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French expression: Tout à fait

By , About.com GuideSeptember 23, 2011

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September 23, 2011 at 11:29 am
(1) peter says:

I hear this expression a lot when I listen to RFI radio. I’m pleased that you covered it. Your sites great.

September 23, 2011 at 12:51 pm
(2) Zuzka says:

Bon Jour Laura,
thanks a lot for Your site.
I really appreciate how You do Your job for us, learners of French.
Today´s expression I can hear so often when I am in France but You have brought different examples, positive as well negative and that is what I need for my getting improved.
Have a nice weekend and take care .

December 21, 2012 at 4:41 am
(3) David Marshall says:

Ça va Laura?

I guess “tout à fait” would literaly mean “all the facts”; used just in the way you describe. And living partially in SW France (Pays Basque) I would say it’s one of the most common phrases I hear in chat. The other would be “t’inquiète pas” (with the “Ne” missing from the begining of the phrase). I didn’t spot that here… yet…

But the big problem I had was finding ways to say “anywhere”…

Great blog…
Sincères salutations
David

June 11, 2013 at 5:31 pm
(4) C. M. says:

Dans un film (1926), le petit Gribiche écrit une lettre. Il écrit ”
« Je suis en allé pour tout à fait. »
Je sais ce qu’il veut dire, mais ma question : Est-ce qu’il écrit bon français, ou est-ce que /ca c’est une façon d’écrire pour un môme de dix ans ?
Merci d’avance, Carl

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