The other night I decided I needed a bang trim so I thought Emmanuelle would be the best person to do it. That and she's got the right personality type that she would go for it even if she wasn't sure. Which was exactly what I needed. It turned out great! Out of all my friends who have trimmed my bangs before she did a great job!
Tonight she talked about all of her practice exams for the "bac" that she has been taking recently. The "bac" is a big big big exam that French students take at the end of high school. She is doing her "bac" focusing on science. The students have a choice between philosophy, literature, and science I think. The science one is the hardest and the most recognized. Since she wants to become a doctor thats the one she has to take. She is doing exams on chemistry, biology, math, english, and god knows what else. She showed me some of her practice stuff for it and it looks so hard!
After we talked about the "bac" and exams in general we somehow got onto the topic of vulgar words in French and English. I shared some of the more generic English cusswords like "fuck" and "shit" etc and she told me some of the French ones such as:
Merde - shit
Conard - asshole, jerk, dick, bastard
Connasse - bitch
Salope - bitch, slut, c***
Putain - damn, fuck, whore (literal translation)
A few interesting side notes: conard and connasse stem from the same base and you have to conjugate it go be in accord with the sex of the person you are yelling at. It seems extra French to me just because of that. Stephen Clarke mentions it in his books which is really the reason I even noticed it. Also I think salope is particularly vulgar because Emmanuelle giggled a lot more when she told me that one and had a bit more of a pause before she actually got it out :P
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