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sullen steepleBOT Sep 21, 2024, 10:02 AM

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royal gazelle Sep 21, 2024, 10:03 AM

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"he got me (implied fooling or not being totally honest), man knew what was doing"

shut valley Sep 21, 2024, 10:26 AM

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Thank you !! that makes a lot of sense (considering the context

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Is se douiller with this usage somewhat new ? When I was first trying to figure ot out these 2 meanings are usually what popped up.

royal gazelle Sep 21, 2024, 10:30 AM

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hum I'm surprised it doesn't pop up on Wiktionary nor WordReference
"douiller [quelqu'un]" is to fool/get someone

shut valley Sep 21, 2024, 10:33 AM

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That's interesting. and I'm assuming it would be dans le registre familier ?

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Il avait l'habitude le reuf in this case did you translate it to make it make sense for an anglophone or does it really mean that ?
As far as I know and could find avoir l'habitude is just being used to something.

royal gazelle Sep 21, 2024, 10:35 AM

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yes it's familiar
and you're right I did not translate it directly
"avoir l'habitude" is indeed "to be used" to something
and "reuf" is verlan for "frère"

shut valley Sep 21, 2024, 10:41 AM

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Would it still mean the same thing without le reuf ? Just il avait l'habitude ?

royal gazelle Sep 21, 2024, 10:43 AM

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shut valley Would it still mean the same thing without le reuf ? Just il avait l'habitude ?

Yeah, "le reuf" basically means "that guy" in this context, giving more context on what "il" is referring to. It's extremely common in French to split a subject or object in a pronoun + a noun

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For instance
"lui, je le connais" (object repetition)
I know him
"Marie, elle est partie" (subject repetition)
Marie is gone

shut valley Sep 21, 2024, 10:48 AM

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Thank you so much Flynn ! I know I've said it before amd I'll say it again. You were my favourite character in Tangled lmaoo

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