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3-Minute French S1 #6
Refusing politely
CONTENTS
2 French
2 English
2 Vocabulary
3 Sample Sentences
4 Grammar
5 Cultural Insight
# 6
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FRENCH
1. Non merci.
2. Sans façon.
ENGLISH
VOCABULARY
non no expression
coordinating
mais but conjunction
suis am verb
SAMPLE SENTENCES
"I know you are busy. But can you "He likes Italian cuisine, but she
call my lawyer?" loves Chinese cuisine!"
GRAMMAR
Word 1 non no
Word 3 je I
The
pronunciation
is the same
but when
written there is
a difference if
Word 1 désolé(e) sorry the speaker is
male or
female. For a
female, we
write an "e" at
the end.
Word 2 je I
"Non merci" (no thank you) can seem a bit strong, if you want to sound more polite, it's good
to use "désolé(e) mais..." (sorry but...) and then give some reason when refusing something.