The French noun le marché primarily means "market" or "marketplace," referring to a place for buying goods, a specific industry (e.g., marché immobilier - housing market), or "market price". It is commonly used in phrases like un marché aux puces (flea market) or le marché noir (black market).
"Bon marché" (bon-mar-shay) in English means cheap, inexpensive, or a good bargain, literally translating to "good market," and it can describe something with a low price or a good deal, though sometimes it can imply low quality depending on context. It's used as an adjective for items like cheap clothes or as part of store names like the famous Le Bon Marché department store.
("Ça marche" is a commonly used expression in French, which means "Okay" or "It's good". It is used to express acceptance, agreement or approval of something. Literally, "Ça marche" translates to "It walks" in English.
Marcher is a regular -ER verb in French, following common conjugation patterns. To say 'I am walking,' use 'je marche'; for 'we will walk,' use 'nous marcherons. ' The past tense 'I walked' is expressed as 'j'ai marché' using the passé composé.
French people mostly use it in the expression Faire le ménage (= to clean, to clean up a room). Je fais le ménage toutes les semaines. I clean my house every week.
You might also hear it from servers when you've finished ordering, although probably not in fancy or formal restaurants. In this context it means 'Coming up' or 'Coming right up'. You can also use it as a question. So, by saying to someone 'Ça marche ?'
More formally, when somebody is thanked we used to say "Je vous en prie" in a form of "you're welcome" or "it's my pleasure. Nowadays, the response to "merci" is often the casual "de rien", meaning "it's nothing" or like the spanish "de nada". More formally, we say "ca fait plaisir" meaning "it was my pleasure".
Je ne sais quoi literally translates from French as "I don't know what," but it's used in English to describe a special, indefinable quality or charm that makes someone or something appealing and hard to put into words, often meaning "that certain something" or "a special something".
"Bombasse" is a french slang which is used to describe "Hot/Gorgeous Chick"💃 Also, this slang is used for a curvy female with clear reference to the sex appeal. 👻 C'est quoi, cette bombasse?
To respond to "Je t'aime" (I love you) in French, use "Je t'aime aussi" or "Moi aussi, je t'aime" (I love you too) for a reciprocal feeling, or "Je t'adore" (I adore you) if you're not quite ready for "I love you," while adding "bien" (e.g., "Je t'aime bien") signals strong friendship rather than romance. For a platonic response, "Je t'aime bien" (I like you as a friend) clearly sets boundaries.
The most romantic French phrases often express deep commitment and adoration, with "Tu es l'amour de ma vie" (You are the love of my life) being a top choice, alongside passionate declarations like "Je t'aime à la folie" (I love you madly) or poetic lines like "Tu es la lumière de ma vie" (You are the light of my life), conveying eternal devotion or finding one's purpose in them, according to Learn French With Clémence and EF.
