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is it true French doesn't have separate words for like and love?

>> No.6772458

>>6772448
They have no word for hygiene, ha rekt

>> No.6772470

https://translate.google.com/#en/fr/i%20like%0Ai%20love

>> No.6772472

>>6772448
It's true there's no separate word for fight and surrender, kek

>> No.6772474

>>6772448
aimer, adorer
but aimer is used to express love too, adorer is friendzone tier if not used by your gf

>> No.6772489

>>6772448
Well, English can't differentiate brotherly/parently/friendly love (szeretet) and love between lovers (szerelem), so in that sense, Hungarian expresses this subtlety more.

>> No.6772501

>>6772448
who is this testicle trollop?

>> No.6772502

>>6772448
Yes.
But the context is important in french.
"J'aime le chocolat" is like "I like chocolate" but "Je t'aime" is like "I love you"

>> No.6772503

>>6772448
Somewhat, but there's usually no ambiguity. The word isn't used wrt a person unless it's romantic love or they're family. It's only used for "like" when referring to objects/abstract objects

>> No.6772505

Aimer=love when a human is the object and like when it's something else (like popcorn). Adorer is the opposite.

>> No.6772797

>>6772502
why did you think that you were saying anything at all in this post?

>> No.6772855

>>6772501
taylor swift you fucking retard

>> No.6772863

>>6772448
taytay getting fat

>> No.6772869

je t'aime - i love you
je t'aime bien - welcome to the friendzone

>> No.6772877

>>6772448
My local online dictonary told me:
like - plaire vi; and synonim goûter vt
love - aimer vt; chérir vt (softly); avoir de l'affection pour qn (be softly attached)
May be old French had more colour tones

>> No.6772881

>>6772877
A little fix: "synonym"

>> No.6772886

>>6772877
See
>>6772505

>> No.6772897

>>6772863
She just need to shake it off

>> No.6772952

>>6772448
>is it true French doesn't have separate words for like and love?
Neither does English. Ex.: "I love the smell of napalm in the morning", "I'm lovin it", etc.

>> No.6772971

>blablabla eskimos blablabla seventeen words for snow

>> No.6773110

>>6772448
reminder that anglophones have no words for the day after tomorrow

>> No.6773113

>>6773110
Overmorrow.

>> No.6773469

>>6772952
...

i like the smell of napalm in the morning
i love the smell of napalm in the morning

there you go.

bait was tasty idgaf

>> No.6773902

>>6772458
Hygiene comes from hygiène which is a French word you dumb cunt.

>> No.6773966 [DELETED] 

>>6772448
>there are people on /lit/ RIGHT NOW who don't speak French fluently

>> No.6773974
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6773974

>there are people on /lit/ RIGHT NOW who don't speak French fluently

>> No.6773978

>>6773902
Occasionally wiping your the sweat off your nutsack with a baguette isn't really proper hygiene though tbh

>> No.6773990

>>6773978
okay you got me

>> No.6774135

>>6773978
they also use butter to brush their teeth. hence the color

>> No.6774155

"aimer bien" is more like "liking" I guess.

>> No.6774169

>>6773974
Even worse are the people who can't speak English fluently. Half of them are American.

Daily reminder:

If you type in all lowercase, you don't speak English fluently.

If you don't punctuate your sentences, you don't speak English fluently.

If you use tbh, you don't speak English fluently.

If you use BTFO, you don't speak English fluently.

If you're a fluent speaker of English, feel free to add to this daily reminder.

>> No.6774189

>>6774169
>If you are not a pretentious little bitch, you don't speak English fluently.

>> No.6774379

>>6774169
daily reminder:

more than half of the worlds english speakers are american tbh

spoils btfo spoils

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6775018

Other funny things about French language:

- the only difference between to love (aimer), and sour (amer) is one simple letter.
- to sing, in the past (sang) means blood.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lyu1KKwC74

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6775056

>>6775018

Also, the only difference, between sour (amer), and sea (mer), Is one simple letter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbO0U3BMEfo

>> No.6775127

>>6774169

except you are literally objectively wrong in every way kek

>t. person whose post you understand fully

#shrekt

>> No.6775253

>>6775018
>- the only difference between to love (aimer), and sour (amer) is one simple letter.
Pronounciation is nothing like it (r isn't pronounced in aimer)

>>6775018
>- to sing, in the past (sang) means blood.
Again, pronunciation says no (g isn't pronounced). Closer to the spanish maybe

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6775280

>>6775253

Those are two perfectly solid addendum's, though arguable, depending on the region of the speaker.

They also spoil the poetry of the mind intent, but I guess it is okay.
Not trying to win an argument, just trying to shed some light, and hopefully, inspire a smile in someone less prone to that kind of thinking.

>> No.6775567

>>6775280
Nowhere in the French speaking world is the "ai" in aimer pronounced closer to "a" than "é", and is the r at the end pronounced.

Nowhere in the French speaking word is the "g" at the end of "sang" pronounced".

>> No.6775932

>>6775567
>Nowhere in the French speaking world is the "ai" in aimer pronounced closer to "a" than "é"
I'm thinking that wasn't the point
>and is the r at the end pronounced.
tbf just not on its own but it can be pronounced and marked, if old-fashionedly, in the proper context (followed by vowel)
>Nowhere in the French speaking word is the "g" at the end of "sang" pronounced".
A very heavy southern accent could (perhaps only incidentally) bring it out in a way that would sound similar to some lighter-trailing-off english accents

Sorry for derailing your visuals otheranon