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French Word of the Day

dommageexpr.

[dɔ.maʒ]

(what a) shame / too bad

In a sentence

  1. C’est dommage que tu partes déjà.It’s a shame you’re leaving already.
  2. Dommage, on a raté le train.Too bad, we missed the train.

« What a shame » — the all-purpose sigh of French disappointment. C’est dommage covers everything from rain to missed trains.

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What « dommage » means, the register it belongs to (courant), and two sentences you can use today. A new word every day → Open this short as a page — transcript included →

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