koshka

[ember bramble]

Please be patient

Our volunteers look into many questions every day; sometimes it takes them a little while to answer.

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Make it descriptive, including relevant context, but also to the point. This way you improve your chances of getting a more relevant and specific answer.

[storm ether]

context

there are homophones in every language

[formal hemlock]

i still wouldve thought its etre

[storm ether]

in this case naître makes more sense

[formal hemlock]

yeah it did after i read it, but still i didnt have any doubts before i saw it

[tacit steeple]

Plus here it’s a reference to this famous quote
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_ne_naît_pas_femme_:_on_le_devient

In the original, the "ne" is still here, which makes it unambiguous that it’s "naître", even in speech

So yeah, fair to assume they'd keep the same verb in a song lyric referencing this

[lethal prism]

Wait until they hear about poêle

[formal hemlock]

that means pan doesnt it...

[lethal prism]

it can

[hearty geode]

Plus, if it had been « on est pas », I would’ve expected to find a qualifier because just « on est pas » is incomplete.

[lethal prism]

ben