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Phrase translation...please?
Hello! I am a book editor with a limited background in French. An author I'm working with has a character that uses French phrases here and there.
This is how he has this phrase written:
"Mon Petite mystere," she said. "Je ne voulais pas te trouble!"
I know there should be no "e" at the end of "Petite", because she is speaking to a man. I am not sure how to order the last part. It may be correct as it stands, but I'm not sure.
Merci beaucoup!
:) Melanie
This is how he has this phrase written:
"Mon Petite mystere," she said. "Je ne voulais pas te trouble!"
I know there should be no "e" at the end of "Petite", because she is speaking to a man. I am not sure how to order the last part. It may be correct as it stands, but I'm not sure.
Merci beaucoup!
:) Melanie
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Permalink Reply by Frank on -
Hello Melanie,
Indeed, there should be no "e" at the end of "petite", as she's speaking to a man. And even if she were speaking to a lady, it would have been "ma petite mystérieuse".
Now for the last part: it just misses a "r", as the verb should be in its infinitive form.
=> "Mon petit mystère," she said. "Je ne voulais pas te troubler".
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Permalink Reply by Melanie A. Billings on -
Thank you! I spoke with the author and he couldn't even remember what he had been trying to say. Merci!
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