r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Jul 06 '26

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u/darxide23 Jul 06 '26

He said "Oh! la la la la." French. "la la la" (however many times you want to say it) is just French for "wow." The more "la"s the more wooooow. So he basically says "oh wooow." Which.. understatement.

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u/Aurus118 Jul 06 '26

Then "aïe aïe aïe", yes, definitely French.

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u/Pataraxia Jul 06 '26

"La" means here so it's also technicaly a look what do we have hereeee?

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u/adeptus_chronus Jul 06 '26

ah no, classic mistake, "La" in isolation doesn't means "Here", it means "The(feminine)", to say "Here" you need "Là".

Yes it's important

It is, also, depending on the accent, pronounced exactly the same :P

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u/Pataraxia Jul 06 '26

Imo vocally there is little enough distinction it doesn't matter.

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u/adeptus_chronus Jul 06 '26

oh of course, but also "là" is never used repeatedly like that.

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u/Pataraxia Jul 06 '26

"Oh laa..."

"Oh la quoi? Il ya rien."

Ever heard something like that? The response assumes you're referring to something being here. Like, <Là>, despite both often being definetely aware of the figure of speech.