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15:12 Oct 23, 2002 |
English to French translations [Non-PRO] Art/Literary | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Nancy Bonnefond France Local time: 21:16 | ||||||
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Quoi de neuf mon vieux ? Il y a longtemps (un bail ) que je ne t'ai pas vu Explanation: assuming "that I didn't see you" |
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Comment va ? Cela fait un bail... Explanation: language familier dude = mec, pour un amis. ou Comment ça va ? Quoi d'neuf ? Ça fait une éternité... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-10-23 15:31:14 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Quoi d\'neuf mec ? ça fait une paye ! \"Paye\" fam. Temps écoulé entre deux payes. Loc. Il y a une paye, cela fait une paye qu\'on ne l\'a pas vu : il y a longtemps. Le Robert |
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Quoi d'neuf mec! Ca fait longtemps! Explanation: Façon de parler dans les banlieux populaires de nos jours. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-10-23 15:26:08 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- or: Quoi d\'neuf mec! Ca fait un bail... (notice the \"ça\" instead of celà; popular colloquial way of speaking adapted to the cultural context) |
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