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Speak better French : Je suis blessée de te connaitre... Wait be careful of the faux amis part 1
منذ ٥ أعوامDo you know what happens when you trust a language blindly?
Exactly, you meet the false friends (words looking alike but that are different) and they stab in the back.
French and English are from Latin root, and 45% of English words are of French origin.
The two languages share a lovely yet complicated love story, which leaves us into confusion.
Seriously, don't go to a lingerie store in France and ask for a "bras".
Here are 15 common false friends :
- In English we say bra, in French soutien-gorge because bras means your arm.
- Raisin in French does not mean dried grapes it simply means grape.
- You go to a journey in France, people tell you bonne journée... are they stalking you? No, they have no idea that you are here for a journey. Journée means the day.
- You buy books in the librairie, you don't borrow them. You borrow books in a bibliothèque.
- You don't use préservatif in a food, but when you have sexe, because a préservatif is a condom.
- If you French friend tells you that "J'ai passé un examen" don't celebrate yet, wait for the result,because he only did an exam.
- Coin means corner not money since coin in French is pièce de monnaie.
- Les meilleures locations does not mean the best places but the best rentals.
- Il est un grand homme does not mean that he is a great man but that he is tall, grand can mean great but also tall.
- Don't tell someone "j'ai envie de toi" because it does not mean "I envy you" but "I want you".
- Teenagers complaining about their bouton are not complaining about the buttons on their clothes but their pimples.
- Je suis blessé doesn't mean I am blessed but I am hurt.
- Je t'attends means I am waiting for you and not I am attending to you.
- To abuse is insulter while abuser is to take advantage.
- Actually means en réalité while actuellement means currently.
I will write a part 2 but before that is there any other faux amis that you guys know?
Or have you had any awkward situation due to the faux amis?