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Get ready to discover everything you have to know about the basic French sentence "Pas mal". It includes a full explanation of what it is and how you can use it in a conversation with an audio example. And also the useful things we added like synonyms, slow pronunciation audio, dialogue example and more!
Translation : Not bad
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IPA : / pa mal /
It literally means:
"Pas mal" is the French way to say "Not bad", typically after someone asks you "Ça va ?" (How are you?). But it can be used in many other cases and can also mean "Nice job / Way to go" or even "Quite a bit" depending on the context.
The typical usage is to express "Not bad":
But it can also mean "Way to go" or "Nice job":
Finally, it can be used as an adverb of quantity, similar to "quite a lot", "quite a bit" or "quite a few":
Dialogue
Ton premier rendez-vous s'est bien passé ?
Did your first date went well?
Pas mal
Not bad
Raconte !
Tell me!
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