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All about the French phrase "Je ne l'ai pas vu venir"

You are going to discover everything you have to know about the basic French phrase "Je ne l'ai pas vu venir". Including a complete definition of what it is and how you can use it in a casual conversation with an audio example. Not to mention the cool stuff we sprinkled like dialogue example, slow pronunciation audio and more!

English translation

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  Translation : I didn't see it coming

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  Register : Neutral - Basic

Pronunciation

Slow

Normal

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  IPA : / ʒə nə le pa vy vəniʁ /

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Example in a dialogue with audio

Dialogue

Tout à coup, le camion est passé devant moi !

All of a sudden, the truck passed in front of me!

Vraiment ?

Really?

Oui, tellement vite que je ne l'ai pas vu venir

Yes, so fast that I didn't see it coming