Questions tagged [culture]
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How to apologise in French
I was wondering, if one was to hurt somebody accidentally what would be an appropriate way of apologising?
For example if a child were to hit an elder while on their bicycle.
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Usage of 'hot' meaning 'good-looking' or 'attractive'
The word 'hot' in English is usually perceived as:
an adjective that conveys the degree of heat possessed by an object.
A French translation for 'hot' in this context would be 'chaud'.
However, ...
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Where does the idea that French people say "oh la la" all the time come from ?
As a French man living abroad, I often hear non-French people saying "Oh la la !" (along with an imitation of a kind of posh attitude) after someone talked about something that is typical of France or ...
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How grave of a mistake is it to misuse 'tu' and 'vous'?
I'm not speaking of contexts in which I should appropriately use 'tu' or 'vous', I'm actually referring to the actual shock of it all.
Is it the equivalent (in english, for example) of saying "Hey ...
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Un slow minimal
As far as I can tell, the only song from Cindy: Cendrillon 2002 to make it onto Luc Plamondon's collection J'aurais voulu être un artiste, etc. is "Salaud" (paroles). I've worked out most of it...
I ...
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"Faire la bise" in France vs hugging in America
I am taking an online course (from CMU online learning initiative here... it's pretty good so far). In a video, a girl comes into scene where a few people are sitting around a table. She seems ...
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