Usage examples of "Et si" in French with translation to English

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Et si vous me faisiez une tasse de thé ? How about making me a cup of tea?

Et si quelqu'un tuait Tom ? Que ferais-tu ? What if someone killed Tom? What would you do?

Et si tu te servais de tes pieds ? What do you have your feet for?

Et si elles couraient ? How about running?

Et si on marchait jusqu'au sommet de la montagne ? How about walking to the top of the mountain?

Et si on allait voir un film ce soir ? How about going to see a movie tonight?

Et si tu courais ? How about running?

Et si on jouait au tennis samedi prochain ? How about playing tennis next Saturday?

Et si nous parlions de l'énergie solaire. Let's talk about solar energy.

Et si on prenait un café ? And what about a coffee?

Je ne peux pas te le dire. C'est un secret et si je te le disais, ce ne serait plus un secret. I can't tell you. It's a secret and if I told you, it wouldn't be a secret anymore.

Et si nous courions ? How about running?

Voilà mes principes, et si vous ne les aimez pas...eh bien, j'en ai d'autres. Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

Et si nous retournions à la maison ? Why don't we go home?

Les mots seuls ne peuvent subvenir aux besoins de notre peuple. Ces besoins ne seront satisfaits que si nous agissons vigoureusement dans les années à venir ; et si nous comprenons que les défis auxquels nous faisons face sont partagés, et que notre échec à les résoudre nous causera dommage à tous. Words alone cannot meet the needs of our people. These needs will be met only if we act boldly in the years ahead; and if we understand that the challenges we face are shared, and our failure to meet them will hurt us all.

Et si tu venais au cinéma avec moi ? How about going to see a movie with me?

Les fleurs sont si fragiles et si belles, qu'on ne peut pas en parler sans poésie ni métaphores. Flowers are so fragile and so beautiful, that you can't speak about them without poetry or metaphors.

Et si je courais ? How about running?

Et si on sortait dîner ? How about going out for dinner?

— Et si on jouait à la balle ? — Oui, pourquoi pas ? "How about playing catch?" "Sure, why not?"

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