LESSON NOTES

3-Minute French S1 #21

I don't like

CONTENTS
2 French
2 English
2 Vocabulary
2 Sample Sentences
3 Grammar
4 Cultural Insight

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 FRENCH

1. Je n'aime pas cela.

2. Je n'aime pas attendre.

3. Je déteste cela.

4. Je déteste attendre.

ENGLISH

1. I don't like this.

2. I don't like waiting.

3. I hate this.

4. I hate waiting.

VOCABULARY

Fr e nc h English C lass Ge nde r

attendre wait verb

déteste hate verb

je I pronoun neuter

n'...pas not adverb

aime like verb

cela this, that, it pronoun

SAMPLE SENTENCES

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Andr ew, pour r iez vous at t endr e un J e dét est e at t endr e les gens.
moment , s'il vous plaît ?
"I hate to wait for people."
"Andrew, could you wait a moment,
please?"

On dét est e le fr oid. En génér al, les enfant s dét est ent les
navet s en Fr ance.
"We hate the cold."
"Children usually hate turnips in
France."

J e dét est e at t endr e les gens. J e m'appelle Anne Pr oust .

"I hate to wait for people." "My name is Anne Proust."

Il aime l'ice t ea mais il pr éfèr e le t hé Elle aime discut er au bist r ot .

chaud.
"She likes to chat at the bistro."
"He likes iced tea but he prefers
hot tea."

Aimes-t u t on t r avail? Cela est just e.

Do you like your work? "It is fair."

Bien vu! J e n'avais pas pensé à cela.

"Good point! I didn't think about that."

GRAMMAR

In this lesson you will learn how to say that you don't like something.

Regist er French English Impor t ant

Not es

Phr ase 1 for mal Je n'aime pas I don't like

cela. t his.

Word 1 je I

Word 2 n'...pas not

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Word 3 aime like conjugated
verb

Word 4 cela this

Phr ase 2 for mal Je n'aime pas I don't like

attendre. wait ing.

Word 1 je I

Word 2 n'...pas not

Word 3 aime like conjugated

verb

Word 4 attendre wait

Phr ase 3 for mal Je déteste I hat e t his.

cela.

Word 1 je I

Word 2 déteste hate conjugated

verb

Word 3 cela this

Phr ase 4 for mal Je déteste I hat e wait ing.

attendre.

Word 1 je I

Word 2 déteste hate conjugated

verb

Word 3 attendre wait

CULTURAL INSIGHT

In France, unlike some other countries, it's ok when you don't like something and say it, it's
not considered as impolite.

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