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Hold fast. Brave the storm
if you really think about it imagine chiron coming to yancy called by grover because of this really powerful half-blood, and he’s expecting this really impressive kid but instead there’s just percy, small and runty and overall unimpressive, but then one day grover’s being bullied by a bunch of bigger kids and chiron watches as percy rushes over and his fists are clenched and his green eyes are fiery, and there he is.
The Tea in French
le ragot- gossip
le commérage- gossip
le cancan- gosisp
la rumeur- rumor
le qu’en dira-t-on ?- the word about town (lit. the what will be said?)
le bruit de couloir- rumors (lit. hallway noise)
la confession- confession
le scandale- scandal
l’opinion publique (f)- public opinion
un.e indic- nark
un.e mouchard.e- snitch
un.e rapporteu.r.use- tattletale
mon petit doight m’a dit- a little birdie told me (lit. my pinkie told me)
J’ai entendu…- I heard…
cancaner- to gossip
commérer- to gossip
bavarder- to chat
cafarder- to tattle
médire- to talk badly of something or someone
babiller- to talk a lot about nothing, to babble
diffamer- to defame
dire- to tell
raconter- to tell (a story or a rumor), to recount
jaser- to dish
vendre la mèche- to spill the beans/let the cat out of the bag (lit. to sell hair extensions??)
moucharder- to spy on someone to snitch on them
cracher le morceau- to spill the tea (lit. to spit the piece)
i love when ur writing an essay and u all of a sudden get a burst of inspiration or find the perfect source to back up ur point and it’s like the clouds have parted and everything’s clear and ur not gonna have to drop out
never mind everything sucks essay writing is horrible i have no clue what im doing im gonna drop out and become a street performer
NEVER MIND IM THE KING OF ACADEMIA IM GONNA GET 100% IM GONNA FINISH ON TIME AND HAVE A WELL STRUCTURED ARGUMENT AND IT’S GONNA BE AWESOME
never mind.
French adjectives that change meaning based on placement
1. ancien
in front of the noun: former, previous.
Ce ministre est un ancien avocat.
after the noun: old, of another time.
Je préfère les meubles anciens aux contemporains.
2. brave
in front of the noun: good, honest.
Ce sont de braves gens.
after the noun: courageous.
La peur, c’est ce qui nous rend braves.
3. certain
in front of the noun: particular.
Notre conversation fut interrompue à un certain moment par une visite inopinée.
after the noun: sure, assured.
C’est un fait certain.
4. cher
in front of the noun: dear, cherished.
Mon cher ami d’enfance va me rendre visite demain.
after the noun: expensive.
Le caviar est un produit cher.
5. dernier
in front of the noun: last in a series.
J'ai beaucoup aimé son dernier livre.
after the noun: preceding.
La nuit dernière, c'était la pleine lune.
6. différent
in front of the noun: various.
Les différentes rues de la ville sont éclairées la nuit.
after the noun: dissimilar, not the same.
C’est une question différente à celle que je lui ai poseé.
7. drôle
in front of the noun (+ de) : bizarre, strange.
Mon voisin mène quand même une drôle de vie.
after the noun: funny, amusing
On a éclaté de rire en écoutant la blague drôle.
8. grand
in front of the noun: great, important.
La grande Jeanne d’Arc a sauvé son peuple.
after the noun: large in size
Les enfants sont assis sous l’arbre grand.
9. même
in front of the noun: the same.
Elles portent le même chapeau.
after the noun: pure, exact (used for emphasis).
Le client réalisa le paiement le jour même.
10. nouveau
in front of the noun: another.
Je vous présente un nouvel élève.
after the noun: new, previously unknown.
C’est une mode nouvelle.
11. pauvre
in front of the noun: unfortunate.
Ce pauvre garçon a le cœur brisé.
after the noun: not rich.
Les enfants pauvres n’ont rien à manger.
12. prochain
in front of the noun: next in a series.
Je descends à la prochaine station.
after the noun: following, but not in a specified series..
On se voit jeudi prochain pour en parler.
13. propre
in front of the noun: belonging to someone.
Ce sont ses propres commentaires.
after the noun: clean.
Utilise une serviette propre.
14. sale
in front of the noun: bad, low-down.
C'est un sale type, fais attention à toi !
after the noun: dirty.
Personne ne veut de tes slips sales.
15. seul
in front of the noun: only, sole.
C'est le seul endroit où vous pourrez trouver ce livre.
after the noun: alone.
Il est souvent seul lors des soirées.
I’m Tired in French 🇫🇷
I’m a girl so I’m adding another “e” at the end!
We have SO many ways of saying that we’re tired cause we’re THAT dramatic hehe
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Je suis fatiguée = I’m tired
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Je suis crevée = I’m super tired
(crevée means flat, like a flat tire)
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Je suis crevette = I’m super tired
(but in a cute way cause it’s linked to “crevée” but crevette is a shrimp so it’s a game of words, maybe it’s just a family thing donc allez je demande aux autres français de me dire s’ils le font aussi 😂)
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Je suis HS = I’m really tired
(you pronounce the letters so “hachesse” when you say it orally. It’s the initials for “hors service” meaning “out of service”)
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Je suis claquée = I’m really tired
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Je suis exténuée = I’m exhausted
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Je suis épuisée = I’m exhausted
(épuiser is a verb used to say “used in totality”)
Ten expressions
Se peler, se les cailler, se geler les meules : to be cold (formal : avoir froid)
Avoir les chocottes/les jeton/les foies/les pétoches / se chier dessus / flipper : to be scared (formal : avoir peur)
Bouffer/becqueter : to eat (formal : manger)
Pété-e (de thunes) : very rich (formal : riche (ep), fortuné-e)
Sec/sèche : skinny (formal : mince (thin) / maigre (bony))
Dégueu(lasse), crade/crado (ep) : dirty (formal : sale)
Chelou (ep) “louche” in verlan : weird (formal : étrange, bizarre (ep))
Pris-e par : busy (formal : occupé-e), ex : je suis très prise par mon travail
Dalleux/dalleuse, chien (m) : horny pain in the ass
Pompette : tipsy / bourré-e, arraché-e : drunk
Got my Summer and Fall classes planned out so I just need to hit enter on my enrollment dates. I was hoping to get my physical and natural phenomena requirements this upcoming semester but I need Math 120 finished as a prereq:( So I'm sticking with getting English, French, CH, and Women's Studies done and then Math 120 in the following Wintermester. I hope everything goes as planned!
