finir in real spoken French
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Ending up somewhere, wrapping it up.
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Spoken French puts a place or a state straight after « finir »: « on a fini au bowling », « j’ai fini en larmes ». There is no preposition rule to learn; you simply say where the evening landed. Irritated parents snap « T’as fini, oui ? », where that « oui » carries pure impatience and expects no answer at all.
Two familiar synonyms do the work. « Boucler » means wrapping up a job, « je boucle le dossier et j’arrive », borrowed from the printing trade and now heard everywhere at work. « C’est plié » is stronger and very current: settled, no longer in doubt. Rougher is « torcher », to finish something fast and badly.
💡 Focus at this level: Native slang — finir au kebab, t’as fini oui, c’est plié
👨🏫 How to use « finir » at this level
1. « On a fini au kebab » = we ended up at the kebab shop. Finir plus a place.
2. « T’as fini, oui ? » = will you stop it? Pure parental impatience.
3. « C’est plié » = it is wrapped up, settled. Familiar and very current.
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Make it street: « Nous avons terminé la soirée dans un bar. »
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« On a fini dans un bar. » On replaces nous, and finir takes the place directly.
What does « c’est plié » mean about a match?
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It is over, the result is settled. Familiar slang, now used by every age group.
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