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Euld

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Quick French language question
« on: April 04, 2012, 08:09:41 pm »
Posting here for a quicker response.

Does "Love and Flowers" translate into "Amour et Fleurs," (Google translate helped) or is there vital punctuation and unfortunate implications I should worry about?  This is for a mock board game for school.  :3
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Re: Quick French language question
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2012, 01:35:40 am »
L'Amour et Les Fleurs, I think. But it's been a while since I did french.
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Re: Quick French language question
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2012, 01:47:36 am »
I'm really rusty on French, but I think that 'les' is superfluous. (As in, 'Love and the flowers', which is a little different.)
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Re: Quick French language question
« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2012, 06:22:23 am »
Quote from: Simmura McCrea on April 05, 2012, 01:35:40 am
L'Amour et Les Fleurs, I think. But it's been a while since I did french.
Yeah, that l'sounds about l'correct.
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Re: Quick French language question
« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2012, 12:10:17 pm »
Quote from: Simmura McCrea on April 05, 2012, 01:35:40 am
L'Amour et Les Fleurs, I think. But it's been a while since I did french.
That's "the love and the flowers". You're probably looking for "du amour et des fleurs", though "amour et fleurs" would probably fine for colloquial use.
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Re: Quick French language question
« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2012, 01:29:37 pm »
Quote from: Virex on April 05, 2012, 12:10:17 pm
Quote from: Simmura McCrea on April 05, 2012, 01:35:40 am
L'Amour et Les Fleurs, I think. But it's been a while since I did french.
That's "the love and the flowers".
Only if you use Blind Idiot Translation.
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Re: Quick French language question
« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2012, 02:38:49 pm »
No, 'le', 'la', 'l'' and 'les' quite literally translate to 'the', you typically only use them in situations where you'd use 'the' in English. If you wouldn't, use 'du', 'de la', 'de l'' or 'des'.
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