Happy Birthday Piacki! [Archive] - Ultimatecarpage.com forums

NSXType-R

06-14-2008, 04:08 AM

Stop celebrating!

Get back on the streets of Paris and hunt for pictures of exotic cars!

Nah, just kidding, bonne anniversaire.

Sorry for butchering the accent marks.

faksta

06-14-2008, 06:43 AM

Happy Birthday! :)

Piacki_117

06-14-2008, 06:57 AM

Hey thank you guys!!

I'm 18 now, I can legally watch porn! (how smart I am...)

Oh and by the way I hate football, so don't worry about it. :)

Piacki_117

06-14-2008, 06:59 AM

Et bien sûr merci à David qui déjà l'an dernier avait créé un joli ptit sujet mignon tout plein pour mon anniversaire... Hihihi. C'est qu'il est attentionné, tabernacle! ;)

NSXType-R

06-14-2008, 08:47 AM

Et bien sûr merci à David qui déjà l'an dernier avait créé un joli ptit sujet mignon tout plein pour mon anniversaire... Hihihi. C'est qu'il est attentionné, tabernacle! ;)

Rough translation...

And of course thanks to David who last year had created a pretty cute little subject just for my birthday....hahaha.

It's to grab attention? I dunno what tabernacle means.

I think you meant thread in French right?

fisetdavid26

06-14-2008, 10:37 AM

Et bien sûr merci à David qui déjà l'an dernier avait créé un joli ptit sujet mignon tout plein pour mon anniversaire... Hihihi. C'est qu'il est attentionné, tabernacle! ;)
Ça me fait plaisir! Haha pour le sacre :D

Rough translation...

And of course thanks to David who last year had created a pretty cute little subject just for my birthday....hahaha.

It's to grab attention? I dunno what tabernacle means.

I think you meant thread in French right?
You got the first sentence right. Second sentence would be: It's that he's attentive!

As for tabernacle, here's an interesting read: Quebec French profanity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_French_profanity)

We are known as "Los Tabernacos" in Mexico :p

NSXType-R

06-14-2008, 11:37 AM

Ça me fait plaisir! Haha pour le sacre :D

You got the first sentence right. Second sentence would be: It's that he's attentive!

As for tabernacle, here's an interesting read: Quebec French profanity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_French_profanity)

We are known as "Los Tabernacos" in Mexico :p

How's that for AP French! :D

Wow, such diversity in swear words...

I also learned that you guys pronounce merde differently.
Interesting stuff.

SlickHolden

06-14-2008, 04:51 PM

Happy B-Day..

Piacki_117

06-15-2008, 03:50 AM

How's that for AP French! :D

Wow, such diversity in swear words...

I also learned that you guys pronounce merde differently.
Interesting stuff.

How interesting... I didn't know about it.
Very intersting page, by the way.

You seem to speak very good french... Where did you learn how to speak that language?

fisetdavid26

06-15-2008, 08:54 AM

Our swears can also be used as verbs, nouns, adjectives...

Here's an example from a movie:

YouTube - Bon Cop Bad Cop, Language Lessons (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U72QVCgh_Q)

Perhaps a bit violent but meh... :p

Piacki_117

06-15-2008, 09:55 AM

Ah oui tu me l'avais déjà envoyée il y a longtemps sur msn. Ahahaha toujours marrante à regarder...

fisetdavid26

06-15-2008, 10:19 AM

Ah oui tu me l'avais déjà envoyée il y a longtemps sur msn. Ahahaha toujours marrante à regarder...
C'est un bon film quand même!

Waugh-terfall

06-15-2008, 12:28 PM

Long time, no speak, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Are you driving yet?

The_Canuck

06-15-2008, 12:30 PM

Happy birthday Piacki

Piacki_117

06-15-2008, 12:38 PM

Long time, no speak, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Are you driving yet?

Late august if everything goes well!! I'm still hesitating between a Twingo GT and a Clio TCE as for the car... (same engine, same price but really different cars)

Piacki_117

06-15-2008, 12:41 PM

C'est un bon film quand même!

