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Posted by butterfly on Oct-12-2004 16:39:

i need help in french

i am trying to brush up on my french but i forgot a lot. (i dont have accents on my keyboard, so forgive my spelling)
i have two specific questions:

if i am calling a hotel and i want to ask the operator to connect me with Emma, is this an appropriate thing to say?
"Je voudrais parler avec Emma."

also, if i am calling someone's home and i want to speak to Emma, is this an appropriate thing to say?
"Emma, est-elle la?"
or
"Est Emma la?"

please tell me if there are other more common ways to ask for people on the phone.
Thanks...

Posted by BTG on Oct-12-2004 16:48:

je veux touer ton bonbon parceque j'aim les bonnhommes de neige dans mon voiture.

Posted by butterfly on Oct-12-2004 16:50:

quote:
Originally posted by BTG
je veux touer ton bonbon parceque j'aim les bonnhommes de neige dans mon voiture.
ok, i do speak a little french. plus i think you spelled aim wrong. isnt it aime?

Posted by NiteMer on Oct-12-2004 16:57:

I'm pretty sure he's not trying to make sense. My french is rusty too, but I think he said something about snowmen in his car.

You could say, "je voudrais parler avec emma." Bonjour, est emma la? The latter sounds kind of funny to me though.

You could ask, "bonjour, est-ce que je peut parler avec Emma?"

Posted by Slylee on Oct-12-2004 17:00:

how do you say, "take off your clothes i want to have sex with you" in french?

i think i might say that to my boyfriend tonight and surprise him. he won't know what i'm saying but i bet it'll sound sexy as hell. i'm great with accents.

Posted by NiteMer on Oct-12-2004 17:03:

quote:
Originally posted by Slylee
how do you say, "take off your clothes i want to have sex with you" in french?

i think i might say that to my boyfriend tonight and surprise him. he won't know what i'm saying but i bet it'll sound sexy as hell. i'm great with accents.

I can't remember. My french is hella rusty. I also don't really know how to say have sex. I know how to say "fuck you", but I'm not sure if it translates over to the act of "fucking". Someone's gotta know around here though.

Posted by Sean Walsh on Oct-12-2004 17:09:

My french writing kinda sucks, but I'll try to help you.

quote:
"Je voudrais parler avec Emma."

That's correct, or you could say "J'aimerais parlais avec Emma.", which be "I'd like to speak with Emma."

quote:
"Emma, est-elle la?"

That's sorta correct, phonetically at least, but it's actually "est-ce qu'elle est la". Or you could just say "Est-ce que Emma est la?"

quote:
Originally posted by Slylee
how do you say, "take off your clothes i want to have sex with you" in french?

i think i might say that to my boyfriend tonight and surprise him. he won't know what i'm saying but i bet it'll sound sexy as hell. i'm great with accents.

"Enleve tes vetement, je veux coucher avec toi." Or if you want some joual, you could say "je veux te focker esti"

Posted by Slylee on Oct-12-2004 17:19:

thanks!

Posted by Floorfiller on Oct-12-2004 17:21:

quote:
Originally posted by Sean Walsh

"Enleve tes vetement, je veux coucher avec toi." Or if you want some joual, you could say "je veux te focker esti"

i think i might say that to myself tonight...just to surprise me!

Posted by Dj.Louis on Oct-12-2004 17:26:

Est-ce que je pourrais parler avec Emma s'il vous plait?

Posted by NiteMer on Oct-12-2004 18:10:

quote:
Originally posted by Dj.Louis
Est-ce que je pourrais parler avec Emma s'il vous plait?

Subjunctive, huh? I should have known.

Posted by Mebot on Oct-12-2004 19:08:

Muzzy would know

Posted by butterfly on Oct-12-2004 21:23:

thanks! very helpful.

Posted by tranceaholic on Oct-12-2004 21:28:

Posted by Dj.Louis on Oct-12-2004 23:11:

quote:
Originally posted by Nite-Mer
Subjunctive, huh? I should have known.

thats not subjunctive, thats "conditionel"

Posted by Clovis on Oct-12-2004 23:16:

I am too late.

Posted by NiteMer on Oct-12-2004 23:27:

quote:
Originally posted by Dj.Louis
thats not subjunctive, thats "conditionel"

Well they were confusing 7 years ago when I took "Composition" as a freshman in college. It's been a while, and my french is rusty, and apparently my french grammar is even worse. Man I gotta visit France at some point for brushing up.

Posted by butterfly on Oct-12-2004 23:42:

quote:
Originally posted by Nite-Mer
Well they were confusing 7 years ago when I took "Composition" as a freshman in college. It's been a while, and my french is rusty, and apparently my french grammar is even worse. Man I gotta visit France at some point for brushing up.

i have been watching my buffy dvds in french to try and brush up but it just helps with the conversational peice. i remember very little about weird conjugations of verbs.

Posted by Trancer85 on Oct-13-2004 02:14:

beginning of the french anthem:

la fonse de la patrie adonde ares arive

all i remember from a french class in middle school along with bonjour

Posted by Clovis on Oct-13-2004 02:21:

quote:
Originally posted by Trancer85
beginning of the french anthem:

la fonse de la patrie adonde ares arive

all i remember from a french class in middle school along with bonjour

Thats also wrong.