"Je suis une fille."
Translation:I am a girl.
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"stand alone" means "alone / by itself". So when I say "I am a daughter" would not stand alone, I mean that this sentence should be complemented with something to make it understandable. "Je suis une fille" is "I am a girl". But it it were to be understood as "I am a daughter", the French would specify: "Je suis une fille de Mr & Mrs XYZ", so that the word "fille" is understood as "daughter" and not "girl".
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tylerc ushing- you can say , alone, je suis une fille = I'm a girl, but you can'ty say alone, je suis une fille = I'm a daughter
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You are right, but we don't always accept both, since the translation in English depends on the context:
Generally, when "fille" comes after a possessive adjective, it means "daughter":
- "ma fille" means "my daughter"
- "ta fille" means "your daughter"
- "sa fille" means "her/his daughter"
- "votre fille" means "your daughter" (you plural or you formal)
- "leur fille" means "their daughter"
Generally, when "fille" comes after a definite ("la") or an indefinite ("une") article, it means "girl":
- "la fille" means "the girl"
- "une fille" means "a girl"
Be careful with such cases:
- "C'est la fille du voisin." means "She is the neighbor's daughter."
- "J'ai une fille." means "I have one daughter."
No, the same word "fille" is used to mean "girl" or "daughter". That is why, "je suis une fille" would be "I am a girl" and not "I am a daughter", since nobody would understand in French what you refer to.
To make it clearer, "fille" becomes daughter with a possessive form: "ma fille" is obviously "my daughter" (not my girlfriend!), and "je suis la fille de M. Smith" means I am Mr Smith's daughter (not his girl).
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You can practice your listening/speaking skills for "fille" with this link:
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"un" ends with an "n", like "garçon" (masculine)
"une" ends with an "e", like "fille" (feminine)
Forvo is better than google translation, because you can hear several speakers with different accent saying the same word. Go to www.forvo.com
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if you follow a girl= je suis une fille, you don't make the union between the S and the U, like in je suis-z-une fille (I'm a girl)
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"suis" has two possible meanings: either "am" (verb "être") or "follow" (verb "suivre"). If you open the conjugation table, you get the conjugations for both verbs. On the top of the window, you just have to click on the verb that you want (see: "Verb: suivre/être").
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"Je" is the first person singular, so "Je suis une fille" translates to "I am a girl".
FYI, for the 3rd person singular, you have to use "c'est" when there is an article (une, un, le, la, or l'), a possessive (mon/ton/son, ma/ta/sa, notre/votre/leur), or a pronoun (le nôtre/le vôtre/le leur/la nôtre/la vôtre/la leur) before the noun.
- "She is a girl." translates to "C'est une fille", not "Elle est une fille"
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Hi, the pronunciation of "fille" is correct here. The audio problem in this sentence is that there is no liaison between "suis" and "une" (which should sound like: "suis-Z-une"). We'll fix this asap.