Undertow en Français

[Mandoade]

[Salvatos]

Pues, no conozco español demasiado para comunicar en esta lengua todo el tiempo...
And it's more fun to be the French expert than the Spanish noob

[Mandoade]

LOL! Yeah, I guess it is...

[Cheese = Madness]

Je n'ai pas un beau jour.

Je suis malheureux, et toi ?

[Salvatos]

Journée étrange, mais pas désagréable. Je vais passer la nuit au bureau.


We'd usually say "une bonne journée" (a nice/good day as opposed to a beautiful day).

As for being malheureux, that's a little harder. No problem with grammar at all, but it seems to me that we often use euphemisms instead, like « Je ne vais pas très bien » (I'm not doing very well) or « Ça pourrait aller mieux » (It could be better). « Je suis malheureux » is correct, but if you say it to a native, they'll probably think "Wow, is his life going that bad?". I don't know why, but we seem to take « malheureux » more broadly and apply it to a whole period of one's life, whereas being sad in English can be just for a few hours.

« Je suis triste » sounds less permanent I think, although it doesn't mean quite the same. I guess the key here really is euphemisms. How are you going? Going well, going bad (Je vais bien, mal). I'm sad, but it's okay (Je suis triste, mais ça va passer). I'm feeling down ever since my wife left me (Je suis malheureux depuis que ma femme m'a quitté).


Again, I bothered with more details than necessary, and nobody would have a hard time knowing exactly what you meant. Those tips are just to sound more natural

[Cheese = Madness]

Please keep up with the tips, if you want to that is.

[Salvatos]

Me not wanting to discuss French would be a sign of something very bad going on

Are you taking classes or learning by yourself?

[Cheese = Madness]

My class ends end of this month. However, we concentrated more on grammar than anything else. Curse you French Tenses!

[Salvatos]

Ah yes, French tenses. Well, if that can serve as consolation, many natives mess them up a lot as well.
I never know how to deal with coudre (to sew) and get confused by verbs like vaincre (to defeat), for example.

The problem with French is that there are so many exceptions that the only way to know is to hear them often...

[Salvatos]

Man, editing the speech bubbles is such a hassle...
How do you manage, Britt? ^^'