Mac Donald's Yesterday I heard from radio that Mac Donald's encounters some difficulties in the US about its frequenting. Apparently, there would have a strong competition with others actors like Wendy's, Shake Shack... and Mac Donald's would have lost market shares in particular because of its products which will be too much numerous and basic enough. It's interesting to see that even though Mac Donald's is an international company, its restaurants and offer are very different through the world

News interpretation throughout the World It's interesting to read news about your county written by foreign journalists. There is a real difference between how we perceive events in our country and how they are perceived in others. Sometimes an event which seems insignificant for us could become a big affair somewhere else, it's funny but also a little scary when topics are more serious because it gives a false picture of us and it could get to a cliche. After that cliches are used in different media and turn into a sort of norm but even so at the origin it comes from an interpretation.

my previous job I was in charge of the subsidiary Cadhoc. As a member of the executive committee, I dealt with company business controlling. I had to follow budget and projection but also to try to improve business model either in improving different turnover axis or reducing some charges. I participated in the sales force reorganization according a new division by target instead of geographic area. I was committed to improve tenders responses by having a better profitability assessment. I participated in news acquisitions by working on business plans, indeed Cadhoc bought two companies which made gift set to enhance its offer.

to + ing ? while a podcast, a character said : "...is very important to achieving the objective.." why is it achieving and not achieve ?

Wait on Vs wait for In the song "hung up" by Madonna, she said "I'm tired of waiting on you", why not waiting for you ?

A play I want to set up a play; it will be the importance of being earnest by Oscar Wilde. I will have needed for this people who help me to come up with costumes and scenery and of course people to act. It will be a short extract from the play so we won’t need elaborate costumes and scenery neither, I need some people who will sew costumes and make scenery, probably painting panels. It should be someone to bring a camera in order to shoot the play thus we could see the result. I am sure it will be astonishing. I will deal you with roles and you could train quietly at home. If you have any ideas or suggestions let me know. A last thing, if you may keep a lid on it it would be great I want to make a surprise for the other class.

why "it" is used in the phrase don't blame it on me ?

Le verlan en français

Le verlan comme vous le savez peut-être consiste à inverser les syllabes d'un mot en enlevant ou retirant éventuellement une voyelle. Il faut savoir que cela ne modifie pas la définition du mot.

 

Pour faire court, à l'origine c'était surtout utilisé dans les banlieues puis cela s'est rapidement répandu notamment grâce à son usage au cinéma et en musique à toutes les classes de la population. De nos jours, il est commun d'entendre des mots en verlan dans des conservations voire dans des chat puiqu'on écrit de plus en plus comme on parle.

 

Quelques exemples :

- c'est un truc de ouf ! ou c'est un truc de guedin ! = il faut comprendre "ça m'a épaté"

- t'es relou ! = tu es lourd = tu es chiant

sans oublier les classiques : meuf = femme, keum = homme, keuf = policier, teuté = tête ...

 

Est-ce que dans votre apprentissage du français on vous apprend à reconnaître le verlan ?