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Re: her instead of "his or her"

by "Cyrano de B." <Cyr@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Jan 24, 2007 at 01:42 PM

>
>> It is like in the old example of "I stopped smoking". You'll hear a lot

>> of
>> french people say "I stopped to smoke", because in French we say "j'ai
>> arrêté de fumer". But "I stopped to smoke" means "J'ai arrêté de faire
ce
>> que j'étais en train de faire pour prendre une pause cigarette" (en
>> explicitant un peu!).
>
> Surely there is a shorter form than that?  "J'ai arrêté pour fumer une
> cigarette", possibly?  (My French is very rusty!)

That would be OK, provided that you know from context what you "stopped" 
doing. ("J'ai travaillé sur ce dossier tout l'après-midi. Mais vers 4 h, 
j'ai arrêté pour fumer".) I would say something like "j'ai fait une petite

pause cigarette". Only, I don't smoke. :)
 




 13 Posts in Topic:
her instead of "his or her"
Lucio Crusca <lcml@[EM  2006-12-05 15:51:29 
Re: her instead of "his or her"
Richard Polhill <richa  2006-12-05 15:38:53 
Re: her instead of "his or her"
Lucio Crusca <lcml@[EM  2006-12-05 17:06:16 
Re: her instead of "his or her"
Richard Polhill <richa  2006-12-05 16:49:28 
Re: her instead of "his or her"
"Cyrano de B."   2007-01-08 22:30:06 
Re: infinitive versus present participle
gadfyl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2007-01-21 00:07:01 
Re: her instead of "his or her"
Chris Croughton <chris  2007-01-21 09:34:23 
Re: her instead of "his or her"
"Cyrano de B."   2007-01-24 13:42:03 
Re: her instead of "his or her"
Miss Elaine Eos <Misc@  2006-12-05 18:15:18 
Re: her instead of "his or her"
Chris Croughton <chris  2006-12-06 19:10:59 
Re: her instead of "his or her"
Miss Elaine Eos <Misc@  2006-12-06 22:10:25 
Re: her instead of "his or her"
Chris Croughton <chris  2006-12-14 10:50:24 
Re: her instead of "his or her"
Miss Elaine Eos <Misc@  2006-12-14 07:04:28 

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