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[OT] Question for Francophones
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 9:13 pm
by rasputin
Well, since apparently any subject is fair game in this forum: I have a language question. There is actually a Live connection, since it concerns a piece I wrote in Live (hey, I didn't say there was a STRONG connection!)
I have a piece that I want to name "It's raining" or "It rains" but to an English speaker, it's too banal. Everyone knows even the most common thing or everyday phrase sounds better in French. So, may I ask, What is the correct phrase in French for that English phrase?
I do know enough French to say, to anyone who can help, "Merci beaucoup."
r.
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 9:15 pm
by dmacintyre
Il pleut.
D.
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 9:17 pm
by dmacintyre
BTW, I'm Scottish but it's amazing what you pick up in the pubs after a game against the French at Murrayfield.
D.
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 9:39 pm
by Dj Sly20
dmacintyre wrote:Il pleut.
D.
I'm a french canadian an he got it... ...no mistake
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 9:42 pm
by dmacintyre
It's a phrase most French utter when they come to Scotland since it never stops here.
D.
Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 5:17 am
by Affiliation
Il mouille a scieau
Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 9:23 am
by 4am
other options:
- il roille
- il peut des cordes
- il pleut comme vache qui pisse
Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 9:58 am
by peeddrroo
just 1 thing: in "il pleut", you don't pronounce the final t, and the "eu" sounds a bit like the i in "bird".
correct me if i'm wrong.
Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 10:02 am
by EricP
listen to Emilie Simon "il pleut" song ...
Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 10:03 am
by Airwave
IL DRACHE!!!
oops nope it's Belgicism, French people don't get it
Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 10:44 am
by Machinate
4am wrote:other options:
...
- il pleut comme vache qui pisse
how romantic!
Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 10:48 am
by mrweasel
La pluie s'abbat sur moi sans vergogne dans la moiteur de la nuit
That's for the cheesy poetic French B-side
Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 11:29 am
by nasedo
ou bien il tombe une delaque
Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 12:31 pm
by 4am
Machinate wrote:4am wrote:other options:
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- il pleut comme vache qui pisse
how romantic!
it comes from the film "les visiteurs"
Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 12:37 pm
by 4am