woolybanana Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Anyone heard from her. She seems to have been quiet for an abnormally long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 If she doesn't reply here I will contact her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Bonjour.....et me voilà![:)]Hope you are all keeping well and virus free. I managed to keep myself super busy for the first 3 weeks of le confinement but I must admit it is now getting extremely tedious.It depresses me to look in my diary and note all the dates for various things that have been cancelled. Plus, I have walked all of the periphery of our village practically everyday. I can identify the barks of every single dog in the village, I swear.....grr....Furthermore, we have had to cancel our proposed visit to Cauterets and it was something that I have been looking forward to for ages. Still, one positive is that I learned a new French word when our leader and organiser wrote to say he had informed the proprietor of the gite but asked her to keep the arrches. Strange word that, don't you agree? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 I don't think there is a 'c' in it."des Arrhes" I thihk..Good to see you are on form Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Yes, you are right but it makes the word look even stranger. I have listened to how it is said so can pronounce it even if not spell it[:)]OTOH, at least I can spell "think"[:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted April 18, 2020 Author Share Posted April 18, 2020 Glad you are fit Nimteroonie. Keep walking.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Glad to see you back.Yes, deposit is arrhes, and isn't it always good to learn a new word.Mint, you should have simply given all those jobs 'much thought' and consideration and not done them. Snuggled down with a good book etc and had a feeling of being a little wicked by not doing them.I like feeling a little naughty doing things other than what I should be.[Www] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 So, is arrhes one of those words described in dictionaries as nfpl? You know like toilettes (the loo and not having a wash) and retrouvailles?Can anyone think of other words like these that are always in the plural? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 http://bdl.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/bdl/gabarit_bdl.asp?id=3757 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Thank you, Norman. Fascinating...... indeed I have used many of those words without realising; eg frais de livraison, etc.I was also thinking of puits and poids but then, on reflection, I realise that they are singular nouns just that I was confusing the "s" ending with the English plural.......aaahhhhh (cry of despair!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 And look at all the names with an 's' on the end. Charles, Jacques, etc etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 Some more:https://www.thoughtco.com/english-singulars-and-french-plurals-1368945There are also all those words that are plural in English but singular in French:jeans, trousers, pants etc..the family and the police, but that is a cheat as in English those words can be either depending on how you are thinking of them.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 Norman saysThere are also all those words that are plural in English but singular in French:jeans, trousers, pants etc..Scissors!Also Marseilles and Lyons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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