te surprendre

to surprise you

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phrase Rare #25,399

to surprise you Te is the informal singular object pronoun meaning “you.” The phrase can also appear with conjugated forms, such as ça te surprend? (“does that surprise you?”).

FR: Je voulais te surprendre avec un petit cadeau.

EN: I wanted to surprise you with a small gift.

Ça a l'air de te surprendre.

This seems to surprise you.

C'est difficile de te surprendre.

It's hard to surprise you.

Je n'ai pas eu l'intention de te surprendre.

I didn’t mean to surprise you.

Je pensais te surprendre.

I thought I’d surprise you.

Tout sournois que tu sois, tu ne peux jamais te surprendre toi-même.

However sneaky you are, you can never surprise yourself.

Je n'avais pas l'intention de te surprendre.

I didn't mean to surprise you.

La réponse va te surprendre.

The answer will surprise you.

La réponse pourrait te surprendre.

The answer might surprise you.

Je voulais te surprendre.

I wanted to surprise you.

Je voulais pas te surprendre.

I didn't mean to surprise you.

— The Big Sick (2017)

Je ne voulais pas te surprendre.

I didn’t mean to surprise you.