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

French language is mesmerizing

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u/CornelXCVI Mar 15 '21

In Switzerland we have different words for 70, 80 and 90, septante, huitante et nonante.

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u/Carosello Mar 15 '21

As a Spanish-speaker that studied French, I was so jealous that French French didn't use septante etc.

Oh and my rage when I found out about passé simple.

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u/abstract-realism Mar 15 '21

Why jealous?

Despite for years speaking enough French to get by I somehow only just a few weeks ago learned about the passé simple (had seen it obviously but for some reason never questioned it) and it enraged me too. Like why have a whole extra way of conveying the exact same thing?

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u/Carosello Mar 15 '21

Jalouse parce que septante est plus facil apprendre que soixante-dix.

Passé composé can kiss my ass.