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Post by luckyluc on Jun 21, 2007 7:35:32 GMT -5
Maybe we can start with something simple. What is your favorite French word,the word you like to hear or say that make you feel happy. For me it is the recorded message in the subway "Attention à la marche en descendant du train" it is probably the intonation in the person voice but each time we hear it Truffaut and I just smile. It probably just remind us each time we hear it, that yes we ARE in Paris!! So what is your favorite word or sentence?
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Post by Shoesy on Jun 21, 2007 7:42:55 GMT -5
la glace (Berthillon, of course)
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Post by aude on Jun 21, 2007 8:40:16 GMT -5
My favorite is "Merci, au revoir" because it's what I say when I exit a shop, and it's the one of the few things I think I can say in a nice sing-song, and really sound sorta-kinda French. At least I've convinced myself of that! Everything else I say in French is with an awful American accent, but I love trying. I also like the condensed version of "Je ne sais pas" that comes out "Zhay-pah." I also LOVE the French song "Lea" by Louis Attaque. So you asked for one, and got three! Please excuse the empty box above. I do consider myself a minimalist, but didn't mean for my aesthetic to invade the forum!
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Post by Truffaut on Jun 21, 2007 8:44:59 GMT -5
Mais, Lucky, on entend cette phrase-la seulement à Concorde et à Arts et Métiers. C'est un homme qui l'annonce à A&M, et son voix est plus sonore, plus sombre--bref, sans le "sparkle" de la femme à Concorde! Mais, comme toi, il me manque énormement!
PS--Je sourais encore en lisant ton posting!
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Post by geordy on Jun 21, 2007 8:56:07 GMT -5
I've always been partial to" n'est-ce pas ?" When I first fell in love with France I started adding it to the end of English phrases/sentences to the general annoyance of non-french lovers and 'french language experts"....they took it in school and I didn't..."that's not how it used" duh..and I thought all French people ran around doing that..NOT! An affectation yes..but those are fun some times. I do it very rarely now...
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Post by Roniece on Jun 22, 2007 2:31:02 GMT -5
hmmm .... my favourite french phrase would be : excuse me madam/sir i am lost, can you help me please? ok, I know that wasn't in french, as I'm not good on writing french but I can say it very nicely in French ok! and yes, I smile very nicely and look them in the eye when I say it
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Post by sistereurope on Jun 22, 2007 8:32:50 GMT -5
I just have to say that " Je t'aime" would be my favorite French sentence (preferably whispered in my ear while I'm sitting by the Seine sipping a glass of champagne and getting ready to open a small square gift box.... ;D)
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Post by geordy on Jun 22, 2007 9:57:53 GMT -5
Try..."Oh you excite me so" whispered in your ear in a French accent by a properly muscled Frenchman! I'll let you imagine the setting!!
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Post by Becky (Berkeleytravelers) on Jun 22, 2007 10:02:17 GMT -5
My favorite is "oui, c'est tout" (when buying something). The first time I can remember using it, I got a somewhat startled look from a shop clerk (who probably thought I didn't understand the question, since I had been up to that point chattering away in English to the friend who was with me).
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Post by arrowcapet on Jun 26, 2007 8:48:12 GMT -5
Alors!
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Post by luckyluc on Jun 26, 2007 9:00:25 GMT -5
As in "Zut alors!" or more like in " Et alors, il m'a dit..." ?
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Post by Truffaut on Jun 26, 2007 9:04:42 GMT -5
"Alors", just isn't "alors" without the "zut" part!
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Post by luckyluc on Jun 27, 2007 19:23:13 GMT -5
Ok, so far we have the following:
la glace/ Zut alors/ Merci, au revoir/ Je ne sais pas/ n'est-ce pas / Je t'aime/ oui, c'est tout
Anyone would like to try a sentence? Just for fun of course, nobody will grade the papers!
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Post by cybee on Jun 27, 2007 19:35:33 GMT -5
OH, I like "Zut alors" and "n'est pas" aussi! My daughter told me (whilst we were gadding about Paris) that "C'est pas grave" is a good sentence to use at times ..oh, dear..did I remember that right? Any way, one is trying to say "it is not grave"..or rather .."no big deal" to use as a reply if some faux pas occurs against you and another apologizes to you for it. Oh, dear..I hope I am recalling this right.. (if not, please advise/correct) but it did seem like a useful sentence at the time... Certainly hope no one is grading me!
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Post by Becky (Berkeleytravelers) on Jun 27, 2007 20:30:39 GMT -5
Actually that reminds me of others I use all the time, particularly when I understand but can't really frame a good sentence in response to what was said - "c'est bon" (that's fine, good); "oui, d'accord" (yes, okay, we are in agreement); and "pas de probleme" (no problem)!
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Post by Penny on Jun 27, 2007 20:39:51 GMT -5
LOL probably the only complete sentence I spoke in Paris but I got exactly what I asked for. yum, yum
bonjour, je voudrais cornet un vanilla glace un framboise sorbet œil vous plaît
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Post by arrowcapet on Jun 28, 2007 0:54:53 GMT -5
>>>>> Anyone would like to try a sentence? Just for fun of course, nobody will grade the papers!
Hands down, these words mean more to me than just about anything anyone could ever say to me....
Mesdames et Messieurs, le commandant a illumine le signal "attache les ceintures". Veuillez revenir a vos places, et assurez que vos ceintures sont bien attache en preparation pour notr'atterrissage a Paris!!!
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Post by Shoesy on Jun 28, 2007 3:18:17 GMT -5
Boy, are you a show-off, Arrow!!! ;D
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Post by trechic on Jun 28, 2007 6:41:25 GMT -5
Would everyone mind going back and inserting the English translations, so I know what it is you are saying in French? Much appreciated - Thank You!!
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Post by trechic on Jun 28, 2007 6:42:38 GMT -5
Penny? Is that - "I would like vanilla ice cream with strawberry sorbet"??
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