Le petit Nicolas

"La maîtresse a lâché l’oreille de Rufus et elle s’est frappé le front avec la main. "
Can someone translate it for me please? I get the sense that she caught him by the ear but I don't get "a lâché" phrase and frappé. Merci beaucoup :)

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Permalink Reply by Vedas on July 27, 2014 at 10:59pm

Hello,

lâcher means "to let go of" : the teacher let go of Rufus' s ear and slapped herself on the forehead

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Permalink Reply by Charles D on July 27, 2014 at 11:01pm

The mistress let go of Rufus's ear and she struck his forehead with her hand. (Are we talking about a person?)

The mistress released Rufus's ear and hit him in the snout with her hand. (Are we talking about a dog?)

It's hard to do this without a context. Who is the mistress? Who or what is Rufus?

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EducatorPermalink Reply by George Hunt on July 28, 2014 at 1:37am

@Charles .It reads ""La maîtresse .....s’ est frappé le front" which indicates that it is her own forehead and not Rufus's that she struck.

Because of the reflexive "s' " before "est" .

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Permalink Reply by Charles D on July 28, 2014 at 2:59am

Oops, you're right. Oh, those reflexive verbs. And I quite forgot that 'maitresse' is a teacher. Thanks for the corrections.