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Monday, February 8. 2010

Overloading

Probably the thing that stood out most from my first French lesson is the overloading of ça va; apparently there’s nothing it can’t do. Of course, trying to get this right in a room full of people where meaning can’t reliably be inferred as a result of the use of the rising inflection. Although that seems likely to be the least of my accent related crimes against the French language.

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ça va? ça va!

#1 Christine D. (Homepage) on 2010-02-09 04:05 (Reply)

Except, of course, in New Zealand (or Australia, for that matter), you get ça va? ça va?

#1.1 Rodger on 2010-02-13 22:07 (Reply)
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