My friend Dori left a comment on my last post (entitled "Je suis finis!!!").
She said, "hmm, perhaps you would rather be "J'ai Fini" otherwise you won't be around to write another paper:)"
At supper, I asked the resident bilingual, "What does 'J'ai Fini' mean?"
"It means you are finished what you are doing," she said.
"And what does 'Je suis finis' mean?"
With a pause and a funny look, "It means you're...dead."
ha ha- smart kid:)i'm having a good chuckle!! it's a common translation mistake that immersion folk make all the time!!
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I'm glad you are just done and not dead.
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