I love your cup!!!! My husband is Finnish-Swedish, and we have a whole little collection of those adorable Moomin cups, and the one you have there is one of my favorites!
He probably say ‘patate’, familiar for pomme de terre. It is not insulting, merely teasing... someone a bit simple in thinking or action. Just answer ‘patate toi-même’ . Pronunciation: it is the ‘a’ of cat or car, and the ‘e’ at the end is mute. ,-)
Bonjour Madame Géraldine et merci beaucoup ! I’d have to say, “Pas fute-fute” is the one that, sound-wise anyway, is my favourite. :) Like the sandwich expression, another expression used in English sometimes when someone is looking at you with a blank expression on their face (meaning they didn’t understand it) after explaining something to them is the expression, “the lights are on but there’s nobody home”. I myself have been away from home more often than not. :) Thank you so much once again for a very interesting lesson! Merci !
J suis marocain, et je trouve vraiment que cette langue est difficle à aprendre au début, ms avec un ptt peu De travail hmdlah je peut maintenant comprende facilement mes cours à l'unversite, et pouvoir interager avec les francophones mrc infininment De maroc pr tt ceci
Thank you for this interesting video! There are a couple of very interesting parallels with the English language here. Con comme un balai is very reminiscent of the English phrase "Daft as a brush" and il a une araignée au plafond reminds me of the English "He has bats in the belfry" meaning somenoe who is a bit crazy.
In the USA we have a saying similar to the baby being cradled too close to the wall. Someone would ask, “Were you dropped on your head as a baby/infant?” Someone might laugh or might not laugh. That would depend on the situation. I appreciate your articulation!
"il a tombé sur la tête". J'ai appris cette expression dans le programme "French in Action", des années 80. Cette expression est-elle toujours utilisée? J'écris du Brésil. J'adore ta chaîne. Merci beaucoup.
Geraldine, I am so glad I found your channel. It's ace. Now, 'brave' ... Is it OK to call a French friend [masc] 'Mon brave' ? or am I calling him stupid?
As I walked down a narrow sidewalk, I passed between 3 or 4 young people, maybe in their 20s and one said "bon courage", I did forget to say excusé moi which was my bad, Did that comment from one of them mean "good luck"? or something else, like "watch out"? And BTW, how do I say "my bad"? Merci, cette vid est drôle!
Thank-you Geraldine....a little bit of teaching back....the way you say 'cradled' is incorrect...it is pronounced 'craydled' (as in say) not craddled' (as in bad). I only mention it as in all other ways your English is impeccable! Another way of saying stupid - 'the lights are on upstairs but there is no-one at home!'
As usual, a very enjoyable and instructive presentation! Just a few comments. The A in cradled is pronounced like the A in SAY, not like the A in AT. In any case, the verb would be rocked. You rock a baby in your arms or in a cradle. Also the stress is on the first syllable of the word ADjective. My American ears noted and admired your smooth transition from French to English when you said "someone you say TU to." Fûte makes me think of Bison Fûté who reports on traffic conditions. You may want to explain the differing second vowel sounds in gentil and gentille. To have une araignée au plafond is to have a bat in your belfry. Sometime you may want to explain regressive assimilation, as exemplified in "bas de plafond," where the e of de is elided and the D is then pronounced as T because of the following unvoiced consonant P.
Actually there are plenty of other words to say that someone is fou. Whenever I check up a word in dictionary I have tendency to check words on the same page. I often see a new synonym of FOU. ..... MERCI POUR CEST LEÇONS GÉRALDINE.
Bonjour, I loved this, and my French husband is so pleased I learned all these expressions too! LOL You have a great command of the English language, so I'm sure you would like to know one thing that you've been mispronouncing for years that must be said. Adjective is pronounced with the emphasis on the first syllable. The way you do it not only sounds like the word 'objective', it's just wrong, sorry to be so blunt. I knew you would want to know because this is not an issue of you having an accent. You are a pro at what you are doing so I know you wouldn't want to continue making this mistake.
