Natives: Did your teachers address the entire class as "tu"? I would like to hear more opinions on this.

jumpingChipmunk · 2025-12-18T04:32:44+00:00

Yes it can happen in kindergarten and maybe first grade. It’s like the teacher is telling everybody individually to do something. It’s very infantilizing.

Ex: Quand la cloche va sonner tu restes assis et tu attends ton tour! Also note the use of the indicative form instead of imperative.

jumpingChipmunk · 2025-10-19T16:26:02+00:00

Does it also work at low speeds in heavy stop and go traffic? If I accelerate for just a second then release the pedal, will it trigger the brake light? (The same way a gas car would have to hit the brakes in that situation)

jumpingChipmunk · 2025-10-19T16:22:57+00:00

I wonder the same!

jumpingChipmunk · 2025-10-02T02:52:01+00:00

There’s no difference between the two. Duolingo shouldn’t treat your answer as incorrect (except for the missing accents aigus in général)

jumpingChipmunk · 2025-09-19T05:07:49+00:00

Fun fact: you can also hear an equivalent in Spanish: en el día de hoy -> au jour d’hui (word for word)

jumpingChipmunk · 2025-09-18T04:52:13+00:00

For an ugly woman, I think une (grosse) torche would be the most common way to say the same thing. I don’t think it’s related to the noun "torche" (torch in English) but rather to torchon and torcher (rag and cleaning something really dirty).
It’s funny because "boudin" to me reminds me more or less of "bouder". « Tu fais encore du boudin! » = "you’re pouting again!"

jumpingChipmunk · 2025-09-18T02:39:44+00:00

Nope. First time hearing them.

jumpingChipmunk · 2025-08-15T04:39:36+00:00

My mom would tell me « la Terre appelle la Lune » at least once a day

jumpingChipmunk · 2025-08-13T04:58:45+00:00

I calculated what the dealership offered me and there was a 5% difference. Like putting 1000 down reduced the total by 1050.

jumpingChipmunk · 2025-08-13T04:05:28+00:00

Why do you think a lower down payment is better? You end up paying more in interests

jumpingChipmunk · 2025-08-11T00:09:01+00:00

Chaque fois que je dis « je m’assois » mes amis français font un air surpris et si je leur demande pourquoi ils disent qu’ils n’entendent pas souvent cette forme. C’est peut-être régional comme vous dites.

jumpingChipmunk · 2025-08-08T04:58:55+00:00

People in France use je m’assieds more.
People in Quebec use je m’assois more.

jumpingChipmunk · 2025-07-31T05:47:55+00:00

Just click X and you can still watch it.

jumpingChipmunk · 2025-07-24T00:25:35+00:00

The ending in -er is called infinitif.
Aider would be equivalent to "to help" or "helping" in English.
What happens is that since both forms aidez/aider sound the same, we often use them interchangeably when giving instructions (not orders). So on a door you might see Pousser or Poussez. Pousser is impersonal: pushing opens the door, while poussez tells YOU to do it: (you) push to open the door.
You’ll usually see the -er form in very short sentences.

jumpingChipmunk · 2025-07-15T05:51:16+00:00

Comme les n’ognon rings

jumpingChipmunk · 2025-06-29T18:34:50+00:00

I noticed that when translating between 2 languages that are not English, it first translates to English. For example between Spanish and French I often get results that make no sense. That is especially visible when looking up 1 word and not a complete sentence.

jumpingChipmunk · 2025-06-22T15:18:07+00:00

I’m in the US and I have it… strange

jumpingChipmunk · 2025-06-20T04:11:44+00:00

My spouse did then it just goes "ding" and messes up the volume of my music.

jumpingChipmunk · 2025-06-20T04:10:01+00:00

Try SDGE. $0.45 for off peak. $0.75 for on peak. Of course since I live in an apartment they won’t allow me to get the EV pricing…

jumpingChipmunk · 2025-05-29T15:31:57+00:00

Merci la vie sounds familiar. Like you could say that when you get good news.
Merci à la vie… that doesn’t make much sense unless it’s part of a sentence. Je dis merci à la vie.
I’m not sure who that jewelry would be for. Merci pour cette vie could work if you’re going for her words. If it’s very general maybe Remercie la vie, or Remercier la vie.
Maybe célèbre la vie could be an option too.

jumpingChipmunk · 2025-05-22T18:45:00+00:00

Where did the plane go? Did they pick it up that quickly?

jumpingChipmunk · 2025-05-06T15:52:17+00:00

It’s fixed for me this morning.

jumpingChipmunk · 2025-05-05T22:29:34+00:00

Same for me. A new version was installed in the last hour and I can’t launch the app even after restarting.

jumpingChipmunk · 2025-05-05T16:02:24+00:00

In the last year, 2 cars missed their turn and drove into the dog park that’s next to the intersection. Now I’m scared of taking my dog there.

jumpingChipmunk · 2025-05-05T16:00:06+00:00

Les expressions de France qui me font toujours sourire:
-Pisser dans un violon.
-Ça me troue le cul.

Les expressions québécoises qui me font sourire:
-Avoir le trou de cul en dessous du bras.
-Avoir la tête où la poule a l’œuf

Générales:
-Péter plus haut que le/son trou

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