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A Bonjour John, comment vas-tu? J Todo bien, gracias. Como vas? (All is good, thank you. How is it going?) A: Je vais très bien, merci John. A Aujourd’hui I would like us to talk about some expressions that use a different verb than in English to express the same thing. J Que interesante! Cuéntanos que tienes en mente. (How interesting! What do you have in mind?) A La première expression qui me vient à l’esprit - the first expression that comes to my mind is prendre une décision - to make a decision (to take) Comment dit-on en espagnol ? J En español decimos lo mismo, tomar una decisión. (In Spanish we say the same thing, to “take a decision”) A Une autre expression - another expression fais-moi savoir - let me know faire (to do) J En español sería: dejame saber o digame. (In Spanish it would be allow me to know or tell me). A faire la sieste - to take a nap (to do) J Lo mismo en espanol, hacer la siesta (Likewise in Spanish, to do) A faire attention - to be careful J En español sería algo diferente: prestar atencion (In Spanish it would be a bit different, to lend attention) A Nous n’avons que 2 auxiliaires - we only have 2 auxiliaries AVOIR et ËTRE but sometimes English and French do not use the same to express the same idea. J’ai faim - I am hungry (avoir-to have) - (to be) J Igualmente en espanol, tener hambre (the same in Spanish, to have hunger) A La même chose avec avoir soif - to be thirsty J’ai soif - I am thirsty J Tener sed (to have thirst) A une autre expression avec les auxiliaires Avoir mal à - to be hurting (to have) It is important to remember that the “à” will change to “au” in front of a masculin singular noun: j’ai mal au ventre It will say “à la” in front of a feminin singular noun: j’ai mal à la tête It will say “aux” in front of a plural noun masuclin or feminin : j’ai mal aux pieds j’ai mal aux dents J En espanol seria, estar enfermo(a) (in Spanish, it would be similar as in French). À la prochaine ¡Hasta la próxima! Our email : SpeakFrenchandSpanish@gmail.com Like us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/French4Spanish/ Follow us on Twitter and Instagram! https://twitter.com/french4spanish https://www.instagram.com/speakfrenchandspanish/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/french4spanish/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/french4spanish/support