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How to Say ‘I'm only just getting over bronchitis’ in French

Je sors à peine d'une bronchite

zhuh sor ah pen dak ewn brohn-SHEET

[zhuh sor ah pen dak ewn brohn-SHEET]

Phrase Breakdown

Je sors à peine

zhuh sor ah pen

I'm only just getting over

'Sortir de' plus an illness means recovering from it. Link the words smoothly: 'jeu sor a pèn'.

Example

Je sors à peine du travail.

I've only just left work.

Words in this phrase

[zhuh]

Pronoun used by the speaker to identify themselves.

Example

Je suis content.

I am happy.

sors

[sor]

come out / get over

From 'sortir'; here, recovering from an illness.

Example

Je sors de l'hôpital demain.

I'm leaving hospital tomorrow.

[ah]

A preposition indicating position or direction.

Example

À la maison.

At the house.

peine

[pen]

barely (in 'à peine')

With 'à', means hardly or only just.

Example

Il est à peine huit heures.

It's barely eight o'clock.

d'une bronchite

dak ewn brohn-SHEET

from bronchitis

'Bronchite' sounds like 'bron-shit', with a nasal 'on'. 'D'une' is 'de' plus 'une' contracted.

Example

Il souffre d'une bronchite.

He's suffering from bronchitis.

Words in this phrase

[dak]

of / from

This contracted preposition is part of the fixed expression d'accord, meaning okay or agreed.

Example

D'accord, je note votre réservation.

Okay, I am noting your reservation.

une

[ewn]

a / an

An indefinite article used before feminine singular nouns.

Example

Une rencontre comme celle-ci peut ouvrir des portes.

A meeting like this can open doors.

bronchite

[brohn-SHEET]

bronchitis

Inflammation of the airways in the lungs.

Example

Elle a une bronchite.

She has bronchitis.

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