Comment on French is such a beautiful language

Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• Forester@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Le petite mort is the little death

  It’s a euphemism

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  • zaphod@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    No, that would be la petite mort.

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    • Forester@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      If you’re using the feminine version of the and little, why are using the masculine version of death?

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      • zaphod@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        The noun death is always la mort (le petite morte as used by the other poster is just wrong). The dead person can be le mort (masculine) or la morte (feminine). The adjective for dead is mort for masculine and morte for feminine, as in l’arbre mort (the dead tree, masc.) or la fleure morte (the dead flower, fem.).

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• Takapapatapaka@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  It is indeed (and apparently that’s where the english word comes from)

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