I'm sorry, dad. You know I would never have tried to save River's life if I had known there was a dinner party at risk.

Simon ,'Safe'


Natter 34: Freak With No Name  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Nutty - Apr 19, 2005 12:31:24 pm PDT #7128 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

I thought it was "va", similar to Spanish, but I am basing that notion on the like 3 words of Creole I know. I think there is also a difference between the singular and plural, "you person get outta here" and "you folks get outta here."


Topic!Cindy - Apr 19, 2005 12:31:58 pm PDT #7129 of 10001
What is even happening?

Julia thinks you speak actual French, just by putting on the sort of chi chi accent with which you might hear a French cartoon character speak.

Last night, she told me she knew how the French cavemen talked. I am so glad there were no witnesses.


Susan W. - Apr 19, 2005 12:32:58 pm PDT #7130 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

Thanks. Hmm. I figure the bilingual English-Spanish speaker being told to git will need a hand gesture for that to make sense to her. My very rusty Spanish vocabulary is refusing to cooperate, but I don't think the Spanish sounds anything like "Allez."

t writes in a hand gesture


Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 19, 2005 12:34:12 pm PDT #7131 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Hmm. I originally typed Ann, then did a google search to double check and got directed to sites that used the e. Google is not my friend today.


Lyra Jane - Apr 19, 2005 12:34:16 pm PDT #7132 of 10001
Up with the sun

Nutty, I'm sure this is an x-post but vas is the familiar/singular form, allez is the plural/formal form of the verb aller. Je vais, tu vas, il va, nous allons, vous alllez, ils allent. (I go, you go, he goes, we go, you (all) go, they go.)


Susan W. - Apr 19, 2005 12:34:34 pm PDT #7133 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

I think there is also a difference between the singular and plural, "you person get outta here" and "you folks get outta here."

Only one person is being ordered to leave, and it needs to sound as emphatic as possible.


§ ita § - Apr 19, 2005 12:34:43 pm PDT #7134 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I thought it was "va", similar to Spanish

It's an irregular verb.

Aller: je vais, tu vas, il va, nous allon, vous allez, ils vont.


Susan W. - Apr 19, 2005 12:35:30 pm PDT #7135 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

OK, so would it be "Va!"? Or maybe "Vas!"?


Stephanie - Apr 19, 2005 12:36:03 pm PDT #7136 of 10001
Trust my rage

Allez is also the imperative form, correct? Because I think that's what you would use if you were saying "GO!"


Lyra Jane - Apr 19, 2005 12:37:16 pm PDT #7137 of 10001
Up with the sun

Susan, I think it would only be vas if the orderer and the orderee were on a first-name basis or the orderee was very inferior in rank (like, parent to child is vas). If they aren't intimates, it would be allez.

Edit: I think Stephanie is also right about allez as an imperative.