Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Enthusiasm and emphasis (1)

La vache !

/la vaʃ/
Lah vasch

The cow ! is an interjection to express how impressed or how surprised you are. Don't ask me why. I have no clue.
 'Oh, la vache ! It's raining hard !'

 

Vachement

 /vaʃmɑ̃/
Vah-schuh-mah
Cow-ly ? The adverb made from cow. It means ' a lot'. It belongs to that nice homy slang you would let your child use in front of you, but not in a writen essay. To be used everywhere, in any situation from 'a vachement cold afternoon' to a 'vachement nice-looking neighbor', or even on its own.
'Did you like it ? Vachement.'



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