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The French sentence "Je m'ennuie" explained

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Translation in English

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Slow pronunciation

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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.

Comment ne jamais s'ennuyer

How to never to be bored

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Alice: Salut Jacques ! Tu fais quoi ?

Hi Jacques! What are you doing?

Jacques: Je cherche mes écouteurs. Pourquoi ?

I’m looking for my headphones. Why?

Alice: Rien. C’est que… je m’ennuie. Je ne sais pas quoi faire.

Nothing. Is that… I’m bored. I don’t know what to do.

Jacques: Comment c’est possible de s’ennuyer ?

How is it possible to be bored?

Alice: J’ai fini à peu près tout ce que j’avais à faire.

I finished pretty much everything I had to do.

Jacques: De nos jours, il y a tellement de façons de se divertir.

Nowadays, there are so many ways to be entertained.

Alice: Comme quoi ? La télé ? Instagram ?

Like what? TV? Instagram?