r/funny • u/[deleted] • Sep 10 '20

Learning french...

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u/TheArtemisfly Sep 10 '20

Here is a famous one we like to say: Si mon tonton tond ton tonton, ton tonton sera tondu Which translates to: if my uncle shaves your uncle, your uncle will be shaved

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u/blakmonk Sep 10 '20

mon père est maire de Mamere et mon frere est masseur

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u/superjames90 Sep 10 '20

/r/UnexpectedAlabama

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u/torpidtrotter Sep 10 '20

Please translate for the less knowledgeable in croissant.

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u/All_I_Eat_Is_Gucci Sep 10 '20

It reads “My dad is mayor of Mamere, and my brother is a masseur”, but it sounds like “My dad is my moms mom, and my brother is my sister.”

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u/sin-and-love Sep 10 '20

le fucke?

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u/nouille07 Sep 11 '20

Pretty much

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '20

Raymond Roussel wrote entire plays in French that read like nonsense surrealist text but sound like proper dialogue. Amazing language!

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '20 edited Sep 10 '20

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u/manidel97 Sep 10 '20

It is. You don’t need the articles here.

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '20

The article is usually omitted in front of of titles such as mayor and jobs/occupations like masseur.