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Help with the French used by Cynthia in her Kiko video (#592)

25 April 2013 by OffQc

Here’s a little help with some of the French used in the transcribed portion of Cynthia’s video about Kiko from entry #591.

Cynthia does a great job with her YouTube videos, and I highly recommend them if you’re interested in listening to make-up tips in French.

Some good expressions from her Kiko video that you’ll want to add to your French to give it a natural feel include:

j’ai douze produits sous mes yeux
I’ve got twelve products in front of me

faire un petit tour du côté de l’Espagne
to take a little trip out to Spain

c’est juste un adon
it was just by chance

j’ai acheté pour 85 euros de Kiko
I bought 85 euros’ worth of Kiko

ça fait quand même un bout de temps
it’s already been quite a while

ça fait très professionnel, très classe
it looks very professional, very classy

donc, oui, en gros, je pense que c’est ça
so, yes, I think that’s more or less it

We also hear some informal pronunciations very frequently used in French:

j’suis (chui) for je suis
pis (pi) for puis
y’avait for il y avait

Another informal feature that might have left you wondering what had just been said is:

Reduction of the direct object les to ‘es:

j’es ai achetés en Espagne (informal)
= je les ai achetés en Espagne
I bought them in Spain

You don’t have to adopt that last informal feature yourself, just recognise it.

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