How to Say ‘The card terminal is not working tonight.’ in French
Le terminal ne marche pas ce soir.
luh tair-mee-NAL nuh marsh pah suh swahr
[luh tair-mee-NAL nuh marsh pah suh swahr]
💬 Usage Tip: [Ne ... pas] goes around the verb: [ne marche pas]. In casual spoken French, many people say [Le terminal marche pas ce soir].
Phrase Breakdown
Le terminal
luh tair-mee-NAL
the card terminal / payment terminal
Refers to the machine used to take card payments.
Le terminal est en panne.
The terminal is broken.
Words in this phrase
Le
[luh]
the
A masculine singular definite article.
Le terminal est éteint.
The terminal is switched off.
terminal
[tair-mee-NAL]
card machine
The device used to accept card payments.
Le terminal affiche un message d'erreur.
The terminal shows an error message.
Ne marche pas
nuh marsh pah
isn't working / doesn't work
Negative form used to say a machine or system is not functioning.
Mon téléphone ne marche pas.
My phone isn't working.
Words in this phrase
ne
[nuh]
not
First part of the negative structure in French.
Ne répond plus depuis une heure.
It has not been responding for an hour.
marche
[marsh]
works
Means functions or operates in this context.
Le système marche d'habitude.
The system usually works.
pas
[pah]
not
Second part of the negation.
Ça ne marche pas avec ma carte étrangère.
It doesn't work with my foreign card.
Ce soir
suh swahr
this evening / tonight
Refers to the current evening.
Je rentre ce soir.
I'm going home tonight.
Words in this phrase
ce
[suh]
this
Used here in a time expression with soir.
Ce soir, il y a beaucoup de clients.
This evening, there are many customers.
soir
[swahr]
evening
Refers to tonight or the current evening.
Ce soir, je n'ai pas de monnaie.
This evening, I don't have any change.
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