vendredi 16 avril 2010

poubelle

rubbish?

update: in fact recipient for rubbish (trashcan, rubbish/dust bin) and a family name?

risquer de

This is a bit literal but something like 'risk of getting', see tu risques de te faire pincer trés fort

And for more see http://www.wordreference.com/fren/risqu%C3%A9

pincer

something like pinch?
I like the construction 'tu risques de te faire'. And notice 'sur la porte' , wonder whether this is about putting your hand on the door or whether on, in, over are conceptualised differently in French?

craquants

So what is a craquant price?

Can only assume it is good : -), cracking and crunchy, though craquants videos on youtube imply some other uses (cute, tasty?) as does the wiktionnaire

And how do you say it? Like this - '' spl0uf

jeudi 15 avril 2010

d'accord

Ok, so I know what d'accord means but I loved the way the ticket conductor went up and down the train saying nothing more than "d'accord" in various ways that suggested varying degrees of accord.
Me, I'm gonna model my pronunciation on this and try not to pick up too much creole(?) - yep I'm singing along ;-)