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minus-squaresundray@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·4 months agoAcadémie Française: <<Ahem – pardon et moi?>>
minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 months agoYou mean <<pardonnez moi?>> “pardon et moi” means “pardon and me”. “pardonnez moi” means “pardon me” (in a polite / respectful tense).
minus-squareՈրբունի@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoIt still works, it can mean: sorry but how do I exist if it isn’t a rulebook?
minus-squaresundray@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoLOL you got me – I flunked French . (Please don’t tell le Académie!) 😄
minus-squareSemjaza@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 months agoDelightfully failing to be either but with a huge sense of superiority and disdain for the youth and migrants.
Académie Française: <<Ahem – pardon et moi?>>
You mean <<pardonnez moi?>>
“pardon et moi” means “pardon and me”. “pardonnez moi” means “pardon me” (in a polite / respectful tense).
It still works, it can mean: sorry but how do I exist if it isn’t a rulebook?
LOL you got me – I flunked French . (Please don’t tell le Académie!) 😄
Delightfully failing to be either but with a huge sense of superiority and disdain for the youth and migrants.
“Le Weekend.”
“Je suis overbooké”
Zut alors!