In this episode you will learn (in less than 5 minutes):
– 6 completely different meanings of “il s’agit de” in English. You probably know only 1 out of the 6
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Transcript
Welcome to today’s podcast!
Are you ready to learn some useful English in less than 5 minutes?
Today, we will cover six possible ways to express the French expression “IL S’AGIT DE” in English:
- About
- When it comes to doing something
- Apparently
- That’s the point/the point is to…
- Indeed
- A need to do something
I imagine that many of you didn’t know that “il s’agit de” could mean so many things in English.
Ready?
1-ABOUT
FR: “Dans ce webinaire, il s’agit de parler de harcèlement moral.”
EN: “In this webinar we will speak ABOUT psychological harassment.”
2-WHEN IT COMES TO DOING SOMETHING
FR: “Quand il s’agit de trouver des gens pour rester tard au bureau, Paul est toujours le premier choix.”
EN: “WHEN IT COMES TO FINDING SOMEONE to stay late at the office, Paul is always the first choice.”
3-IL S’AGIRAIT DE = APPARENTLY
FR: “La nouvelle recrue? Il s’agirait d’un juriste très expérimenté.”
EN: “The new hire? APPARENTLY he’s a very experienced in-house lawyer.”
4-THAT’S THE POINT/THE POINT IS TO…
FR: “Il ne s’agit d’embaucher un assistant que si nous en avons vraiment besoin.”
EN: “The POINT IS TO only hire an assistant if we really need one.”
5-INDEED : IT/SHE/HE IS/WAS INDEED THAT PERSON
FR: “Je pensais connaître ce prospect et, en réfléchissant, je me suis rendu compte qu’il s’agissait bien de quelqu’un qui a fait la même école que moi.”
EN: “I thought I knew that prospect and when I thought about it, I realized that she WAS INDEED someone who had studied at the same school as me.”
6-A NEED TO DO SOMETHING
FR: “Il s’agit de garder nos autres salariés.”
EN: “We NEED TO keep our other employees.”
OK, let’s review what we’ve learned today:
Il s’agit de parler de = We will speak about
Quand il s’agit de trouver… = When it comes to finding…
Il s’agirait de = Apparently…
Il s’agit de le faire si = The point is to do it if…
Il s’agissait bien de… = Indeed
Il s’agit de = We need to
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Next week you willl learn the different ways to say:
“faire un bilan”
“c’est déjà ça”
Acteurs
D’actualité
S’arranger
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