Adousi demann yo ak kesyon endirèk yo

An angle, franchiz dirèk la li tankou malonèt pi fasil pase nan pifò lang. Mo anplis yo nan yon demann janti pa yon dekorasyon : se egzakteman sa ki fè l akseptab. Kreyòl la gen pwòp adousisè li yo (ta, tanpri, souple : Ou ta ka voye fichye a ban mwen ?), e se yon bon pwen depa.

Echèl politès la

Soti nan sa ki pi dirèk rive nan sa ki pi janti :

1. Send me the file. (lòd)
2. Can you send me the file? (senp)
3. Could you send me the file? (politès estanda)
4. Would you mind sending me the file? (pi janti)
5. I was wondering if you could send me the file. (trè janti / gwo favè)

Plis favè a gwo, plis fraz la long. Se règ debaz la.

Would you mind

Se yon pyèj : apre li vini -ing, e yes vle di non. Kreyòl la sèvi ak vèb la dirèkteman apre demann lan (Ou ta ka louvri fenèt la ?), men fòm -ing la se yon bagay ou dwe aprann apa.

Would you mind opening the window? (e pa to open)

— Not at all. = wi, m ap louvri l

— Yes, I would. = non, m pa ap louvri l

Repons ki pi sekirite yo : Not at all / Of course not / Sure, no problem.

Kesyon endirèk yo

Yon kesyon dirèk ka sonnen brital, sitou ak yon moun ou pa konnen. Yon « anvlòp » adousi l — e lòd mo yo tounen lòd abityèl la :

Where is the station? → Could you tell me where the station is?

Does the shop open on Sunday? → Do you know if the shop opens on Sunday?

De règ : apre anvlòp la, pa gen inivèsyon, e kesyon ki pa gen mo kesyon egzije if oswa whether. Kreyòl la pa fè inivèsyon nan kesyon dirèk (Kote estasyon an ye ?). Lè ou aprann inivèsyon an angle (Where is…?), ou gen tandans aplike l kote li pa dwe, ladan l nan kesyon endirèk la.

❌ Could you tell me where is the station? ✅ Could you tell me where the station is?

Anvlòp ki itil : Could you tell me…, Do you know…, I was wondering…, Would you happen to know…

Ki jan pou adousi yon refi oswa yon move nouvèl

• I'm afraid we can't do that.
• Unfortunately, the date doesn't work for us.
• That might be a bit difficult. (souvan se yon vrè « non »)
• I'm not sure that's going to work.

Mo a bit ak slightly sèvi tout tan pou adousi : a bit tight, slightly delayed, a bit of a problem — e dènye a souvan vle di yon gwo pwoblèm.

Adousisman an ak ki jan pou entèprete l

Adousisman an mache nan de sans : ou dwe konnen pwodui l menm jan ou konnen dechifre l. Angle britanik, an patikilye, di mwens pase sa li vle di.

Sa yo di	Sa yo vle di
That's an interesting idea.	mwen pa dakò
I'd have a slight concern about…	mwen jwenn sa fo
With the greatest respect…	ou twonpe ou
It's not ideal.	sa move
We might want to revisit that.	refè l
I'll bear it in mind.	m p ap fè l
Not bad at all.	sa vrèman bon
Quite good.	(nan angle britanik) plito desevan

Modèl la konstan : kritik la adousi, men lwanj lan adousi tou. Not bad se yon konpliman, e quite good souvan pa youn.

Ki jan pou adousi yon kritik

Modèl estanda retou enfòmasyon an : pwen pozitif → dout → pwopozisyon, e dout la prezante adousi :

• This is really solid. My only concern would be the timeline — could we build in a buffer?
• I wonder whether it might be worth checking the figures?
• Might it be an idea to run it past Legal first?

Remake : I wonder whether ak might it be an idea pa kesyon. Se enstriksyon ki gen kwen yo kase, e tout moun ki la konprann li konsa.

Mo just ak possibly

I just wanted to check the deadline.

Could you possibly send it today?

Just fè demann lan sanble pi piti. Possibly montre ou konprann sa w ap mande a.

Lè franchiz la nesesè

Adousisman an se opsyon pa default la, se pa yon règ inivèsèl. Bliye l nèt lè sa konsène :

• Sekirite : Stop. · Don't touch that.
• Delè reyèl : I need this by two, or we miss the deadline.
• Yon demann ki repete : twazyèm fwa ou mande yon bagay, ou dwe pi dirèk pase premye fwa a.
• Ijans : I need an ambulance.

Isit la, yon fraz adousi pi mal pase yon fraz dirèk — li ka konprann kòm fakiltatif.

Pa twòp

Adousisman an gen yon limit. Sa a pa sonnen janti ankò, men alarman :

I was just wondering if it might possibly be at all feasible for you to perhaps consider sending it.

Yon oswa de adousisè, se politès. Kat, se jennan.

Adousisman an pa mesaj la li menm, men anbalaj li. Fraz We might want to revisit that gen yon enstriksyon andedan l, e I'd have a slight concern gen yon refi. Moun ki entèprete yo literalman pèdi mwatye sa yo di a ; moun ki pa sèvi ak yo sonnen pi brital pase sa li te vle. Toulède koute.

Yon reyinyon kote anyen pa di dirèkteman

A: So we'd launch on the 12th.

B: Right. I'd have a slight concern about the testing window.

A: It's tight, but it's doable.

B: Mm. It's not ideal. Might it be an idea to give ourselves a week's buffer?

A: I'll bear it in mind.

Pesonn pa opoze, pesonn pa di non — e tout moun ki la konprann B te kont e A deside pa chanje anyen.

Teste sa ou fèk li a

Tès ki anba a kouvri echèl politès la, lòd mo yo nan kesyon endirèk la ak pyèj would you mind lan.