8 supportive phrases to speak in a chic way
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2025 10:10 am
Hi! In today's video, I'm going to teach you eight formal phrases to speak classy French. These phrases are still common, so you'll be able to use them in formal situations.
Hello and thank you for joining me. As you can see, today we are going to study some formal French together. In Authentic French, we tend to teach you everyday French, because Authentic French is designed to help you understand French speakers and immerse yourself in real French, the French spoken by French speakers. So that's why I tend to often use very authentic content and rather everyday, even familiar, French. But today, we are going to study more formal French together.
The choice I made was to select sentences that remain common. The idea is not to teach you formal French that you will only find in books. I am not trying to teach you purely literary sentences, I am trying to share with you sentences that you can hear in the mouths of the French when they are in formal situations, at work for example, in a job interview or in any type of slightly formal situation.
There will be eight expressions in this video. I will give you a somewhat general example, an example of general use, and an example that will be related to the world of work and in particular to the job interview.
You will be able, at the end of this video or singapore whatsapp number data you can do it right now, to download your free PDF sheet . It is the first link in the description. You click on it, you put your address and you immediately receive a synthetic PDF sheet which exactly includes the expressions that we are going to see together right now.
The first expression or the first part of a sentence is: "allow me to". "Permit" means to authorize, to give permission to someone to do something, we give permission. Here, the verb is conjugated in the imperative. It is as if we were asking for authorization, permission from someone to do or say something. And in practice, it is a polite way of indicating to a person that we are about to do something or say something. It does not change the meaning of the sentence, but it adds a little politeness.
For example, let me introduce my wife. It's a way of saying, "Here, I'm going to introduce my wife," and I use "allow me to" to make it sound a little more formal and polite.
In a job interview, you might say, "Let me tell you about my work experience." Here, it's a polite way of saying, "Well, in a moment, I'll tell you about my experience."
Second: "I would be grateful to you", "I would be grateful to you for something" in general. It means I would be grateful to you for, I would appreciate it if you did something, I would like you to do something. It is the conditional of "to be grateful", which means to be grateful.
Be careful, it is the verb "to know" and not the verb "to be". There is often confusion. The correct form is "I would be grateful to you" and not "I would be grateful to you". "I would know you" and not "I would be grateful to you". It is the verb "to know", not the verb "to be".
For example, I would appreciate it if you could keep me informed about the progress of the project. That means I would be grateful if you could do it, I would like you to keep me informed about the progress of the project.
In a job interview, you can say: I would appreciate it if you could tell me a little more about the tasks that correspond to this job. I would appreciate it if you could tell me or give me more details about this job.
Fourth: “as much as possible.” This means to do one’s best for something, doing everything possible.
For example, I try to practice speaking French as much as possible. That means I try to do it as much as possible, I make an effort to practice speaking French.
An example for the job interview: I am very flexible and I adapt to the needs of the company as much as possible. This means that I do my best, I do everything in my power, everything that is possible to adapt to the needs of the company.
Fourth: "in many respects." Here, we make the connection. We say "des_égards." It means in many situations, in different contexts, with different points of view.
Hello and thank you for joining me. As you can see, today we are going to study some formal French together. In Authentic French, we tend to teach you everyday French, because Authentic French is designed to help you understand French speakers and immerse yourself in real French, the French spoken by French speakers. So that's why I tend to often use very authentic content and rather everyday, even familiar, French. But today, we are going to study more formal French together.
The choice I made was to select sentences that remain common. The idea is not to teach you formal French that you will only find in books. I am not trying to teach you purely literary sentences, I am trying to share with you sentences that you can hear in the mouths of the French when they are in formal situations, at work for example, in a job interview or in any type of slightly formal situation.
There will be eight expressions in this video. I will give you a somewhat general example, an example of general use, and an example that will be related to the world of work and in particular to the job interview.
You will be able, at the end of this video or singapore whatsapp number data you can do it right now, to download your free PDF sheet . It is the first link in the description. You click on it, you put your address and you immediately receive a synthetic PDF sheet which exactly includes the expressions that we are going to see together right now.
The first expression or the first part of a sentence is: "allow me to". "Permit" means to authorize, to give permission to someone to do something, we give permission. Here, the verb is conjugated in the imperative. It is as if we were asking for authorization, permission from someone to do or say something. And in practice, it is a polite way of indicating to a person that we are about to do something or say something. It does not change the meaning of the sentence, but it adds a little politeness.
For example, let me introduce my wife. It's a way of saying, "Here, I'm going to introduce my wife," and I use "allow me to" to make it sound a little more formal and polite.
In a job interview, you might say, "Let me tell you about my work experience." Here, it's a polite way of saying, "Well, in a moment, I'll tell you about my experience."
Second: "I would be grateful to you", "I would be grateful to you for something" in general. It means I would be grateful to you for, I would appreciate it if you did something, I would like you to do something. It is the conditional of "to be grateful", which means to be grateful.
Be careful, it is the verb "to know" and not the verb "to be". There is often confusion. The correct form is "I would be grateful to you" and not "I would be grateful to you". "I would know you" and not "I would be grateful to you". It is the verb "to know", not the verb "to be".
For example, I would appreciate it if you could keep me informed about the progress of the project. That means I would be grateful if you could do it, I would like you to keep me informed about the progress of the project.
In a job interview, you can say: I would appreciate it if you could tell me a little more about the tasks that correspond to this job. I would appreciate it if you could tell me or give me more details about this job.
Fourth: “as much as possible.” This means to do one’s best for something, doing everything possible.
For example, I try to practice speaking French as much as possible. That means I try to do it as much as possible, I make an effort to practice speaking French.
An example for the job interview: I am very flexible and I adapt to the needs of the company as much as possible. This means that I do my best, I do everything in my power, everything that is possible to adapt to the needs of the company.
Fourth: "in many respects." Here, we make the connection. We say "des_égards." It means in many situations, in different contexts, with different points of view.