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I’m now going to try and learn French in six weeks. How do you say “Sacre Bleu, tres idiot!”?<\/p>\nI’m now going to try and learn French in six weeks. How do you say “Sacre Bleu, tres idiot!”?<\/p>\n
I’m your typical monolinguistic Australian and it’s a bit embarrassing really. We didn’t have any kind of language classes at my small country school; indeed, I was of the generation that didn’t receive any real lessons in grammar because it wasn’t considered necessary*. So now’s my chance jump in and make an effort to speak another language.<\/p>\n
One of the more amusing things about my Lonely Planet French Phrasebook<\/a> is it’s page dealing with sex. It has a certain logical progression that is extremely amusing.<\/p>\n I want to make love to you<\/strong>: Je veux faire l’amour avec toi Kiss me<\/strong>: Embrasse-moi. faster<\/strong>: plus vite Oh yeah!<\/strong>: Couette alors! Don’t worry, I’ll do it myself<\/strong>: T’inquiete pas, je fais ca tout seul.<\/p>\n That was<\/strong>…: C’etait… This is a page I’m just going to have to memorise for the complete <\/em>experience when I’m in Paris.<\/p>\n One of the hardest things I’ve found when perusing the French phrasebook is that I start singing Ca Plane Pour Moi<\/em><\/a> by Plastic Bertrand (and if you don’t know this song, your life is not yet fulfilled). The translation of the lyrics<\/a> reveal that “s’envoyer” is French slang for fucking.<\/p>\n See, you learn something everyday.<\/p>\n Addendum: Did you know that in France, HIV and AIDS are known as VIH and SIDA?<\/p>\n Addendum 2: A recent survey<\/a> reveals that French women are increasingly sexually assertive, although unfortunately the headline writer chose to portray that as “French women are sexual predators.”<\/p>\n Pic is from here<\/a>.<\/p>\n * Grammar pedants are bound to find something wrong with the above paragraph, I’m sure of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’m now going to try and learn French in six weeks. How do you say “Sacre Bleu, tres idiot!”? I’m your typical monolinguistic Australian and it’s a bit embarrassing really. We didn’t have any kind of language classes at my small country school; indeed, I was of the generation that didn’t receive any real lessons in grammar because it wasn’t considered necessary*. So now’s my chance jump in and make Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,19],"tags":[351,461,704],"class_list":["post-880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quirky-weird-funny","category-ramblings","tag-french","tag-language","tag-sex"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
\nLets use (a condom)<\/strong>: On va utilise (un preservatif)
\nI think we should stop now<\/strong>: Il faut arreter maintenant.
\nLet’s go to bed<\/strong>: On va se coucher.<\/p>\n
\nI want you<\/strong>: Je te veux.
\nDo you like this?<\/strong>:Ca te plait?
\nI like that<\/strong>: J’aime ca.
\nI don’t like that<\/strong>: Je n’aime pas ca.
\nStop!<\/strong>: Arrete!
\nDon’t stop!<\/strong>: N’arrete pas!<\/p>\n
\nharder<\/strong>: plus forte
\nslower<\/strong>: plus doucement
\nsofter<\/strong>: moins fort<\/p>\n
\nThat’s great!<\/strong>: C’est sensationnel.
\nI’m coming!<\/strong>: Je viens!
\nEasy Tiger!<\/strong>: Vas-y mollo!<\/p>\n
\ngreat<\/strong>: excellent.
\namazing<\/strong>: super.
\nweird<\/strong>: bizarre.<\/p>\n