Une", it's clear, it's the feminine of "un", it's the prime number. And "deux", it's the number that comes just after, it's between "un" and "trois", one, two, three.
It's a bit, as I was saying, tricky to understand, it's not intuitive. We say that it's neither one nor two, which means that it's neither the feminine number 1 nor the number 2. Very difficult to understand. However, the expression is easy to assimilate. It dates back to the end of the 19th century and comes from a patois expression that gave it the meaning we know today. And when we say "neither one nor two", we mean that we act without thinking, without waiting, immediately. Ni une ni deux, which means I'm doing it now, I'm not waiting, I'm doing it immediately, without thinking, neither one nor two.
And without further ado, we will see three examples, that means without waiting, without spending more time, we will see three examples. The first example is someone who says: "I had iran whatsapp number data a train to catch and I left at exactly 5 o'clock, without further ado". At exactly 5 o'clock, this person left. She did not wait, she did not think, it was 5 o'clock, she left, without further ado.
Another example, you have a couple who are talking and the wife says: "I would like to go on holiday to Morocco" and the husband says: "Oh yes, good idea". And then, without further ado, the wife books the plane tickets. That means she doesn't wait, she does it immediately, without thinking. She has reached an agreement with her husband, they both agree, they want to go to Morocco, without further ado, she books the plane tickets.
you can hear: "We didn't waste any time. Without further ado, we packed our boxes and left". Here, once again, these are people who were in a place, let's say an office for example, at work, they resigned, they packed their boxes and they left, without thinking, without waiting, immediately, without putting it off, without further ado.
So, it's pretty clear to understand, I think. Again, this expression is used quite a bit in speech, so it's really important that you understand it. You don't have to use it, but it's very interesting to understand it well, to grasp its meaning.
Let's move on to pronunciation. It's always interesting to be active and try to practice speaking a little. If you do it alone, in the Authentic French Academy you do it with tutors. For the pronunciation of "une", you have to differentiate it from "un". The "un" is different from "une". The "un" has no vowel, you pronounce "un". And the "un" to which you add an "e", with the vowel, is "une". I'm going to suggest that you repeat a few words that have the same sound as "une". So, you just take the time to repeat after me when I give you time. There are:
There you go. I think that "neither one nor two" no longer has any secrets for you. Thank you for following this expression. Don't forget to go and reinforce your understanding via the resources below, your PDF sheet that awaits you, which you can download immediately.
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