Belle et Sébastien et amour des choses française

A tumblr devoted to the band Belle & Sebastian (and like-minded twee tunesters), my cats Belle & Sebastian and the love of all things French. In relation to the latter, due accord shall be given to the series of novels called Belle et Sébastien by French film actress, author, screenwriter and director Cécile Aubry, which were subsequently made into a live action series of the same name and a Japanese anime series, initially known as Meiken Jolie.

Yes indeed.

PRETENTIOUS AS FCK.

I reserve all rights to completely misuse and abuse the French language in the course of the above undertaking.

Guest contributions by Tim (motherheroic) who shares both a birthday and a love of French shit with me.

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hallifax:

I gave myself the recent goal of learning five new words a day in any of four languages I speak somewhat/learned formally: English, French, Spanish, Cantonese. For the French I’m using random texts I have, including Rick Steve’s French Phrase Book (2nd ed.). This book, by far, is the best language book I have ever owned and I did not know it until today. Such gems found in inside its pages are:

J’ai du retard dans me règles (I’ve missed a period)
J’ai le constipation (I have constipation)
Vous êtes dégoutant (You’re disgusting)
J’ai une maladie contagieuse (I have a contagious disease)
Je suis lesbienne (I’m a lesbian)

The latter three are in a section entitled Help!: Help for Women and its applications are endless in France. Seriously. Even better: it actually has a section on profanity. This is not something you find in an ordinary phrase book. Très superb!

Thanks! They certainly don’t teach you those in French class and they are pretty damn critical phrases for any self-respecting female francophile to know.

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  1. pretentiousasfck reblogged this from flaneurette and added:
    Thanks! They certainly don’t teach you those...pretty damn critical phrases
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