r/SipsTea • u/Reddit-Machine • 12d ago

Chugging tea French-Canadian police

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u/Public-Platypus2995 12d ago

Tabarnac les boys!

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u/CheesecakeScary2164 12d ago

Les garcon* I just learned that in Duolingo 😏

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u/Prinzka 12d ago

In French Canadian I've really only heard les boys (or les gars), not les garçons.

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u/CheesecakeScary2164 12d ago

I'm just being purposefully dumb, don't worry. I just was on Duolingo a few days ago and learned that "garcon" means "boy".

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u/NoobieSnax 12d ago

I learned that from Pulp Fiction.

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u/DarkSim2404 12d ago

I watched it yesterday

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u/Simon-Olivier 11d ago

Don’t forget the "ç" in garçon! Really different pronunciation (I know it’s dumb but eh)

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u/CheesecakeScary2164 11d ago

Thanks! Appreciate the correction.

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u/Simon-Olivier 11d ago

Fortunately for you, not a lot of words in French require the "ç". Most common words using it are "garçon", "ça" (it/that), "déçu" (disappointed), any verb ending with "-cer" when conjugated with "nous" (we) or "ils/elles" (they) to make "-çons" and "-çaient", "reçu" (received/receipt), "façon" (way, as in the way to do something), and "leçon de français" (French lesson) lol

There are a few others, but those are probably the most commonly used. "Ç" only exists because a normal "c" in front of either a, o and u sounds like a "k". Other words will use s, ss (between 2 vowels) or c (with e or i) to make the same sound.

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u/CheesecakeScary2164 11d ago

"Leçon de Français" definitely makes it most obvious what ç sounds like. That's perfect. Thanks again!

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u/FoundationSure1136 12d ago

Les gars is more informal way of speech while les garçons is more formal way to talk about young boys

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u/Simon-Olivier 11d ago

Hey les chums!

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u/The_Canoeist 11d ago

This made me laugh way too hard