Like when you say something you don't want to say and then correct it, ie "I ate a mime, I MEAN lime" On freetranslation.com it says je signifie but I don't completely trust that.
2006-09-30 17:59:08 · 13 answers · asked by Charlotte Sometimes 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Je veux dire... - I mean...
Je voulais dire... - I meant...
Ca signifie...- It means... or That means...
Ca veut dire...- It means... or That means...
Ca veut dire quoi? - What does that mean?
Qu'est-ce que ça veut dire? - What does that mean?
Don't say "je signifie". It sounds ridiculous. It should be used with "it", not a personal pronoun.
Best of Luck with the French.
2006-09-30 23:08:28 · answer #1 · answered by 2 shy 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You're right, "je signifie" is wrong. "Signifie" would be okay for "the word means" but not "I mean".
Je voulais dire (I wnated to say) or J'aurais du dire (I should have said) if it was a fairly big mistake, but for a small slip of the tongue like that, I'd probably go with "c'est à dire" (that is to say).
2006-09-30 21:32:49 · answer #2 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Je veux dire
2006-10-01 04:37:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's a min-translator program you can download free. It's a Widget at the Yahoo Widget site.
je veux dire?
2006-09-30 18:03:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
French: Beau/Belle German: Schön Spanish: hermoso/Bello Italian: Bello Dutch: Mooi Portuguese: Belo Russian: ???????? Norweigian: vakker Simplified Chinese: ?? Traditional Chinese: ?? Japanese: ?????
2016-08-29 09:50:44 · answer #5 · answered by alienello 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I mean is english I mean it is an English way of saying something better to just laugh and correct yourself.
2006-09-30 19:18:47 · answer #6 · answered by leviathia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Je veux dire" is another way to get the point across
2006-09-30 18:02:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I just know "je" means i
2006-10-02 02:00:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes you will hear people say "je dis..." It means I am saying...
2006-09-30 18:00:23 · answer #9 · answered by Melanie L 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
j'ai voulu dire pour dire
means I meant to say which is the closest I think you can get to I mean
2006-09-30 18:07:47 · answer #10 · answered by Kinky Kevin 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