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Hi everyone, hope you're well.

Today, I'm back with a French video that's a bit special. We're going to take a look at an expression that's often used when you don't know French very well.

But not to be used when addressing a girl or talking about a girl or a woman.

It's an expression I've seen a few times in the comments.

They were very kind comments to congratulate me, to compliment me.

You can see the expression "you're very good".

The problem with the expression tu es bonne or vous êtes bonne is that it's not the same as saying You're good or You're so good.

You might think you're using it to compliment someone or to congratulate someone. Because, literally, when we say you're good, it should mean you're talented, you're strong or you're good if you're very nice.

The problem is that in colloquial, popular language, t'es bonne, tu es bonne means something else.

You can say it means something like you're sexy, you have a nice body, but in really bad language.

So, it's a rather crude, rather vulgar compliment.

So it can really be taken the wrong way by a woman, or if you're saying it to talk about a girl.

To make sure you're not being offensive or hurting the person's feelings, it's best to use other vocabulary words, such as "you're talented" or "you're strong", or to specify what the person is good at or in which field.

For example, you can say you are good at singing, you are good at French, you are good at sports, you are good at acting, you are good at cooking, but it is better to specify the field.

You'll save yourself a lot of trouble and embarrassment.

Let's imagine, for example, that you think the little sister of one of your French friends sings very well.

Don't tell your friend wow! your little sister is good. Instead, say your sister is really good at singing or your sister sings very well.

But don't tell anyone your sister is good.

Of course, if you use it and people know you're a foreigner, they'll obviously understand what you mean, and generally they won't get angry or offended.

But now that you know, don't tell a woman you're hot.

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