do you want to dance

French translation: oh yeah

17:29 Jan 19, 2004

English to French translations [Non-PRO]

English term or phrase: do you want to dance

when you ask someone if they want to dance

claire

French translation:oh yeah

Explanation:
question d'époque

aujourd'hui : eh, tu danses ? (vous dansez ?)

hier - tu veux danser ?
(est-ce que vous voulez danser ?) (voulez vous danser avec moi, ce soir ? I am ...ooops- ahead of my steps :-)

avant hier: vous m'accorderez bien cette danse ?

avant avant hier : Vous permettez, Monsieur, que j'emrunte votre fille ....?

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Note added at 6 mins (2004-01-19 17:35:52 GMT)
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emprunte :-)

Selected response from:

Jean-Luc Dumont
France
Local time: 09:30

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Summary of answers provided

4 +8

oh yeah

Jean-Luc Dumont

5 +5

M'accorderez-vous cette danse?

Pierre POUSSIN

5 +4

Tu veux danser ? ou tu danses ?

GILLES MEUNIER

4 +2

voulez -vous danser

Iolanta Vlaykova Paneva

Answers

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

Tu veux danser ? ou tu danses ?

Explanation:
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GILLES MEUNIER
France
Local time: 09:30
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in pair: 75574

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +8

oh yeah

Jean-Luc Dumont
France
Local time: 09:30
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in pair: 2872

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7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

M'accorderez-vous cette danse?

Explanation:
It's much more elegant than "On en sue une, Marquise?"

Pierre POUSSIN
France
Local time: 09:30
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in pair: 1497

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

voulez -vous danser

Explanation:
ABBA
voulez- vous danser avec moi/ce soir/?

Iolanta Vlaykova Paneva
Canada
Local time: 03:30
Native speaker of: Bulgarian
PRO pts in pair: 95

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