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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