So what does the expression 'Courage, mon brave !' mean please ? I have seen it written and heard it said many times. I assumed it meant 'Courage, my brave one !' Or is it one of those 'myths' - a phrase that doesnt make sense or is never actually said by native speakers ? (It is often dropped into english conversation/literature)
Brave mean courageous/valiant/heroic but also a bit impetuous/reckless. It depends on context, « ce soldat est brave » -> « this soldier is brave » in french here, it’s the same meaning. Most of the time it’s the same meaning, but some time when we talk about someone who is really kind/hardwoker/benevolent but also is not so smart/intelligent we don’t want to say it the rude way, so we say « il est brave » -> « he is brave » and here the french meaning is a bit different. « courage, mon brave ! » isn’t pejorative! And it means exactly what you thought. In fact it can’t be pejorative but french use it for calling someone who is « stupid » in situations like I described before. Personally I never use it for calling someone stupid.
Brave: pas d’accord! The first meaning is brave, courageous. Taken as an ironic remark, it becomes not too bright. But it does not change the first meaning, and it can definitely be used to compliment someone for courage, and be translated as such without misunderstanding (nota: I am French with a very good knowledge of my language). There are many many other ways to imply someone is a bit (or more) stupid, a lot used at a more regional level, not to mention the old parisian slang. All in all, In French as in any other language people are very creative when it comes to insult people.
Je suis française et je me faisais la même remarque. Brave en français veut bien dire courageux. La bravoure est la qualité de quelqu'un qui est brave, qui fait preuve de courage. Vous pouvez bien traduire le brave anglais par le brave français.
Have you ever seen this video from Flight if the Conchords?? Does the song "Fou Da Fa Fa" mean something funny or is it about being crazy? ruclips.net/video/o1TKiUBMASs/видео.html
Il n'a plus toute sa tête Parallels the English "He's losing it" or "He's not all there" to indicate in a casual way that someone is losing or has lost mental capacity.
What are you saying Géraldine??? In French "brave" means "brave" in English !!! But in the expression you use, it's simply used on an ironic level.... With tone and context, "brave" becomes "stupide" but the first meaning is "courageux"/"brave". www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/brave/11028
Another one who is very rude but fun is " être finis à la pisse" mean someone who have been concepted with pee instead of semen that's why them are stupid.
Nobody says fou anymore exept old people. but ouf. Verlen (l'envers) slang. (backward, wardback) but this needs an entire other video to explain, because it makes no sense at all in english.
I love your cup!!!! My husband is Finnish-Swedish, and we have a whole little collection of those adorable Moomin cups, and the one you have there is one of my favorites!
Merci beaucoup! Now I can insult my friend who keeps calling me "pomme de terre" lol
Niccolò Paganini ... I think that’s a cute name. “Pomne de terre”.
He probably say ‘patate’, familiar for pomme de terre. It is not insulting, merely teasing... someone a bit simple in thinking or action. Just answer ‘patate toi-même’ . Pronunciation: it is the ‘a’ of cat or car, and the ‘e’ at the end is mute. ,-)
Maybe they mean "Pom d'-Angle-terre" ;-)
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Thankyou Iam standing in my kitchen in South of France listening to you’re video. Really enjoyed the content merci .😘
J’ai beaucoup aimé cette vidéo ! C’est bien d’apprendre toutes ces expressions idiomatiques. Merci beaucoup. Fred à NYC
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Grande leçon ..., certaines expressions sont vraiment drôles ... :)
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Bonjour Madame Géraldine et merci beaucoup ! I’d have to say, “Pas fute-fute” is the one that, sound-wise anyway, is my favourite. :) Like the sandwich expression, another expression used in English sometimes when someone is looking at you with a blank expression on their face (meaning they didn’t understand it) after explaining something to them is the expression, “the lights are on but there’s nobody home”. I myself have been away from home more often than not. :) Thank you so much once again for a very interesting lesson! Merci !
Now I finally know what my high school French teacher was saying to me!
Great lessons. I love them.
