Merely a link today to this article in The Guardian about French neologisms. It includes the word attachiante, which is a portmanteau of attachant (charming) and chiant (bloody annoying) and means a lady that you can't live with and can't live without:beautiful yet unbearable, intoxicating but intolerable.
Such words are terribly necessary if you're a Frenchman.
Your blog is really awesome. Thanks for sharing your experience with us. I like french language very much. French language is romance language. I like French culture, tradition, french food etc . Last summer I have visited France as well as I have visited French restaurant. I have enjoyed French food very much.
Thanks, your blog is great. Wish I had discovered earlier. I live my life between french, English (and Chinese) and am learning French everyday for the past 10 years.
And they're variously available in fifteen languages and counting. Well, to be honest, the first three are pretty untranslatable. But the others have been done.
Your blog is really awesome. Thanks for sharing your experience with us. I like french language very much. French language is romance language. I like French culture, tradition, french food etc . Last summer I have visited France as well as I have visited French restaurant. I have enjoyed French food very much.
ReplyDeleteThanks, your blog is great. Wish I had discovered earlier. I live my life between french, English (and Chinese) and am learning French everyday for the past 10 years.
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