Ouais excellent!! Même en le voyant pour la deuxième fois j'étais mort de rire! (même si la plupart du temps je dois lire les sous-titres pour tout comprendre)

Merci the canuck, slickholden and waugh by the way :)

fisetdavid26

06-15-2008, 12:42 PM

Ouais excellent!! Même en le voyant pour la deuxième fois j'étais mort de rire! (même si la plupart du temps je dois lire les sous-titres pour tout comprendre)
Ouais c'est purement québécois :)

Waugh-terfall

06-15-2008, 12:45 PM

Late august if everything goes well!! I'm still hesitating between a Twingo GT and a Clio TCE as for the car... (same engine, same price but really different cars)

Niice, I've seen a few Twingos around now, really glad Renault UK finally bought them to England.
We thought about leasing me a new car, I had a choice of Twingo GT, Clio 1.2TCE Extreme or a Megane CC 1.5dCi Authentique but we decided not to do it :(
Personally I'd take the Twingo, more bang for buck

Piacki_117

06-15-2008, 12:51 PM

Ferrer

06-15-2008, 04:30 PM

I'd go for the Twingo too, but the thing is I think it looks a bit "redneck ricer" with the silver accesories tagged on the body... Plus the Clio is bigger. Anyway, I really don"t know what to do (neither do I know what color to choose...)
And the Twingo is a bit ugly round the back.

The 1.1-litre turbocharged engine is really interesting.

ruim20

06-16-2008, 02:05 AM

Happy Birthday :)

NSXType-R

06-16-2008, 03:45 AM

How interesting... I didn't know about it.
Very intersting page, by the way.

You seem to speak very good french... Where did you learn how to speak that language?

Thanks. I did take AP French though. It' a college level course, but I'm quite sure I failed the test. My French is bad actually. I've taken it for a while, but it barely gets into my head, especially the grammar. I absolutely will not understand when to use the passe compose or the imperfect. Plus, more complex forms of the past tense, I do not understand either.

Simple everyday French I could probably translate and maybe speak a little. But the press releases, I'd leave to you and Fisetdavid. :D

Piacki_117

06-16-2008, 04:55 AM

I absolutely will not understand when to use the passe compose or the imperfect. Plus, more complex forms of the past tense, I do not understand either.

Well, basically :

I sing/I am singing (simple present/present continuous) > Je chante (présent simple)
I have sung (present perfect) > Je chante (présent simple - most of time)
I sang (simple past) > J'ai chanté (passé composé)
I was singing (past continuous) > Je chantais (imparfait)

The passé simple (je chantai, tu chantas...) is more for litterary use, we rarely use it in everyday life.
You need to spot how english and french tenses match, that's what I do when I speak english. Besides it should be easier for you since you have more tenses than we do.

Anyway, I think you are doing well in french from the little I've read of you...

john14

06-16-2008, 05:04 AM

Happy Birthday Piacki.

Piacki_117

06-16-2008, 05:14 AM

Thanks.

Piacki_117

06-16-2008, 05:18 AM

And the Twingo is a bit ugly round the back.

The 1.1-litre turbocharged engine is really interesting.

The Twingo is faster and has a better equipment for the same amount of money... But it's uglier and smaller than the Clio. No sé que hacer...

Ferrer

06-16-2008, 07:27 AM

The Twingo is faster and has a better equipment for the same amount of money... But it's uglier and smaller than the Clio. No sé que hacer...
Go for the Clio. We were looking at one but unfortunately the TCE wasn't available with xenon headlamps.

It still has decent performance and it's more comfortable. La Clio est mieux. :)

Waugh-terfall

06-16-2008, 10:37 AM

One like this, dark metallic blue with the stripes
http://images.carzone.ie/images/finnreddyrTwiOce680.jpg

NSXType-R

06-16-2008, 12:04 PM

Well, basically :

I sing/I am singing (simple present/present continuous) > Je chante (présent simple)
I have sung (present perfect) > Je chante (présent simple - most of time)
I sang (simple past) > J'ai chanté (passé composé)
I was singing (past continuous) > Je chantais (imparfait)

The passé simple (je chantai, tu chantas...) is more for litterary use, we rarely use it in everyday life.
You need to spot how english and french tenses match, that's what I do when I speak english. Besides it should be easier for you since you have more tenses than we do.

Anyway, I think you are doing well in french from the little I've read of you...

Thanks a lot!

I'll continue studying French in college, cause there's no point of me learning it if I forget it all within the next four years. It'll come in handy sooner or later.

BTW, what does "ouais" mean?

Ferrer

06-16-2008, 12:10 PM

BTW, what does "ouais" mean?
It's a coloquialism for oui, I believe.

Likes "yes" and "yeah".

Piacki_117

06-16-2008, 12:22 PM

Thanks a lot!

I'll continue studying French in college, cause there's no point of me learning it if I forget it all within the next four years. It'll come in handy sooner or later.

BTW, what does "ouais" mean?

Ouais is the french equivalent of yeah. Not exactly elegant but we use it very often (in France, at least).

EDIT : like Ferrer just said it, actually...

Piacki_117

06-16-2008, 12:25 PM

One like this, dark metallic blue with the stripes
http://images.carzone.ie/images/finnreddyrTwiOce680.jpg

I don't know whether I should take it in red or grey... But certainly not with the stripes anyway! It looks like ricing to me...