9 ways to say I DON'T CARE in French - everyday and slang!

[@ClearlyFrench]

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[@diydad5118]

Really really good - thanks merci!

[@yaseminplaceboful]

So... hello again! Just wanted to comment again: Its actually pretty amazing that because this woman speaks so crisp-crystal-clear, this is the very first video in French-learning, where I dont slow down the playback speed to 0.75, eventhough she doesnt speak entirely slow when repeating the 2 time. Of course, I get better in understanding faster French eventually by the many many many listening-videos I have seen, but that doesnt eliminate the fact that I am amazed over how clear she speaks. It's really a huge pleasure to hear her speak. Also, it actually helps that her voice is a bass-voice. Well at least to me.

[@ClearlyFrench]

I am glad you think so!

[@yaseminplaceboful]

Hello from a Dane living in Norway. I study French from videos online and have developed my own learning-system. It doesnt seem that it's possible to contact her: I would have been very curious about her opinion about the learning-system I have developed for my self. It incorporates of course listening, how to pronounce every word and writing in the same leson. This woman "Clare" I think is her name..... Have a VERY fine, crisp and crystal clear French pronunciation unlike any other I have heard from the 100 of videos I've watched from native French speakers. However, I dont see any videos about everyday conversations from her Chanel, which really is a shame, because it it those videos I really need. As an example "going to a cafe" or "going to the doctor" and that its build like a convo between to or more people. Nonetheless I will write down some of her videos and learn from it of course. Her French pronunciation is impressive. Thank you Clare.

[@ClearlyFrench]

Check out the "holiday French" playlist, you'll find some conversations in there. It's just me talking but in the form of a dialogue.

[@uchemaureen46]

Thank you

[@SweetDreams-wt7vo]

Thank you very much.

[@janhyde9633]

Merci beaucoup. J'apprends beaucoup de nouveau vocabulaire et de nouvelles phrases.😊

[@ClearlyFrench]

Really glad about that 😊

[@donross7820]

Thank you! Really helpful!

[@elsa2grady]

Claire - why do we say “Je ne sais même pas qui c’est.” - for “I don’t even know who he is?” And then we use connaître “je ne les connais même pas.” for “I don’t even know them?” - I would think both phrases would use connaître since we are referring to a noun/pronoun?

[@ClearlyFrench]

This is a good question - we use connaître when we know someone, something or a place, but savoir for "to know" a fact. Have a look at my video about the difference here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3u7aWx6g9-qfJIsi=C5FY3-SMlK--jJDD

[@thesongthrush]

Merci pour le contenu très utile. Pourquoi on mets un 's' après 'tranquille' dans la phrase 'ils me laissent tranquilles'. C'est moi qui est tranquille, donc c'est singulier et il faut pas un 's', non?

[@ClearlyFrench]

Vous avez raison, c'est une erreur, j'aurais dû écrire tranquille sans le s. Bien observé 🙂

[@thesongthrush]

@@ClearlyFrench Ça peut arriver à tout le monde! Ne vous inquiétez pas 🙂

[@Utoobeedoo]

@7:00, before you put in the translation of Marielle me raconte.., I understood it as meaning you don’t work with Marielle, but she’s always telling you about her life at work. But the translation makes it clear you and Marielle work together, and while at work she tells you about her life. Could the sentence be correctly interpreted either way?

[@ClearlyFrench]

Yes, it can, as this is out of context you can't tell for sure.

[@BlueberryMuffin-nt7ew]

Another colloquial English expression for "ça ne me fait ni chaud, ni froid" is it's neither here nor there.

[@MousechrisTFM]

What EXACTLY do je m'en fiche and je m'en fous mean? With the wording they would directly translate to "I'm in myself file" or "I'm in myself mad" Like I use them with my friends and they use it with me, but I guess I just don't really get it, and personally I really much prefer to understand the exact specifics of why it's said the way it is.

[@ClearlyFrench]

Actually, "se ficher de" means "to not care", and the "en" refers to "about it", so the closest translation of "je m'en fiche" is "I couldn't care less about it."

[@MousechrisTFM]

@@ClearlyFrench so it's a negative word without a negative tense? 0_o you guys have a word for that? Also, that explains a LOT, I have been confused about the usage of en forever, like "j'en ai rêvé" from sleeping beauty I couldn't figure out why it meant once apon a dream, like the dream was there about it made sense for I had dreamed but I was like what is the en, guess then it means "I had dreamed about it"

[@ClearlyFrench]

Exactly. I suppose it's a bit far-fetched as a verb, but we only use it in that expression. Also, the "en" almost always means "about it", but you leave it out in English, as it's more... streamlined i suppose.

[@MousechrisTFM]

@@ClearlyFrench so then why do all the translations I find of ficher say it means to file

[@ClearlyFrench]

@@MousechrisTFM ficher is to file, but se ficher de is to not care about something. Translation tools don't always tell you the difference.

[@mikecain6947]

au Canada gosses ne veut dire pas kids!

[@ClearlyFrench]

Qu'est-ce que ça veut dire alors?

[@mikecain6947]

@@ClearlyFrench les testicules!

[@mikecain6947]

@@ClearlyFrench Si "gosses" est un terme plutôt familier et argotique en France pour désigner ses enfants, au Québec, il en est tout autre chose. En effet, au Québec, le mot gosses signifie plutôt... testicules. Il est donc déconseillé de dire à un Québécois que vous venez de rencontrer que vous voulez lui présenter vos gosses.8 mai 2023

[@ClearlyFrench]

@@mikecain6947 Heureusement que vous me le dites, je n'en avais aucune idée !

[@mikecain6947]

@@ClearlyFrench de rien