>>>>On the Pimsleur Basic French tapes they use a phrase which they refer to as emphatic "Yes, I want to." The way it sounds on the tape is as "Je veux" and then a word that sounds like "bien" (this is my spelling). So the entire phrase sounds like "Zhe vu bien". What is the 3rd word in this phrase?
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>>>>Thank you in advance for your help.
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>>>perhaps "Je voudrais bien" - I would (well) like to.
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>>>The emphatic yes BTW in French is "si" as in Spanish/Italian (as in "yes, [I insist that is correct despite your disagreeing with me]"
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>>I just remembered that on the tape they do say that it is common in French to say "me si" as in emphatic "but yes". So you are correct.
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>Mais si!
Thank you for correcting my spelling. I am learning from tapes by sound only; no book, no text. That is why sometimes, to make sure I say the right words, I look for help in dictionaries or here.
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