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"Yes -- it's essentially similar to "bloody...", "pretty (damn)..." in English, e.g.…" Neil Coffey replied May 28, 2013 to vachement	7	Jun 3, 2013 Reply by susan klee
"It would have been ton ancienne famille d'accueil. The form "ton" is always used, e…" Neil Coffey replied May 22, 2013 to "Ton ancien famille d'accueil"	2	May 23, 2013 Reply by Sphere
"P.S. Example of the 're-borrowing' phenomenon. The Latin word for "childish" was 'pu…" Neil Coffey replied May 22, 2013 to Some French words that are similar to Welsh	5	May 23, 2013 Reply by Jon Head
"Yes, that's more or less the situation as I understand. I would check with a history…" Neil Coffey replied May 22, 2013 to Some French words that are similar to Welsh	5	May 23, 2013 Reply by Jon Head
"Rather than being "borrowed from French", these words were actually borrowed from th…" Neil Coffey replied May 22, 2013 to Some French words that are similar to Welsh	5	May 23, 2013 Reply by Jon Head
"No, not at all. In informal situations, you can pretty much just use "des"." Neil Coffey replied May 20, 2013 to De and Des	5	May 20, 2013 Reply by Annette Gates
"Hi George/Annette -- either is possible, it's essentially a question of register. "d…" Neil Coffey replied May 20, 2013 to De and Des	5	May 20, 2013 Reply by Annette Gates
"Hi Jean-- As far as I'm aware, it's actually not odd that Maupassant used it -- ac…" Neil Coffey replied May 10, 2013 to Ne voilà-t-il pas ...	13	May 10, 2013 Reply by Neil Coffey
"The key to understanding where this comes from is to understand that the "il" isn't…" Neil Coffey replied May 10, 2013 to Ne voilà-t-il pas ...	13	May 10, 2013 Reply by Neil Coffey
"In general, "l'un l'autre" or "les uns les autres" used either when there's an actua…" Neil Coffey replied May 7, 2013 to Ils se détestent	2	May 7, 2013 Reply by Neil Coffey

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