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The French sentence "Je suis fou de joie" revealed

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French to English translation

How to pronounce it?

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.

La double surprise

The double surprise

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Théo: Olivia, je dois te dire quelque chose…

Olivia, I have to tell you something…

Olivia: Bien sûr, dis-moi.

Sure, tell me.

Théo: Tu vas devoir prendre des vacances en décembre.

You’re gonna have to take a vacation in December.

Olivia: Pourquoi ?

Why?

Théo: Parce que j’ai acheté deux billets pour les Maldives !

Because I bought two tickets for the Maldives!

Olivia: Attends, quoi ?! Je n’arrive pas à y croire…

Wait, what?! I can’t believe it…

Théo: Tu n’as pas l’air contente… je pensais que ce serait une belle surprise…

You don’t seem happy… I thought it would be a nice surprise…

Olivia: Tu plaisantes j’espère ! Je suis folle de joie ! Merci !

I hope you’re kidding! I am incredibly happy! Thank you!

Théo: Alors qu’est-ce qui ne va pas ?

So what’s wrong?