens de mon projet, il y a un mois ?

Do you remember my project, a month ago?