The worst reply to "Mon père est mort" during a French speaking exam is "Bien", amirite?

Google Translate isn't helping me make sense of this. What?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

(a nonny mouse): 'The worst reply to "My father is dead" in a French speaking exam is "Good", amirite?' I did it in my French oral, didn't go down too well. Lolol.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

French oral? I'd like to volunteer for this class, immediately. hello

by Anonymous 14 years ago

"My father is dead." "good."

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Les francophones, unissons!

by Anonymous 14 years ago

french speakers, unite! (right?)

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Oui ;)

by Anonymous 14 years ago

The word 'francophones' made me laugh for some reason.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

It's just a fun word I think XD

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Perhaps saying "Voulez vous coucher avec moi, ce soir?" would be a little worse... Lol jks, sex makes everything better ;D

by Anonymous 14 years ago

hate to point this out, but 'mort' is a conjugation of a verb, and in the frenchlanguage you can't have two conjugated verbs in a row. this would've gotten my vote if 'mort' wasn't conjugated or if être was taken out of the sentence..

by Anonymous 14 years ago

(Chamilé): mort is a noun, mourir is it's verb form, if doesn't say "my dad is dying" it says "my dad is dead"

by Anonymous 14 years ago

(a Canadian): adjective not noun**

by Anonymous 14 years ago

(Chamilé): "mon pere est mort" technically means "my father died." "est mort" is the passe compose of the verb mourir, since "mort" is the past participle. But it also can be used as an adjective

by Anonymous 14 years ago

(Chamilé): My God. Of course the french grammar nazi had to come, too.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Too bad the French grammar Nazi isn't actually correct.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

French Grammar Resistance. wait, nvm, WE SURRENDER!

by Anonymous 14 years ago

(Chamilé): In that case ''mort'' is an adjective...French is my first language and im ready to give you 1000000$ if im not right.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

well there's no way to tell that is isn't being said as 'my dad was dying' since 'est mort' is how you do the past tense of mourir...

by Anonymous 14 years ago

(rachel!): since it's the passe compose version (perfect), it's an action that is finished - therefore, it means "my father died." If the phrase had been imparfait (imperfect), it would have said "mon pere mourait" which is translated as "my father was dying." Then you would be correct.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Actually it means: ''My dad is dead''

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Not necessarily. Mort is the past participle of "mourir", which is the verb "to die." To form the past, you use "etre" - i.e. "est." It can also mean "my dad is dead," but it can mean "my dad died." I swear on my fucking life.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Bon, j'imagine que tu parles français, donc je vais répondre en français :).. Tu as bien raison quand tu dis qu'il peut s'agir d'un verbe, mais dans cette phrase j'ai plus l'impression qu'il s'agit d'un adjectif, même si les deux sont bien possible. Mon but était de répondre à Chamilié parce qu'il ne connaît rien au français apparamant.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

all you grammar nazis are nuts. so what its not "technically" correct. who cares, its still funny & we all knows what he/she means.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

At first I thought the joke was about bien being Spanish, but after reading the comments i understood and I figured bien was also French

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I took french from grade 4 to grade 9, and I don't understand what that says!

by Anonymous 14 years ago

you fail.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I know, and the funny thing is that I always got 90's :P

by Anonymous 14 years ago

ta mere

by Anonymous 14 years ago

French Toast.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I can't speak French, but I read that as "My DOG is dead." Close, so close.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

To clarify. It's meant to say "My father is dead", or words meaning exactly that. I said good. I failed the exam. Enough said, stop commenting about it now.

by Anonymous 14 years ago