J suis marocain, et je trouve vraiment que cette langue est difficle à aprendre au début, ms avec un ptt peu De travail hmdlah je peut maintenant comprende facilement mes cours à l'unversite, et pouvoir interager avec les francophones mrc infininment De maroc pr tt ceci
Fabulous! Thank you. 😍
Merci beaucoup
Thank you for giving a well delivered scope on the light-hearted to serious phrases. I like copying the way you say the sentences out loud too.
Bercé trop près du mur - an American equivalent would be “were you dropped on your head?” or “You must have been dropped on your head”
We have that in other English speaking countries too, it's not restricted to the US.
John Knight I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to slight all of my English speaking cousins.
@@raymondpeden3119 Haha, don't worry, I didn't mean it that way. ;)
also, played football with a helmet.
Thank you for this interesting video! There are a couple of very interesting parallels with the English language here. Con comme un balai is very reminiscent of the English phrase "Daft as a brush" and il a une araignée au plafond reminds me of the English "He has bats in the belfry" meaning somenoe who is a bit crazy.
In the USA we have a saying similar to the baby being cradled too close to the wall. Someone would ask, “Were you dropped on your head as a baby/infant?” Someone might laugh or might not laugh. That would depend on the situation.
I appreciate your articulation!
"il a tombé sur la tête". J'ai appris cette expression dans le programme "French in Action", des années 80. Cette expression est-elle toujours utilisée? J'écris du Brésil. J'adore ta chaîne. Merci beaucoup.
Pas fute fute is really cute! Oh and the bien brave too. I like this lesson. I really excel in swear words and the like!
Mdr le premier idiom est três drole. Merci pour les examples =]
I l'ike this, thak you soo much.
When I was in high school, my teacher used the term "espèce d'idiot" very often. That's how I learned to call someone "stupid" in french...
The translation of 'con comme un balai' is 'daft as a brush'
Geraldine, I am so glad I found your channel. It's ace. Now, 'brave' ... Is it OK to call a French friend [masc] 'Mon brave' ? or am I calling him stupid?
As I walked down a narrow sidewalk, I passed between 3 or 4 young people, maybe in their 20s and one said "bon courage", I did forget to say excusé moi which was my bad, Did that comment from one of them mean "good luck"? or something else, like "watch out"? And BTW, how do I say "my bad"? Merci, cette vid est drôle!
Bonjour Geraldine, you mentioned you are tall. How tall are you?
Thank-you Geraldine....a little bit of teaching back....the way you say 'cradled' is incorrect...it is pronounced 'craydled' (as in say) not craddled' (as in bad). I only mention it as in all other ways your English is impeccable! Another way of saying stupid - 'the lights are on upstairs but there is no-one at home!'
My favorite expression in English that might be close to 'bien brave' is "He/She is okay but he/she doesn't have the sense God gave a rubber duck."
so when they say "mon brave" it is an insult ?
If you don't mind me asking how tall are you?
As usual, a very enjoyable and instructive presentation! Just a few comments. The A in cradled is pronounced like the A in SAY, not like the A in AT. In any case, the verb would be rocked. You rock a baby in your arms or in a cradle. Also the stress is on the first syllable of the word ADjective. My American ears noted and admired your smooth transition from French to English when you said "someone you say TU to." Fûte makes me think of Bison Fûté who reports on traffic conditions. You may want to explain the differing second vowel sounds in gentil and gentille. To have une araignée au plafond is to have a bat in your belfry. Sometime you may want to explain regressive assimilation, as exemplified in "bas de plafond," where the e of de is elided and the D is then pronounced as T because of the following unvoiced consonant P.
Actually there are plenty of other words to say that someone is fou.
Whenever I check up a word in dictionary I have tendency to check words on the same page. I often see a new synonym of FOU.
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Bonjour, I loved this, and my French husband is so pleased I learned all these expressions too! LOL You have a great command of the English language, so I'm sure you would like to know one thing that you've been mispronouncing for years that must be said. Adjective is pronounced with the emphasis on the first syllable. The way you do it not only sounds like the word 'objective', it's just wrong, sorry to be so blunt. I knew you would want to know because this is not an issue of you having an accent. You are a pro at what you are doing so I know you wouldn't want to continue making this mistake.
