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Make Laurent Speak !
« on: September 14, 2010, 01:37:35 PM »
I'm writing this thread after Chuck had the idea of it, very clever indeed. We all know that Laurent is french, as well as the Chef - what means that their english isn't perfect. And sometimes, a french word comes into the sentences... But it better make sense. Here you go. If you need any more, just ask it here...

Hello - Bonjour / Salut
Goodbye - Au revoir / Salut
Thanks - Merci
My god - Mon dieu
Bike - Vélo
Car - Voiture
Preps - Bourges
Greasers - Blousons Noirs (What litterally means Dark Jackets)
Turf - Territoire
Work - Travail
Snow - Neige
Fall - Automne (season)
« Last Edit: September 14, 2010, 01:45:58 PM by Mercury »

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Re: Make Laurent Speak !
« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2010, 03:17:19 PM »
I knew some of these, I learn French in my school.

A question: is "do you want" spelled voulez vous?

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Re: Make Laurent Speak !
« Reply #2 on: September 14, 2010, 04:14:26 PM »
Okay, a little lesson there. In French, when you speak to an adult or someone you respect much, you use the "vous". When it's a young person, or someone you know well, you use the "tu". English doesn't make the difference, it's "you" anyway. In the case of Laurent, that is young and in a school, he would better say :

"Veux tu..."

"Voulez vous..." is fully correct. It just has to be used when talking to a prefect, a teacher, or any adult... Get it ?
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Re: Make Laurent Speak !
« Reply #3 on: September 14, 2010, 04:16:11 PM »
By the way I'd like to learn some of your language some time.

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Re: Make Laurent Speak !
« Reply #4 on: September 14, 2010, 05:21:57 PM »
What are the French words for.....Bullies, Jocks, Nerds, and Rockers ?

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Re: Make Laurent Speak !
« Reply #5 on: September 14, 2010, 10:05:49 PM »
Hey! I remember most of these words! :)  I took 4 years of French.....but it has been about 4 years since my last French class, so I'm a little rusty.

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Re: Make Laurent Speak !
« Reply #6 on: September 14, 2010, 10:49:58 PM »
Use Google Translate
Rockers:Bascule
Bullies:Tyran
Nerds:Nerd
Jocks:Jock
Google Translate maybe too stupid for this

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Re: Make Laurent Speak !
« Reply #7 on: September 14, 2010, 11:21:15 PM »
Google translate is very limited in its capabilities.  I'd rather ask Mercury about anything I am unsure about as French is his first language.

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Re: Make Laurent Speak !
« Reply #8 on: September 15, 2010, 03:44:39 AM »
Yeah, he's like....The French Expert.

Why bother Google when we have our very own 'French Connection' ?

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Re: Make Laurent Speak !
« Reply #9 on: September 15, 2010, 06:15:51 AM »
Yeah, he's like....The French Expert.

Why bother Google when we have our very own 'French Connection' ?

Yeah. Well he's French, isn't he?

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Re: Make Laurent Speak !
« Reply #10 on: September 15, 2010, 06:26:50 AM »
By the way I'd like to learn some of your language some time.

I warn you, Serbian is a very difficult language to learn. Google Translate won't help you at all.

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Re: Make Laurent Speak !
« Reply #11 on: September 15, 2010, 06:40:35 AM »
Indonesian is less difficult, because many Indonesians go online

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Re: Make Laurent Speak !
« Reply #12 on: September 15, 2010, 06:44:49 AM »
What's that got to do with language difficulty? Many Serbs hang on the Internet too, but still Serbian is a tough language to learn.

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Re: Make Laurent Speak !
« Reply #13 on: September 15, 2010, 12:38:17 PM »
 I don't think anything compares to the difficulty of learning Chinese....

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Re: Make Laurent Speak !
« Reply #14 on: September 15, 2010, 02:34:27 PM »
Okay, I guess Google Traduction had all wrong on this point ! Here are the answers.

The Bullies : Les Caïds
The Jocks : Les Sportifs
The Nerds : Les Fayots
The Rockers : Les Rockeurs

Here you go !