zlatiahOct 19

"United States" in French (États-Unis) would have made a very confusing acronym

https://lemmy.world/post/37578315

"United States" in French (États-Unis) would have made a very confusing acronym - Lemmy.World

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Show threadWereCatOct 20
So “Etats” is “State”… just written backwards?
Show thread𝕱𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍Oct 20
Ah alors tu as découvert comment est-ce que le français fonctionne. Désolé pas désolé
Show threadeskimofryOct 20

ah so you have discovered in your comment how french functions.

what’s Desole?

Show threadKumaLumaJuma
Sorry… it says sorry not sorry 😅😅
Oct 20 at 9:42amWeb
Show threadeskimofryOct 20
is the rest of my translation correct?
Show threadwiesonOct 20

No, but close. Comment means how.

So you have discovered how french functions.

Show threadeskimofryOct 20

comment means how

damn should have guessed

Show threadKumaLumaJumaOct 20
Not too bad overall if you don’t know any French though!
Show threadeskimofryOct 20
no i learnt french in freshman year college… 15 years ago
Show threadKumaLumaJumaOct 20
It quickly gets dissolved into the abyss of the mind, I get that! I lived in Japan for 4 years and can only remember a few useless bits.
Show threadeskimofryNov 11
the occasional consumption of anime with subs helps me pick up words here and there. But I can tell its tough to learn