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The French sentence "Tu es très gentil(le)" revealed

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French to English translation

Pronunciation guide

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.

Nouveau style

New style

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Olivia rentre à la maison, en larmes…

Olivia comes home, in tears…

Théo veut savoir pourquoi.

Théo wants to know why.

Théo: Pourquoi tu pleures ?

Why are you crying?

Olivia: Oh, c’est terrible ! Je suis allée chez le coiffeur…

Oh, that’s terrible! I went to the hairdresser…

Théo: Oui, je me souviens. Et ?

Yes, I remember. And?

Olivia: Et j’ai expliqué la couleur que je voulais… mais elle n’a pas compris…

And I explained the color I wanted… but she didn’t understand…

Alors Olivia enlève son chapeau. Et Théo est surpris…

Then Olivia takes off her hat. And Théo is surprised…

Olivia: Regarde ce qu’elle a fait ! C’est affreux !

Look what she did! It’s awful!

Théo: Ce n’est pas si terrible. En fait, j’aime bien !

It’s not that bad. In fact, I like it!