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dreis

20:29 Apr 5, 2001
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
French term or phrase: dreis
je vous dreis


Summary of answers provided
naI would like
Brigitte Gendebien
nai woud tell you
Albert Golub
naI'D LIKE
GISELE PALOMINO
naJe voudrai = I would like
Fuad Yahya


  

Answers


5 hrs
I would like


Explanation:
je voudrais: I would like

Brigitte Gendebien
Belgium
Local time: 18:13
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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6 hrs
i woud tell you


Explanation:
if it were "je vous dirais"
otherwise gendebien's solution fits if it is "je voudrais"

Albert Golub
Local time: 18:13
Native speaker of: French
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14 hrs
I'D LIKE


Explanation:
I'D LIKE IS THE ENGLISH WAY TO DESORE AND MOST TIME IT IS USED AS A CONTRACTION
I JE
'D LIKE WOULD LIKE
In French it is written je voudrai



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GISELE PALOMINO
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1 day 1 hr
Je voudrai = I would like


Explanation:
"Voudrai" is the future tense of "vouloir," which means "to will," "to want," "to wish," or "to desire."

"Je voudrai" is the common way of saying "I would like..."

As you can see, "voudrai" has nothing to do with the pronoun "vous."

Fuad


    Harrap's Concise French and English Dictionary
Fuad Yahya
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Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
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