SaligoBay Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Son's French teacher is always squawking "Et alors????" at them when they're a bit noisy. Yesterday they were a bit more rowdy than usual, and she yelled....ET ALORS??????? C'EST QUOI ÇA????? ON SE CROIRAIT EN BANLIEUE!!![:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weedon Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 My translator says:- AND THEN? ?????? This is WHAT that? ???? ONE WOULD BELIEVE ONESELF IN SUBURBSS!!! C'est tout Pays Bas pour mois......please excuse my written French I am still in beginners at my class.But how near was my translator?weedon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tourangelle Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 [quote user="Weedon"]My translator says:- AND THEN? ?????? This is WHAT that? ???? ONE WOULD BELIEVE ONESELF IN SUBURBSS!!! C'est tout Pays Bas pour mois......please excuse my written French I am still in beginners at my class.But how near was my translator?weedon[/quote]actually I think banlieue here would be much better rendered as "inner city"!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaligoBay Posted February 16, 2006 Author Share Posted February 16, 2006 Yes, a rough translation would be "What's all this noise about? Anyone would think you were in the suburbs!".A what-it-really-means translation would be more like "Will you lot be quiet! You're acting like a load of car-burning, council-flat immigrants!".Because as we all know, there are suburbs and there are suburbs........ [;)]It made my son laugh anyway, it was so outrageous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 ... watch out! She may have the karcher on them next if they don't behave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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