So what does the expression 'Courage, mon brave !' mean please ? I have seen it written and heard it said many times. I assumed it meant 'Courage, my brave one !' Or is it one of those 'myths' - a phrase that doesnt make sense or is never actually said by native speakers ? (It is often dropped into english conversation/literature)
Brave mean courageous/valiant/heroic but also a bit impetuous/reckless.
It depends on context, « ce soldat est brave » -> « this soldier is brave » in french here, it’s the same meaning. Most of the time it’s the same meaning, but some time when we talk about someone who is really kind/hardwoker/benevolent but also is not so smart/intelligent we don’t want to say it the rude way, so we say « il est brave » -> « he is brave » and here the french meaning is a bit different.
« courage, mon brave ! » isn’t pejorative! And it means exactly what you thought.
In fact it can’t be pejorative but french use it for calling someone who is « stupid » in situations like I described before. Personally I never use it for calling someone stupid.
Haha...I didn't know any of them, I have to say...
Can you make a video in Spanish please?
Brave: pas d’accord! The first meaning is brave, courageous. Taken as an ironic remark, it becomes not too bright. But it does not change the first meaning, and it can definitely be used to compliment someone for courage, and be translated as such without misunderstanding (nota: I am French with a very good knowledge of my language). There are many many other ways to imply someone is a bit (or more) stupid, a lot used at a more regional level, not to mention the old parisian slang. All in all, In French as in any other language people are very creative when it comes to insult people.
Je suis française et je me faisais la même remarque. Brave en français veut bien dire courageux. La bravoure est la qualité de quelqu'un qui est brave, qui fait preuve de courage. Vous pouvez bien traduire le brave anglais par le brave français.
Eh oui ! Depuis quand brave aurait perdu sa signification première ?
rocked is a better translation than "cradled" for bercer
On the Omaha Beach,Normandy there is the monument "Les Braves" and not "Les Courageux" ...I'm confused.
Bonjour Ernest, it's literary French. Here we're talking about a monument to heroes. "brave" more elegant than "courageux" in this context.
Il y'en a une autre que j'ai entendu dire: comme il est nouille!
On dits pareil dans le nord d'angleterre; ' he is as daft as a brush'
il a craqué....
Have you ever seen this video from Flight if the Conchords??
Does the song "Fou Da Fa Fa" mean something funny or is it about being crazy?
ruclips.net/video/o1TKiUBMASs/видео.html
I'm fairly advanced, but even I didn't know some of these.
Il n'a plus toute sa tête Parallels the English "He's losing it" or "He's not all there" to indicate in a casual way that someone is losing or has lost mental capacity.
Merci, mais vous avez entendu ‘Dingue Fever 🥵. Une plus bonne band dans Cambodia. Dingue en NZ ensuite
I've been using "brave" very wrong lmao
Anyone heard of this one? Il a/tu as une trottinette qui tourne dans la tête
Je n'aime pas dire du mal des gens, mais effectivement elle est gentille
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So how tall are you. Feet and inches pls. None of this meter centimeter stuff
The vids are great content, but it'd be better if they were all in French.
Subscribe to Geraldine.She has helped me insult my siblings(which is great)😂
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N’est-il pas con comme un balai?
"Twitte
Sans-dessein
Gouguone
Niaiseux
Nono
Colon
Tata
Toton
Épais
Poche"
Elle est mignonne 😂
Elle a une arrainée sur sa plafonde. = She has bats in her belfrey.
What are you saying Géraldine??? In French "brave" means "brave" in English !!! But in the expression you use, it's simply used on an ironic level.... With tone and context, "brave" becomes "stupide" but the first meaning is "courageux"/"brave". www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/brave/11028
Another one who is very rude but fun is " être finis à la pisse" mean someone who have been concepted with pee instead of semen that's why them are stupid.
Nobody says fou anymore exept old people.
but ouf. Verlen (l'envers) slang. (backward, wardback) but this needs an entire other video to explain, because it makes no sense at all in english.
It makes sense. It’s like Pig Latin for us.
i am sticking with 'bakka'
Le politicien a ete berce trop pres du mur.
con comme un balais n'est pas plus gentil que con.