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I missed my best friend's birthday party because I was working that day.

That means I couldn't go. I was absent.

Hi everyone! I hope you're all well and ready for another French video.

Today, we're going to take a look at the difference between missing something and missing out on something.

At the end of the video, we will also see two other uses of the verb miss.

We'll see who misses and who misses.

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In French, as in all other languages, there are expressions, and all it takes is one tiny word slipped into that expression or phrase to completely change its meaning.

That's why today we're going to look at the difference between missing something and missing DE something.

Let's start with missing something. When you miss something, it literally means you miss something, or in more colloquial French, loupe quelque chose.

In English, we could say missing something.

To miss something or to miss out on something means that you've failed or been absent, that you're not where you should be.

I will give you some examples. This will help you understand better.

First example. I missed the freeway exit, I wasn't paying attention, I'll take the next one.

I was on the freeway and didn't get out where I should have.

So I missed, I missed the exit.

I missed my best friend's birthday party because I was working that day.

That means I couldn't go.

I wasn't there.

For example, if you're playing golf. And you hit yourself in the ball with the club, you can say I missed the hole.

It means you failed or missed, you sent the ball wide, but not to the right place.

Now, to lack something means that you don't have enough of something, that you don't have enough of something, that you have something, but not enough of it.

In English, I think you could say "being short of something".

I will give you some examples so that you understand.

I am running out of flour to make a cake.

It means I have flour, but not enough.

I lack the skills for this job.

It means I have skills, but I don't have enough skills to do this job.

So let me recap, missing something means you failed, you were absent.

While lacking DE something, you don't have enough of something because you don't have it in large enough quantities.

Let's move on to the two little bonus expressions, the difference between missing someone and missing To someone.

If someone misses me, it means they'd like to see me more often or want me to be with them.

For example, I can say that my sister misses me a lot since I live in France.

My sister misses me.

But missing someone means being absent.

For example, if I'm with a group of friends and one person is absent, I can say "Véronique is missing, she's in the toilet".

So Véronique isn't there at the time.

To miss someone can also be used in the same way as to miss something.

If I want to say that I wanted to shoot someone and I missed, but that's only in the case where you're going to consider someone as a target to be hit.

It's possible in a game, for example, if you're playing dodgeball and you throw the ball at someone to eliminate them, you can say I missed Lucas.

So that means you didn't manage to shoot him.

So if you miss someone, it's either because they're not there, or because you've targeted them and missed them.

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