#Xuereuse❄corrigez&ping svp
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iron prism
Does it mean?
(A) This makes no sense.
(B) whatever it may be
Like how it’s used here: n'importe quoi que ce soit
keen siren
"n'importe quoi que ce soit" doesn't exist
iron prism
Ah. I deffo heard that wrong then. It was in conversation and I didn’t catch all the words.
keen siren
"c'est n'importe quoi" => "that's bullshit/nonsense"
it could also mean "it's a mess" depending on context
iron prism
It was in the context of « well, whatever happens, it happens, come what may »
keen siren
it feels like it's merging two constructions in a clumsy way
n'importe quoi => anything (has other meanings but probably the closest here)
quoi que ce soit => whatever it is
iron prism
Ok. It was in a voc with natives, so for sure I heard it wrong then.
keen siren
I could see it be said, but mostly if they didn't think their sentence through and tried to fix things midway
iron prism
Ah. Ok.
So what would be a way I could use « quoi que soit » in daily context?
keen siren
"quoi que + [clause]" => whatever...
"quoi que soit" is lacking a subject, but
"quoi que ce soit" => whatever it may be
"quoi qu'il advienne" => whatever happens
"quoi que je fasse" => whatever I may do
etc
iron prism
« Je bois et advienne que pourra » has same same idea, but different structure- I’m guessing.
keen siren
« Je bois et advienne que pourra » has same same idea, but different structure-...
"advienne que pourra" is a fixed structure/expression! That's also why there's no subject
iron prism
smol tear 🤭