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Re: French Words In English by medjai(m): 5:55pm On Dec 20, 2010
omlette
Re: French Words In English by Nobody: 6:35pm On Dec 20, 2010
medjai:

deus ex machina

thats Latin, definitely NOT French!

medjai:

chaffeur

you mean CHAUFFEUR?
Re: French Words In English by Ladyrsky46: 9:00pm On Dec 20, 2010
Au pair
Re: French Words In English by medjai(m): 9:38pm On Dec 20, 2010
MRbrownJAY:

thats Latin, definitely NOT French!

you mean CHAUFFEUR?
yes, chauffeur. Thanks for the correction

@op: noveau riche
Re: French Words In English by Nobody: 10:41pm On Dec 20, 2010
medjai:

yes, chauffeur. Thanks for the correction

@op: noveau riche

lol, Medjai you are welcome.
that's NOUVEAU RICHE
Re: French Words In English by medjai(m): 11:09pm On Dec 20, 2010
^^lol. These French words are killing
Re: French Words In English by Ladyrsky46: 11:14pm On Dec 20, 2010
Petite
Re: French Words In English by Bella87(f): 11:15pm On Dec 20, 2010
Au pair
Re: French Words In English by Ladyrsky46: 11:19pm On Dec 20, 2010
Aide-de-camp
Re: French Words In English by Bella87(f): 11:27pm On Dec 20, 2010
Adieu
Re: French Words In English by Ladyrsky46: 11:40pm On Dec 20, 2010
Brassiere
Re: French Words In English by Nobody: 12:10am On Dec 21, 2010
medjai:

^^lol. These French words are killing

lol the English language is filled with French words
here are a few less known ones:
ADOLESCENT
ACCORD
AMATEUR
BROCHURE
ANECDOTE
ATTACHé
AUDIENCE
AU NATUREL
AUTOMOBILE
AVANT-GUARDE
BRUNETTE
BUFFET
BRAILLE
BRACELET
BORDEL
BIZARRE
BANDAGE
BALLET
BANDIT

and thats just from letter A and B!!!!!
Re: French Words In English by Bella87(f): 1:34am On Dec 21, 2010
Noel
Re: French Words In English by Creamish(f): 9:18am On Dec 21, 2010
Commence
Re: French Words In English by medjai(m): 8:06pm On Dec 21, 2010
MRbrownJAY:

lol the English language is filled with French words
here are a few less known ones:
ADOLESCENT
ACCORD
AMATEUR
BROCHURE
ANECDOTE
ATTACHé
AUDIENCE
AU NATUREL
AUTOMOBILE
AVANT-GUARDE
BRUNETTE
BUFFET
BRAILLE
BRACELET
BORDEL
BIZARRE
BANDAGE
BALLET
BANDIT

and thats just from letter A and B!!!!!
lol. I had no idea there were these many French words in English. Do you speak French?
@OP: lingerie
Re: French Words In English by Ladyrsky46: 8:21pm On Dec 21, 2010
Chaise longue
Re: French Words In English by Ladyrsky46: 8:21pm On Dec 21, 2010
Chignon
Re: French Words In English by Nobody: 2:31pm On Dec 22, 2010
medjai:

lol. I had no idea there were these many French words in English. Do you speak French?
@OP: lingerie

yeah some French words in the English language are unknown to most.
French is my birth language (born and bred in France).
Re: French Words In English by Creamish(f): 4:05pm On Dec 22, 2010
au contraire

@ MRbrownJAY . . . I need some french lessons . . my french is rily rusty. cheesy
Re: French Words In English by Nobody: 6:16pm On Dec 22, 2010
^^^^^lol here is your first lesson then:
C'est très difficile de prendre des cours de français en ligne. ce serait plus facile de trouver un prof près de chez toi avec qui tu pourrais discuter face à face et améliorer ton français.
Re: French Words In English by tubabie(f): 10:16pm On Dec 22, 2010
eau de toilette

maisonette


masseur

troupe
Re: French Words In English by Creamish(f): 10:28am On Dec 24, 2010
MRbrownJAY:

^^^^^lol here is your first lesson then:
C'est très difficile de prendre des cours de français en ligne. ce serait plus facile de trouver un prof près de chez toi avec qui tu pourrais discuter face à face et améliorer ton français.



aw . . quel domage! mais je pourrai avoir des cours avec vous n'est ce pas? ou habitez vous? pardonez moi . . j'ecris sans d'accent. grin *rusty french ooo* grin grin
Re: French Words In English by Creamish(f): 10:30am On Dec 24, 2010
@ topic . . cuisine
Re: French Words In English by medjai(m): 12:07pm On Dec 24, 2010
chandelier
Re: French Words In English by Nobody: 5:50pm On Dec 24, 2010
Creamish:

    aw . . quel dommage! mais je pourrai[b]s[/b] avoir  prendre des cours avec vous  n'est-ce pas? où habitez-vous? pardonnez-moi . . j'ecris sans d' accent.  grin *rusty french ooo*  grin  grin  [/b]

also you wrote it all in a very formal tense VOUS but as i started in a friendlier manner to address you, you should have continued in that manner and therefore used TOI/TU:
"je pourrais prendre des cours avec TOI, n'est-ce pas? où habites-TU? pardonne-moi"

biensur, mais ce n'est pas pas très pratique en ligne à cause de la prononciation des mots en Français, qui est très importante. j'habite à l'autre bout du monde à Buenos Aires et toi? n'y a-t-il pas de prof de Français où tu resides? où as-tu appris le français?
Re: French Words In English by Nobody: 7:07pm On Dec 24, 2010
Creamish:

    aw . . quel dommage! mais je pourrai[b]s[/b] avoir  prendre des cours avec vous  n'est-ce pas? où habitez-vous? pardonnez-moi . . j'ecris sans d' accent.  grin *rusty french ooo*  grin  grin  [/b]

also you wrote it all in a very formal tense VOUS but as i started in a friendlier manner to address you, you should have continued in that manner and therefore used TOI/TU:
"je pourrais prendre des cours avec TOI, n'est-ce pas? où habites-TU? pardonne-moi"

bien sûr, mais ce n'est pas pas très pratique en ligne à cause de la prononciation des mots en Français, qui est très importante. j'habite à l'autre bout du monde à Buenos Aires et toi? n'y a-t-il pas de prof de Français où tu resides? où as-tu appris le français?
Re: French Words In English by Emmyk(m): 9:28am On Dec 28, 2010
Laissez Faire
Re: French Words In English by medjai(m): 2:44pm On Jan 02, 2011
de rigueur
Re: French Words In English by kaylonda(f): 9:57am On Jan 03, 2011
Salut mrbrownjay, j'envie d causser avec d gens qui parle francais, parfois j'oublie d tad chose comme la conjugaison,certaines mots et tradusions(j'espere que je bien ecrit ca), creamish salut, on peut discuter ici, non?
Ravi d vous raco ntre vous deux, am reali rusty 2, hpe i got most of d translations rite
Re: French Words In English by medjai(m): 5:07pm On Jan 03, 2011
coup de theatre
Re: French Words In English by medjai(m): 7:12pm On Jan 08, 2011
picturesque

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