My grandmother was a saint! Take that back!
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My grandmother was a saint! Take that back!
yes the "g" can be a bit difficult : with u, a and o , it is like in "garden" and with i and e it is like in "german"Quote:
I was saying mange in "allon mange" wrong for a while
it's couillon and I wont translate that it comes from a slang term for male attribute ;). It means stupid,Quote:
like coullion, fais (or let's make) do do, or pauvre t' bebe (not sure if they're spelled right).
Fais dodo (in one word) go to sleep for a child, "dodo" is the diminutive of "dormir" i.e. to sleep, closest would be "night-night" I guess
"Pauvre petit bébé", in fast saying it gives "pauv p'tit bébé" poor little baby. In french we "eat" words while speaking.
Catin is an old word for prostitute, not used anymore.Quote:
Like "katin" here is like a term of endearment for a woman (kind of doll or pretty little thing) but means prostitute in France.
This is a very sensible word and not one to use. Nègre for men and négresse for women come from the spanish word "negro" and latin "niger" meaning black. It is a very pejorative/insulting word and has a taste of servant/slave in it, so never use it in France. (only very racist people will use that and never in public). I think it is like the word "niger" in the USA.Quote:
Or like how negresse or neg here is how we refer to black people and in fact negresse in the right context is like katin only specific to black women, but apparently in France its an outdated phrase like "colored" in America.
for black people, we use the english word "black", the french word "noir" (meaning black) or the word "africain" (african). Nègre has also an other meaning but it not used anymore because of the connotation. In the editing industry, it is someone who writes a book for an other person (he is the real author, in fact). And it comes from the colonial period when the black people were the servants of the white ones.
for Wossy :, you mixed a lot of language here.Quote:
Ein bagette, pour favor, chop chop.
it is "baguette" and the "gue" is like in "get" in english.
Please don't mix german and french words together, it reminds dark memories/past to people even if it is some British humor.
in England there is still a french word used :"oyez, oyez, oyez!", it comes from the Norman conquest. it is funny you kept that word. it is used also in American courts see here
"Où est le chat de votre grand-mère ?", that's a funny sentence to keep in mind, maybe a question of sound ? the sound "gr" is almost not pronounceable for English language people.
it may be a reference to a child song "la mère michel" which start by "C'est la mère Michel qui a perdu son chat"
You can't become a saint until after you have died, and then you remain a saint until they forget about you. Therefore, since your grandmother is clearly not forgotten, and must have been dead to become a saint, and since you used the past tense.....is your grandmother a zombie???Quote:
Originally Posted by wossy
Perhaps she's a grand mummy?
Oyez? Como va? That sounds odd.Quote:
Originally Posted by Delaney
(three different languages, and it's almost a complete sentence)
Yeah. You use many words when few will do.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
I don't will uses the past tense, I merely allowings it to exists forthlike.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
I didn't have time to write a shorter post.Quote:
Originally Posted by wossy
I had a crash in France once that was totally my fault. I wanted to make amends so when I got home I sent the guy a bottle of wine from a vinyard in Dorset and a wheel of cheddar.Quote:
a bottle of Blue Nun
I let you the wine (I don't drink alcohol. Yes, yes I know, it's like an English who wouldn't drink tea) but I'll take the cheddar, add some bacon and you are fully forgiven :thumb:
Now you're just being cheesy.
Thus began the Napoleonic Wars.Quote:
Originally Posted by FunkyDexter
Grand-mere is another phrase that I guess is different too.
We've always used mere-mere (again, not sure of the spelling) and it is pronounced like mah mah with a very faint "r" after the long "a".
Same thing with grandfather, only with a "p" instead of a "m"
My wife became a nanny (godmother) today.
It was a nice christening because it fell on all saints day.
When is "All but those" Saints Day?
The day after Thanksgiving is No Saints Day.
Another day of nutiness. I'm getting robocalls and text messages on my cell phone from people asking for my vote. This isn't for the presidential election, since neither candidate cares about Idaho. We have few delegates, and the state goes Republican every year. No, these are for local elections, but not MY local elections. They are for the county to the east of the one I live in.
I'm getting spammed by people I can't legally vote for or against.
The joys of modern life.
Which is funny since Biden is basically a potato.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
We'll see how people turnip today.