Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ah mais... :-) "dunno" would be "ch?pa" or maybe "chaip?"... All the best from the south of France! (Tr?s au sud de la France catalane) Tarek ------------------------------------------------- Tarek Charara <http://www.pix-that-stimulate.com> NO ARCHIVE Le 24 mars 10 ? 13:42, philippe.amard a ?crit : > I agree with Tarek, > > Yet, 'n'est-ce pas' is a scarcely used form nowadays, and considered > as formal; lecturers - bad ones particulalry - use it a lot to > remind their sleepy? audience of their existence ... :-) > > In everyday talk, you'll hear : hein?, pas vrai?, tu crois pas? etc. > just as the British might resort to ennit, wudniah, didny, etc. > > BTW saying ' *n'c'est pas* ' as first suggested would probably be > construed as ' j'n'sai pas = je ne sais pas', i.e I don't know or > rather, dunno. > > Bien cordialement de la partie nord de la Catalogne francophone. > Philippe > > Le 24 mars 10 ? 09:27, Tarek Charara a ?crit : > >> >> n'est-ce pas... :) >> >> Le 24 mars 10 ? 06:25, Vince Passaro a ?crit : >> >>> *n'c'est pas* -- Oui? >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > NO ARCHIVE > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information