Saturday, April 11, 2020

La Langue Française: ~ Hénock Gugsa



La Langue Française
 ~ Hénock Gugsa ~
La Langue Française:
Some French words , names, and expressions that fascinate me ...
[Sorry I hardly know any slang.]
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1 - "suspendu(e)"  ===> literally, it means: hanging, suspended, .... [ I specially like how native French speakers say it;  they sound like they have marbles in their mouths. There is almost a whistling sound in there! ]

2 - "tout à fait"   ===> a very versatile expression almost always meaning:  absolutely, entirely, ....

3 - Almost all words that start with "boul..." Examples: boulevard, boulverser, boulangerie

4 - Names (noms) ===>  Laurant, Sebastien, Sandrine, Henri, Thiery, Claire, ...

5 - "les animaux sauvages" ===> wild life

6 - "tolérant(e)"  ===> tolerant

7 - "augmenter" ===> to increase, to raise

8 - "couvre-feu" ===> curfew
 curfew
9 - "chômage" ===> unemployment

10 - "Ça viendra" ===> that's next, it will happen, ...

... and, finally, of-course the ubiquitous and all-purpose cliché ===> "Voila!" --- which is a shorthand  for ... there you go, there now, you see, okay, etc., etc. .
** Please submit your suggestions for my education ! **

Hénock says hi !

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"To have respect for ourselves guides our morals; and to have a deference for others governs our manners."
Lawrence Sterne (1713 - 1768)
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