EPTOn March 04 2014 04:45 Kupon3ss wrote:
les fins de semaine?
les fins de semaine?
les seins de ma femme
/badjoke
A Weekend is Not a Surface - Page 2
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Roe
Canada6002 Posts
les seins de ma femme /badjoke | ||
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Archeon
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English was heavily influenced by German and by French during the middle age, so i am not surprised about the similarity to other languages. | ||
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BobMcJohnson
France2916 Posts
On March 04 2014 12:02 Louuster wrote: There is also the fact that French people (from France) colloquially use a surprisingly large amount of english words in their speech. For example here in Quebec, very few if any people use the word weekend as opposed to "fin de semaine". Well, we use "fin de semaine" quite a lot but it designates the end of the working week in a kinda vague way (aka. some time around thursday/friday) and not the week-end. | ||
dravernor
Netherlands6192 Posts
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Ange777
Germany1164 Posts
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emythrel
United Kingdom2599 Posts
On March 05 2014 00:32 BobMcJohnson wrote: Well, we use "fin de semaine" quite a lot but it designates the end of the working week in a kinda vague way (aka. some time around thursday/friday) and not the week-end. this was always how I thought it was supposed to be used, in english we say things like "see you at the end of the week" which is very vague, could mean thursday/friday or it could mean sunday. When you say "see you at the weekend" its more definite. As i said in an earlier post, "fin de semaine" is a description of an idea, not a noun like weekend. | ||
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dravernor
Netherlands6192 Posts
'I will meet you in 3 hours'. 'I will meet you after 3 hours.' 'I will meet you at 3 hours'. Conclusion: Time is tricky. | ||
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WGT-Baal
France3484 Posts
Je pars en vacances 3 jours (I am going on vacations for 3 days/ I take a 3-day-vacation). And we use a lot of English words, that's true, but no English expression. Whereas in Quebec (at least it felt like it), people translate English expression into French: typical: bienvenue (for you are welcome, bienvenu meaning welcome) instead of de rien (as a reply to thanks). So basically you d go: thanks! and they d answer welcome. (and not you are welcome, which is very confusing at first) | ||
Carnivorous Sheep
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Arrian
United States889 Posts
On the broader point of course many languages don't even have prepositions so this is a very Indo-European sort of thing. | ||
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