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etrange:
We say "comment etait ta journee ?"

"Jour" refers to day as a unit of time or a particular day of week.

Example:
1) Un jour = 24 heures
2) Ce jour-la
3) Quel jour ?
4) Le jour de mon anniversaire

"Journee" refers to day as a duration or a period. The emphasis is on a particular length of time and/or the activities that took place within the period.

Example:
1) Il faut sortir pendant la journee (I/you/we/they/etc should go out during the day)
2) C'etait une journee stressante (it was a stressful day)
3) Comment etait ta journee ? (how was your day?)

In the examples above, the word "journee" is referring to the period of time when there's daylight and people go about thier businesses.


These rules also apply to soir vs soiree, and matin vs matinee

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Favorolasupo:
Why do we that have so many "Ex -Convicts" on NL...Im even surprised the dude cant even type correct English..

Jolene201:
Lol

Favorolasupo:
Bonjour,,comment allez-vous aujourd'hui?

Jolene201:
Bonjour,ca va bien..et toi?

Favorolasupo:
Bonjour,,comment allez-vous aujourd'hui?

Jolene201:
Bonjour,ca va bien..et toi?

Ogamysamo:
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merci monsieur pour de la explanation.

may GOD bless him

Favorolasupo:
bienvenue

Ogamysamo:
merci madame(accept it like that abeg for now you're my teacher ) where are we starting from? i remembered you were listing some adjectives before i left nairaland

Favorolasupo:
yes i was listing some adjectives let's continue

Ogamysamo:
yea, let's contine je se manque

Favorolasupo:
je veux manger,je reviendrai It means:i want to eat,i will come back

Ogamysamo:
FOLLOWING

Favorolasupo:
bonjour Monsieur Comment allez Vous?

Ogamysamo:
pas mal. et toi?

Favorolasupo:
bien Mon ami

Ogamysamo:
comment etait votre nuit?

Favorolasupo:
bonjour monsieur

Favorolasupo:
bonjour monsieur

etrange:
The meaning is highly contextual and, therefore, not easy to explain. I will give you 10 instances. It's going to be another epistle, sorry.

1) At a glance:
Voila => there is
Voici => here is

Example:
Voila la femme de mon fere (there is my brother's wife)

2) However, "voila" can also mean "here is". This means it can replace "voici" in a sentence and this is usually the case except when the difference needs to be made explicit.

Example:
Voila ma nouvelle voiture (here/there is my new car)

3) "Voila" is also an exclamation used to express agreement. For example, when you say something that indicates you've understood what I am explaining or something that shows you agree with my argument, I could say "voila !". In this case, it means "that's what I'm saying!" or "that's right!".

4) In some contexts, "voila/voici" could also mean "there/here you are", "there/here I am", etc.

Example:
Me voici => here I am.

5) They can also be used to introduce a reason or an explanation. In this case, it could be translated as "thus" or "that is".

Example:
J'ai perdu mom chat, voila pourquoi je suis triste (I lost my cat, that is why I'm sad)

6) They are used as fillers. In this case, we don't translate them (even though it means "that's it" ).

Example:
Je vais juste tout oublier, voila. (I'm just going to forget everything).

7) "Voila" can be used to say how long something has been happening.

Example:
Voila 3 jours que je suis à Paris ! (I've been in Paris for 3 days!)

8 ) "Voila" can mean "see" or "take a look" or "over there"

Example:
Voila un elephant ! (See an elephant!)

9) It is used to indicate the simple or unwanted end of an activity.

Example:
Arretez le bruit, vous allez réveiller le bébé... et voila ! (Stop the noise, you'll wake up the baby... now see!) [They eventually woke up the baby]


10) I can't remember any other instance but you can hardly go wrong with "voila". Lol

godstino:
I was just smiling while reading this Lol. Because it clarified a lot of things . I recently attended an online french session and the speaker was just saying ´voila’ here and there , it got me wondering but your write-up has clarified it. Thanks!

Ogamysamo:
bon soir, comment est le travaille?

Jolene201:
Bonjour,ca va bien..et toi?

Truvelisback:
Bonsoir Jolene201. Comment Ca' va? Mon nom est Truvel. Enchante'.

Jolene201:
Ca va bien, merci...enchante aussi

Truvelisback:
Comment s'est passe ta journe'e?

Jolene201:
Tres Bien,merci..et toi?

Truvelisback:
Ma journee e'tait bien aussi.

Truvelisback:
Bonsoir bro. Comment ca' va?

Ogamysamo:
ca va bien merci, et vous?