A fun expression I think you’ll like to add to your knowledge is ben gros.
J’t’aime ben gros!
I love you a whole lot!
J’aime ben gros ça!
I like that a whole lot!
Ben gros is an informal intensifier.
Ça m’étonnerait ben gros.
That would really surprise me.
Je m’ennuie ben gros de vous autres!
I really miss you guys!
Remember, je m’ennuie de toi means I miss you, and vous autres can sound like vou-zôte in regular speech.
You are the best Quebecois teacher I ever had! Your lessons are outstanding! a gros merci! – Alejandro
Great, thanks for reading!
What’s the pronunciation of “ben”. Is it a variation on bien?
Ben is an informal contraction of bien. It sounds like the French word bain, or rhymes with main. It’s also sometimes spelled bin, which is better because it’s phonetic, but ben is the more common spelling.
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