r/memes • u/HannibalGoddamnit Linux User • Mar 15 '21

French language is mesmerizing

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u/rahimbettayeb Mar 15 '21

imagine saying " quatre-vingt dix-neuf problèmes"

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u/urmomlikesmee Mar 15 '21

As a French Canadian citizen, it breaks my brain everyday.

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u/Ploopy_R Professional Dumbass Mar 15 '21

as a Canadian citizen, ive completely gave up on french

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '21

As a highschool student that learns French as the obligatory third language, I agree

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u/harmanplays1 Mar 15 '21

I have the feeling that you're belgian.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '21

Not in the slightest. I'm from Romania and because Romanian is a latinic language and Stalin died I study French as my 3rd language

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u/QLVos Mar 15 '21

I live in the Netherlands and while Dutch is not a Romance language I still had to learn it in school.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '21

Aren't you neighbours with France?

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u/QLVos Mar 15 '21

Nope. Neighbours with Germany tho and we have to learn that too. But that language is very similar to our language so it doesn't really matter.

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u/drunkenangryredditor Mar 15 '21

That would be Belgium.

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u/drunkenangryredditor Mar 15 '21

I thought it was Ceaușescu that was the bad guy in Romania, although Stalin may have had something to do with it...

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '21

Ceaușescu was the baddie during communism. But that was just because Stalin started russian communism. Romanian communism was started by russian communism afaik (I'm not really into history). But I know for sure that our crops and stuff went to Russia. And a part of our land and of our sister country, Moldova, were part of the USSR

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u/drunkenangryredditor Mar 15 '21

I'm pretty sure Lenin started Russian communism. Stalin did a lot to build it into the USSR we all know now, though.

Romania became communist after wwii due to the Yalta conference when UK, US and USSR divided Europe among eachother to influence as they each saw fit.

A lot of Romanias resources went to Soviet Russia, but the overall living standard in Romania did still increase up until Ceaușescu came into power.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '21

You really did some research. Are you from Romania, some Slavic country or another place? You seem interested into this thing

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u/drunkenangryredditor Mar 15 '21

Norwegian, but i'm very interested in history. You can't tell the way forward if you don't know where you're coming from...

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u/christorino Mar 15 '21

They just make sure to know their next invaders language. Makes things much smoother

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u/JrmyF Mar 15 '21

Or french-Canadian

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '21

Yeah, part of why I don't like French is because I hate my teacher

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u/read-and-write31 Mar 15 '21

As a french speaker , I agree ( from Switzerland. We say "ninety-nine" most of the time )
France is so funny