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Which language and what it means?

 
 
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Reply Mon 23 Dec, 2002 06:34 pm
Thank you in advance.

DITES-LE AVEC DES FLEURS!
 
Post: # 45,659
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Reply Mon 23 Dec, 2002 06:35 pm
It's French. It means "say it with flowers".
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Post: # 45,678
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Reply Mon 23 Dec, 2002 06:52 pm
jespah wrote:
It's French. It means "say it with flowers".


Thank you Jespah!
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Reply Sat 5 Apr, 2003 08:16 pm
How about this:
"Quest-ce que tu veux?"
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Reply Fri 11 Apr, 2003 05:06 pm
What do you want?

Mais c'est "Qu'est-ce que tu veux"

Qu' is short for Quoi=What
est=is
ce=it
que= that
tu= you
veux (comes from vouler)= want

But in French its kinda rude to say "tu" to someone you dont know that well. So better use the polite form and ask:

Excusez-moi, qu'est-ce que vous voulez?
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Post: # 173,875
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Reply Fri 11 Apr, 2003 05:38 pm
Haben Sie eine KugelSchreiber?
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Reply Fri 11 Apr, 2003 05:38 pm
Two years of German...Was it worth it?
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Post: # 173,920
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Reply Fri 11 Apr, 2003 06:07 pm
New Haven wrote:
Haben Sie eine KugelSchreiber?


Do you have a ballpoint pen?
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Reply Fri 30 May, 2003 08:52 pm
The correct spelling of the german question is: "Haben Sie einen Kugelschreiber?" You say einen, and not eine, for Kugelschreiber is masculine.
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Post: # 224,643
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Reply Sat 31 May, 2003 06:01 am
That's pretty good for 2 years of German, New Haven. You can definitely make yourself understood with that - though there aren't too many ball-point pens left in this world :wink: . I guess we'll all have to learn the German for rollerball and gel pen.
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Reply Sat 31 May, 2003 06:06 am
Tell me, Lovey, was that flat Dutch, or was that just the regular ol', over-inflated variety?

(Ducks and runs . . . )
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Post: # 224,657
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Reply Sat 31 May, 2003 06:15 am
you'll have to ask someone else.
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Post: # 224,661
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Reply Sat 31 May, 2003 06:22 am
Ah, chilly disdain for my inquiry . . . aw come on, i was just afunnin' ya . . .
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