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What are some other examples of the word “si” being used in the way it’s used in “pas si mal” ?

There are four words written si in French:

  • si conjunction, introduces an hypothesis like the English "if".

  • si adverb, a comparative, like the English "so".

  • si adverb, contradict a negative statement, no straight equivalent in English, "yes" is commonly used to translate it but is missing something.

  • si noun, a musical note, "B" in English.

There are three adverbs with a meaning close to the second si of this list. They are no "better" or "worse" than si, sometimes they are more or less interchangeable, sometimes they aren’t.

Many examples of sentences using that si can be found in the TLFi entry, e.g.:

il y a si longtemps que ça ne nous est pas arrivé ! (so much time)

Ses yeux, si clairs d’habitude, étaient devenus foncés de colère (usually so bright)

tant que mon poignet reste si douloureux et si raide (so painful and stiff)

où cours-tu si vite ? (so fast)

Tant et si bien que is an idiom using si:

tant et si bien que le pêne en biseau finit par fonctionner de lui-même (so much so that)

Si sometimes translates to "as" and is then close to aussi:

Ils ne sont pas si coupables qu‘ils le pensent (They aren’t as guilty as they think)

 

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