YOU I - Translation from English into French

Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

English

French

if I were you, I…: (moi) à ta place, je…

thank you, I can manage: merci, je peux me débrouiller inf

‘he's right, you know’—‘I guess so’: ‘il a raison, tu sais’—‘oui, je suppose’

but for you, I would have died: sans toi je serais mort

‘have a chocolate’—‘thank you, I will’: ‘prends un chocolat’—‘volontiers , merci’

French

English

je vous suis: I'm with you, I follow

chiche que je le fais!: bet you I can do it!

‘il t'a encore critiqué’—‘je n'ai pas relevé’: ‘he criticized you again’—‘I didn't notice’

celui d'entre vous que je choisirai: whichever one of you I choose

est-il besoin de le dire: need I remind you, I hardly need to remind you

Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

you [Brit juː, Am ju, jə] PRON

1. you (addressing sb):

I saw you on Saturday (one person) (polite): je vous ai vu samedi

I saw you on Saturday (informal): je t'ai vu samedi

I saw you on Saturday (more than one person): je vous ai vus samedi

are you busy? (one person) (polite): vous êtes occupé?

are you busy? (informal): tu es occupé?

are you busy? (more than one person): vous êtes occupés?

oh, it's you: ah, c'est vous or c'est toi

it's for you: c'est pour vous or pour toi

you who…: vous qui…, toi qui…

YOU would never do that (polite): vous, vous ne feriez jamais cela

YOU would never do that (informal): toi tu ne ferais jamais ça

there's a manager for you inf! iron: ça c'est un patron!

you English: vous autres Anglais

don't you talk to me like that!: ne me parle pas sur ce ton!

you idiot inf!: espèce d'imbécile! inf

you two can stay: vous deux vous pouvez rester

do you people smoke?: vous fumez?

2. you (as indefinite pronoun):

you (subject): on

you (object, indirect object): vous, te

you never know!: on ne sait jamais!

they say sweets give you spots: on dit que les bonbons vous or te donnent des boutons

I¹, i [Brit ʌɪ, Am aɪ] N

1. I (letter):

I: I, i m

Phrases:

I abrév écrite: île f

to dot the i's and cross the t's: mettre les points sur les i

I² [Brit ʌɪ, Am aɪ]

I PRON I is almost always translated by je which becomes j' before a vowel or mute h: I closed the door = j'ai fermé la porte. The emphatic form is moi.
For exceptions and particular uses see below.:

I: je, j'

I live in London: j'habite à Londres

here I am: me voici

there I am: me voilà

I didn't take it: ce n'est pas moi qui l'ai pris

he's a student but I'm not: il est étudiant mais moi pas

I who…: moi qui…

I who have seen: moi qui ai vu

he and I went to the cinema: lui et moi sommes allés au cinéma

i.e.

i.e. → that is

i.e.: c-à-d

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English

French

I/you should: je/tu devrais

if you know what I mean: si tu vois/vous voyez ce que je veux dire

are you coming? - I might: est-ce que tu viens? - Peut-être

French

English

chiche que je le fais! (capable): I bet you I can do it!

remarque, je m'en fiche!: mind you, I couldn't care less!

il me/te faut faire qc: I/you must [or have (got) to] do sth

que faut-il faire? (moi/toi/il): what must I/you/he do?

tout mon/ton soûl: as much as I/you can

de ma/ta/sa façon gâteau: the way I/you/she makes it

comme je te connais, ...: knowing you the way I do, ...

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you [ju:] pers pron

1. you (2nd person sing):

you: tu subject pron

you: te objective pron

you: t + vowel

you: toi tonic form

I see you: je te vois

do you see me?: me vois-tu?

I love you: je t'aime

it's for you: c'est pour toi

older than you: plus âgé que toi

if I were you: si j'étais toi

2. you (2nd person pl or polite form):

you: vous

older than you: plus âgé que vous

all of you: vous tous

you men: vous, les hommes

3. you (indefinite person):

you never know: on ne sait jamais

it makes you mad: ça te rend fou

I pers pron (1st person sing)

I: je

I: j' + vowel

she and I: elle et moi

it was I who did that: c'est moi qui ai fait ça

i.e. [ˌaɪˈi:]

i.e. abbreviation of id est

i.e.: c-à-d.

I, i [aɪ] <-'s> N

I: I m

I: i m

I as in Isaac Brit, I as in Item Am, I for Isaac Brit, I for Item Am (on telephone): i comme Irma

i/c

i/c abbreviation of in charge (of)

i/c: responsable (de)

I/O N

I/O COMPUT abbreviation of input/output

I/O: E/S f

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English

French

I/you should: je/tu devrais

if you know what I mean: si tu vois/vous voyez ce que je veux dire

are you coming? - I might: est-ce que tu viens? - Peut-être

French

English

chiche que je le fais! (capable): I bet you I can do it!

que faut-il faire? (moi/toi/il): what must I/you/he do?

tout mon/ton soûl: as much as I/you can

de ma/ta/sa façon gâteau: the way I/you/he/she makes it

comme je te connais, ...: knowing you the way I do, ...

enfin voilà, je n'en sais pas plus: so there you go. I don't know any more than that

je vous en conjure!: I beg you!

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you [ju] pers pron

1. you (2nd person sing):

you: tu subject pron

you: te objective pron

you: t' + vowel

you: toi tonic form

I see you: je te vois

do you see me?: me vois-tu?

I love you: je t'aime

it's for you: c'est pour toi

older than you: plus âgé que toi

if I were you: si j'étais toi

2. you (2nd person pl or polite form):

you: vous

older than you: plus âgé que vous

all of you: vous tous

you men: vous, les hommes

3. you (indefinite person):

you never know: on ne sait jamais

it makes you mad: ça rend fou

I, i [aɪ] <-'s> N

I: I m

I: i m

I as in India: i comme Irma

I pers pron (1st person sing)

I: je

I: j' + vowel

she and I: elle et moi

I/O N

I/O comput abbreviation of input/output

I/O: E/S f

i.e. [ˌaɪ·ˈi]

i.e. abbreviation of id est

i.e.: c-à-d.

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