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01/04/2008, 7:36 Pads Joined on 24/05/2006 Cornwall/ Montage Noir Posts 3,120 déjeuner du matin? déjeuner du matin ..... is this another way of saying le petit déjeuner ? also sans me parler = without me to speak , does this mean: he didnt speak to me ? or he didnt say anything also J'etais trop avance or tôt , si or ainsi je suis revneu ? Many thanks     Dirty Tom =^..^= Where ever I lay my paw thats my home    Report

01/04/2008, 8:52 Clair Joined on 23/08/2004 ------- Forum Moderator ------- Lot Posts 6,264 Re: déjeuner du matin? I've never heard "le déjeuner du matin", but that does not mean the expression is not used... sans me parler = without speaking/talking/saying a word to me sans parler = without speaking/talking/saying a word J'étais en avance, alors/donc je suis revenu(e) plus tard Clair, a Real Virtual French Person La vérité est si obscurcie en ce temps et le mensonge si établi, qu'à moins d'aimer la vérité, on ne saurait la reconnaître. (Blaise Pascal)    Report

01/04/2008, 9:09 Pads Joined on 24/05/2006 Cornwall/ Montage Noir Posts 3,120 Re: déjeuner du matin? Thanks clair , Le dejeuner du matin was the title of a poem so I guess it was poetic liecence......... Dirty Tom =^..^= Where ever I lay my paw thats my home    Report

01/04/2008, 9:12 Clair Joined on 23/08/2004 ------- Forum Moderator ------- Lot Posts 6,264 Re: déjeuner du matin? The sad one from Jacques Prévert? Déjeuner du matin Clair, a Real Virtual French Person La vérité est si obscurcie en ce temps et le mensonge si établi, qu'à moins d'aimer la vérité, on ne saurait la reconnaître. (Blaise Pascal)    Report

01/04/2008, 9:20 Pads Joined on 24/05/2006 Cornwall/ Montage Noir Posts 3,120 Re: déjeuner du matin? Yes thats the one .... I like it Dirty Tom =^..^= Where ever I lay my paw thats my home    Report

01/04/2008, 10:29 Clair Joined on 23/08/2004 ------- Forum Moderator ------- Lot Posts 6,264 Re: déjeuner du matin? But it is so sad... Clair, a Real Virtual French Person La vérité est si obscurcie en ce temps et le mensonge si établi, qu'à moins d'aimer la vérité, on ne saurait la reconnaître. (Blaise Pascal)    Report

01/04/2008, 10:48 Cathy Joined on 07/03/2006 Mostly near Bordeaux; Sometimes near Bristol Posts 1,685 Re: déjeuner du matin? I've just sent it to a friend who is on the point of leaving her husband because he doesn't speak or look at her any longer. Very sad. Cathy ----- Your children won't remember you ironing their pyjamas but they will remember you reading them a bedside story.    Report

01/04/2008, 13:18 cowoman Joined on 08/04/2007 WR9 and 87 Posts 227 Re: déjeuner du matin? Can any clever person translate this for me please?    Report

01/04/2008, 13:38 Cat Joined on 21/01/2005 ------- Forum Moderator ------- Lot Posts 2,788 Re: déjeuner du matin? Ah, I know that poem, we used it in our French lessons as an example of the passé composé.  I wouldn't say I was clever, but I'd translate it as...   He put the coffee In the cup He put the milk In the cup of coffee He put the sugar In the white coffee With the little spoon He stirred He drank the white coffee And he put down the cup Without speaking to me He lit a cigarette He blew rings With the smoke He put the ashes In the ashtray Without speaking to me Without looking at me He got up He put his hat on his head He put on his raincoat Because it was raining And he left In  the rain Without a word Without looking at me And me, I put My head in my hands And I cried.   Cathy Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...    Report

01/04/2008, 13:44 Clair Joined on 23/08/2004 ------- Forum Moderator ------- Lot Posts 6,264 Re: déjeuner du matin? Breakfast He poured the coffee In the cup He put milk In the cup of coffee He put sugar In the café au lait With the small spoon He stirred He drank the café au lait And he put the cup down Without saying a word to me He lit A cigarette He drew circles Of smoke He put the ashes In the ashtray Without saying a word to me Without looking at me He stood up He put on His hat on his head He put on His raincoat Because it was raining And he left In the rain Without a word Without looking at me And I lowered My head in my hands And I cried. Clair, a Real Virtual French Person La vérité est si obscurcie en ce temps et le mensonge si établi, qu'à moins d'aimer la vérité, on ne saurait la reconnaître. (Blaise Pascal)    Report

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