Phrases with Faire- faire enough
Faire is a very common French verb, and has many accompanying phrases with it! Here are a few to fill your vocab lists:)
S’en faire - je m’en fais/Ne t’en fais pas etc. - to worry
Ça va me faire bizarre ! - that’s going to be weird (for me)
En faire tout un drame - to make a big deal out of
Essayer de faire quelque chose - try to do something
Être de taille à faire quelque chose - to be up (physically, say if you are unwell) to doing something
Faire amende honourable - to make amends
Faire attention/gaffe (plus familier) - Fais gaffe ! - to be careful
Faire quelque chose au pif - je l’ai fait au pif ! - to do something off the cuff (do randomly, by accident)
Faire bien de - tu ferais bien de… - to do well to
Faire bombance - to have a feast
Faire bonne figure - to look well/happy
Faire chaud au cœur - ça fait chaud au cœur ! - to be heart-warming
Faire chier - il me fait chier ! - to annoy, to shit you (familiar)
Faire des bêtises - to do something stupid/silly/ill-advised
Faire des chichis - to put on airs/make a fuss
Faire des galipettes - to somersault/have sex- bedroom gymnastics
Faire la grimace - to make faces
Faire des misères à quelqu’un - to make someone’s life a misery/to give someone a hard time
Faire du foin - to make a lot of noise/to cause a stir
Faire du gringue à quelqu’un - draguer quelqu’un - to chat someone up
Faire du lard - to put on weight
Faire du mal - to hurt someone/hurt someone’s feelings/to do harm
Faire en sort que - to ensure to/to make sure that
faire exprès - to do something on purpose
Faire face à quelqu’un - to face someone
Faire fausse route - to go the wrong way
Faire froid dans le dos - to send shivers down your spine
Faire honte - to shame e.g. ça me fait honte - that makes me feel ashamed/that shames me
Faire l’amour - to make love
Faire l’appel - to call the roll
Faire la grasse mat’/matinée - to sleep in
Faire la gueule - to sulk
Faire la lessive - to do the washing
That’s a question I asked myself many times. So I spent a lot of time on blogs and websites telling me that you can’t name an exactly number. Of course you can’t but I was just searching for an “around this” number. Everyone knows that there is no magical number like 1000 and then you’ll speak your target language but with 999 you wouldn’t. I just wanted “around this” numbers to be motivated, to have a goal, to have a direction I can keep in mind. It was a pain in the ass to get an answer to this. And I want to share it with you guys, so you don’t have to waste your time on several blogs and giant textwalls to get just a little bit closer to this answer. Don’t forget these are just “around this” numbers and it’s very(!) important that you also use them and SPEAK your target language. _______________________________________ 100 most common words make up 50% of conversations.
300 most common words make up 65% of conversations.
2.000 most common words make up 90% of conversations. _______________________________________ What are the different levels of a language?
A1: 500 words A2: 1.000 words
B1: 2.000 words B2: 4.000 words
C1: 8.000 words C2: 16.000 words _______________________________________
And here a little bit detailed:
250 words - without these words, you can’t make a sentence.
750 words - is needed for everyday conversations.
2.500 words - will allow you to say most things you want, but sometimes in an awkward way.
5.000 words - is an active vocabulary of a (not high educated) native speaker.
10.000 words - is an active vocabulary of a (high educated) native speaker.
20.000 words - is needed in your passive vocabulary to fully understand work of literature by a notable author.
Locked myself in my room with candles and snacks and turned on the Forest app to immobilize my phone so I would finally write the 4 page paper I'd been putting off for way too long. It's due tomorrow morning and I still need to cite all of my works and figure out MLA in text citations. I got the writing done though! I'm proud of myself:)
You spent the last 10 hours beating me senseless and you’ve learned absolutely nothing. I mean, nobody tells me shit. The truth is, I’m the one person in that house nobody will even notice is gone. You assholes kidnapped the wrong guy!
Klaus Hargreeves in The Umbrella Academy (2019-)
Être fou de joie (feminine: être folle de joie) • To be ecstatic • /ɛtʁ fu də ʒwa/
homework session at my friend's house. got a head start on my humanities discussion answer and tried to brush up on French superlatives but it was hard to translate with a dog playing around me. gonna try to finish up on the discussion answer when I get home and maybe also fill in my notes from the lecture! feeling good about how I actually made myself get shit done and socialize at the same time:)
Are you fucking kidding me
Do you know how much this would have helped me in college
Well spreading this for anyone this might help
7/100 days of productivity
things I accomplished today!
•finished my book!
•got my flu shot!
•picked up my prescription!
•took my French test!
•began French group project!
•attempted French hw
•made an appearance at GenAct!
5/100 days of productivity
I didn't get a whole lot of studying done yesterday but it was still productive! I was dogsitting my sister's pug all weekend and I love her. I also got a good sized chunk (for me) of Fable II played through that my friend gave me to try on Saturday