How would one say "about" in French. For example, I'm think about--je pense a. In this case, how does one go about saying something like "There is a movie about..." Il y a un film (about)...
2006-06-06 14:20:34 · 5 answers · asked by bgcg2003 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Studying Abroad
Actually, the literal translation of about is "à propos" and it is quite used in most of the cases to translate about. There is a movie about... Il ya un film à propos de (tel ou tel sujet or whatever it is you want to say) But, of course when you want to talk about your thoughts the translation is just à. About could also be " environ" if you want to talk about the time like in "he stayed for about half an hour" "Il est resté pour environ une demi-heure de temps" "à peu pres" would also do in this case. As in "il était à peu pres neuf heures quand il est parti" it was about 9 when he left. About can also be translated as "au sujet de" if you're talking about a specific subject as in the movie example. "De, du, des" can be used too as in speak about... "parler du/de/des/de la..." I can't think of anymore translation of about for now. Hope I helped!
Well, if you have any french questions you can write me, and maybe, just maybe I could help you more. After all, French is only my native language.
And oh, one last word: Don't use online translations, I've tried them; they're crap.
2006-06-10 16:07:15 · answer #1 · answered by celine 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
il y a un film environ.....
About: environ
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2006-06-06 14:25:53 · answer #2 · answered by Kellygreen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
au sujet de...
Il y a un film au sujet des moines et des monastères -- There is a film about monks and monasteries. (des = de + les)
de
to speak about wood -- parler du bois. (du = de + le)
2006-06-06 22:47:15 · answer #3 · answered by shorteroed 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
usually a more informal approach is used De La which becomes DU meaning "of the".
2006-06-06 14:25:16 · answer #4 · answered by TheVitaminGeek 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"de" (or "de la" or "du")
"environ" is a literal translaion, but it means (the area) about
2006-06-06 14:32:12 · answer #5 · answered by bunstihl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