La Saint-Valentin

Celebrate Valentine's Day with this funny video about interpreting gestures on a first date. Below, you'll find the transcript - click any phrase to read the English and follow links to related French grammar lessons.

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DrewC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Pour allumer, pour éteindre

Ça veut dire quoi la phrase "pour allumer y a du monde, mais pour éteindre le feu y a plus personne?" C'est un peu bizarre!

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ChrisC1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

I would translate this sentence as: "Everyone to set aflame but no one to extinguish." This is a slightly poetic rendition. Here is my attempt at a more standard way of phrasing it: Il y a du monde pour allumer, mais pour étendre, il n'y a plus personne.

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Pour allumer, pour éteindre

Ça veut dire quoi la phrase "pour allumer y a du monde, mais pour éteindre le feu y a plus personne?" C'est un peu bizarre!

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