18:59 Jan 1, 2001 |
French to English translations [Non-PRO] Art/Literary | ||||
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na | "how would you greet him when you don't (even) know him?" |
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"how would you greet him when you don't (even) know him?" Explanation: This is old French (probably around 16th century). That these are 2nd person conditional forms is just a guess. "Saluer", like in modern French, means "to greet". "Congnoistre" = modern French "connaître", "to know" (see Robert Estienne's Dictionarium latinogallicum, 1552, ref. 1, and Jean Nicot's Thresor de la langue francoyse, tant ancienne que moderne, 1606, ref. 2) Reference: http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/efts/ARTFL/projects/dicos/ESTIEN... Reference: http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/efts/ARTFL/projects/dicos/TLF-NI... |
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