French expression: J'arrive

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May 18, 2012 at 11:55 am

(1) CDC says:

Some amusement derived from one non-french person at a recent dinner party carefully building the correct future tense to explain that the sauce would arrive in a moment, to be told that it was sufficient (correct?) to merely say “il arrive”.

May 18, 2012 at 3:05 pm

(2) Édit says:

Houp, j’ai oublié mon portefeuille – j’arrive.
Oops, I forgot my wallet – I’ll be right back.

Dans ce cas la personne qui a oublié son portefeuille dirait plutôt “je reviens tout de suite”… (I’ll be right back)

May 18, 2012 at 3:43 pm

(3) LKL - French Guide says:

Édit : Pas d’après mon expérience. J’entends “j’arrive” beaucoup plus souvent.

May 18, 2012 at 10:59 pm

(4) Kulmohan says:

J’arrive may also have other expressions like. Ces questions en géographie sont difficiles; j’arrive quand-même à en répondre quelques. Ou – Tu m’as bien appris à jouer aux cartes mais je n’arrive toujours pas à comprendre comment utiliser l’atout.

J’ai une question:
Est-ce que c’est toujours obligatoire de mettre les accents sur les MAJUSCULES?

May 19, 2012 at 1:20 am

(5) LKL - French Guide says:

Kulmohan – Yes, the other meanings of “arriver” are covered in the links at the bottom of my lesson.

Regarding accents on capitals, many French people do not use them and even believe that they are incorrect. The Alliance Française says otherwise. Here is what I think: http://french.about.com/library/writing/bl-capitalization3.htm

May 22, 2012 at 12:57 pm

(6) Iona says:

“quand J’arrive” can sometimes mean “when I get there” in the sense of “when I achieve…something”