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[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 104 points 9 months ago

Poor dude got accused of sexual harassment when he was trying to convey his love for human flesh.

[-] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 74 points 9 months ago
[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 18 points 9 months ago

I think this might be fake french.

Not enough accents on those letters.

[-] bruhduh@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yamedekudastop and seeyounara

[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 14 points 9 months ago

This just reminded me of a time I, an American, was in France and some French dude tried to talk shit outside of a bar. He said, in a very French accent, "I ate l'Anglais". Please allow me to break down what is wrong with this sentence.

  1. First and foremost, I'm pretty sure he had not actually eaten anyone and instead was trying to communicate his strong dislike for me.

  2. He also started off the sentence in English, which was a brave effort, I must admit. Especially seeing how he never learned to pronounce the letter H in his English class (see point #1), this took real courage to attempt to talk shit in a language with which he clearly struggled. However, as you can see in the second half of his sentence, he reverted back to his native tongue, so I can't give him too much credit.

  3. Finally, "l'Anglais" is French for "the English". As I mentioned earlier, I am American, which is not the same as being English. We had a rather nasty war a few hundred years ago that settled the matter, but apparently they have not heard about that in all areas of France.

All in all, he had 3 major errors in a sentence that contained 4 words. 2 of the words be "I" and "l'".

[-] CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I think he meant to say that he hates the language

[-] childOfMagenta@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago

Yes, otherwise he would have said "les Anglais".

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[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 30 points 9 months ago

«Je veux te manger», je croirais.

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 22 points 9 months ago

Which also sounds like "I want to eat you" in a sexual context...

[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 38 points 9 months ago

That's just because everything french is more sexy.

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 5 points 9 months ago
[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 5 points 9 months ago

Why are a third of the words he says "tabarnak"?

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

Because it's one third of his vocabulary!

[-] SorryQuick@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago

Not just tabarnak, something like half of what he says is swears. There are so many people like him around here, even worse in rural Quebec.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

That guy sounds exactly like Gerard Depardieu looks 😄

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I agree, but he's from Quebec though (and probably doesn't know who Depardieu is 😂)

It's our version of a redneck screaming at birds...

[-] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 8 points 9 months ago

This begs the question of how the French talk about vore

[-] Mechaguana@programming.dev 4 points 9 months ago
[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

In English, the phrase I was going for was "I would think". It's correct in English, and means mostly the same thing as "I think", with slightly different connotations. I'm not exactly sure how to verbalise what those connotations are, just that in this case it felt better. I think in this context it made it slightly more comical/sardonic?

Obviously, "je croirais" is the correct literal translation of "I would think". But does it not work to carry a similar connotation in French? And if not, is there some other phrase/conjugation of croire I could use to get across that tone?

Unfortunately my French knowledge is almost entirely academic, so knowing how to use it with more nuance than literal word-for-word changes is a bit beyond me, outside of where that is obviously academically inappropriate.

[-] Mechaguana@programming.dev 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

You would need to add a condition to conjugate it that way so it becomes a conditionnel présent, but coloqually you are still under this belief, so I thought it was best to just assume that the present simple was best for your answer.

However you could say you were going for the futur antérieur, but I would think isint in the future...

[-] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Je croirais would more mean "I would believe" (conditional) as in "I'd believe it if I saw it myself"

In English it's not conditional

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[-] Tetsuo@jlai.lu 2 points 9 months ago

IMO "Je croirais" is related to the verb "to believe".

"I think" would most likely be translated to "Je pense".

A thinker is a "penseur" in French.

So basically, you could end the sentence (or even better start it) with "Je pense".

Here I would say "Je pense que [Insert doubtful info]".

[-] BenVimes@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago

When I was learning French I was told penser and croire were interchangeable in this context.

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[-] Yerbouti@lemmy.ml 22 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Cher ami, je veux te manger de façon cannibale. C'est à dire que je souhaite te dévorer, cru ou cuit, de manière litterale. S'il te plait n'y voit aucune utilisation du second degré ni une quelconque forme d'allusion sexuelle, j'ai trop de respect pour toi, bien que cela ne signifie pas pour autant que je sois insensible à tes charmes mais c'est un autre sujet.

Of course if the person is a women you would have to adapt a few words. Also if the person is not your friend change it to Madame or Monsieurs.

[-] Haha@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Vas-y bouffe moi on s’en fout des termes, dévore moi!

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[-] Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 22 points 9 months ago

if youre friendly to said target: Je veux te manger

the polite way when referring to some stanger and you want to want eat them. Je voudrais vous manger

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[-] Lord_ToRA@lemmy.world 22 points 9 months ago

*In the style of Nine Inch Nails*

🎶I wanna eat you like a cannibal🎵

[-] baseless_discourse@mander.xyz 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Why does my brain sing it in the tune of wrecking ball?! I specifically requested Nine Inch Nails!

[-] Lord_ToRA@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Haha I like this, too.

[-] ekZepp@lemmy.world 20 points 9 months ago

"I want you inside me ...for a determinated ammount of time"

[-] ivanafterall@kbin.social 11 points 9 months ago

"I'd like to wrap my mouth around all the parts of your body."

[-] BustinJiber@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

J'accuse, mon petit fromage

[-] xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works 8 points 9 months ago

I see "fromage" and my mind instantly went to that one Dexter's Lab episode

[-] Ookami38@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

An entire generation ruined by one small segment of one small show. I do too lol

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[-] jerrythegenius@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

French isn't real lol

[-] sir_pronoun@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

I actually have an answer in song and animation for that!

https://youtu.be/rb-wk0ATuvI?si=l6p86Y1wDjTkHg2M

(It's "Je veux te manger le corps", I believe?)

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[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

That reminds me... There was an exhibit called Body Worlds, not sure if it is still around. But my family was in Montreal and we decided to go, but it's Montreal so everything French and we got a kick out of its name "Le Monde du Corps" which I mean is much more straight to the point... but we all thought it was hilarious.

[-] Jomega@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

What the fuck did I just watch?

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[-] arymandias@feddit.de 5 points 9 months ago

Tu est mon repas ce soir ;)

[-] kindenough@kbin.social 5 points 9 months ago

Voulez-vous manger avec moi, ce soir?

[-] Toes@ani.social 4 points 9 months ago

Je veux languer ton trou de beignet jusqu'à ce que j'aspire toute la crème

[-] TwoCubed@feddit.de 4 points 9 months ago
[-] Jubei_K_08@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

C'est très romantique mais OP veut manger pas aspirer de la crème.

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