French Canadians I need your help!

[*End Is Forever*]

And here's a thread title you don't see very often.

[Bosh]

Bosh, how was your weekend? Did you respond in the other thread? (I bumped it a couple days ago, and it seems to have resunk without a trace)

Yah, was in Canada all last week so no 'poly for me then...
Was great, the skiing at tremblant was amazing except for thursday when it rained and then froze while visibility plummeted. Montreal was great too, haven't been able to find asian food that cheap and that good in a while
Oh and I don't think I've ever seen a street with quite as high a strip club:bar ratio was St. Catherine...

[Richelieu]

Originally posted by Boshko
Oh and I don't think I've ever seen a street with quite as high a strip club:bar ratio was St. Catherine...

I hope you had a chance to visit "Chez Paré". It's a cultural icon...

[Bosh]

[Richelieu]

One of the best known, most expensive strip joint in Montreal.

[Timexwatch]

Speaking of which, I'm headed to Montreal soon and I'd like some help from Apolytoners who know:

The strip joint with the best bang for your buck
The bars where I can pick up some beautiful Fren... I mean Freedom Women

[Ben Kenobi]

Obi wan, still a few problemes with order in your sentence
I know French is hard.

Lul Thyme:
Edit my sentence then, so that I can improve, svp.

[Spec]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
Help? From A French Canadian?

Dude, when did you become such an ass?


As for the post, if you want to annoy your friends, try D-natural or Plastic Bertrand (Stop ou encore).

Spec.

[Spiffor]

Bravo, spiffor. Une petite amie, en francais est une 'blonde' en quebecois.

Spotless

J'ai une brunette petite amie aussi.

-> J'ai aussi une petite amie brune.
The adjective is most often after the noun, but there are many exceptions (the word "grand" is the one that comes to mind, but also "petit", "beau", "long" and probably many others).
"Brune" is the French word for the adjective brunette. "Brunette" can only be used as a noun (i.e une brunette, but une fille brune). "Brune" remains more used as "Brunette" even as a noun. At least in France.
The location of the word [i"]aussi"[/i] is a mystery. I don't know the rule behind it.

Peut-etre Richelieu sait autre mots.

-> Peut être que Richelieu connaît d'autres mots
Out of my head, I think that "Peut être" is followed by "que" when the subject of the sentence is after. If you place "Peut être" in the middle of the sentence, it will probably not be followed by "que" (example : "Richelieu connaît peut-être d'autres mots") I advise you to use "Peut être" in the middle of sentences when possible, it doesn't change the sentence's structure, AFAIK.
The verb "savoir" sounds strange when it has a direct object. The verb "connaître" sounds better in this occurence. When there is a proposition behind, the verb "savoir" is self obvious (example : "Je sais que tu es ici" is a sentence in which the verb "connaître" would have no place)
About the "d'autres mots". AFAIK, French nouns always have a word to determine them. "The" translates in "le, la, les" ; a determined quantity translates in the French word for it ("a" translates as "un, une") ; and an undertermined quantity, while not expressed by any English word, has a word in French ("du, de la, des"). That's why a sentence like "Do you want milk" translates in "Voulez-vous du lait ?". Or "Do you have coins" translates in [i]"Avez-vous des pieces[i].

Hope it helps ! French language is sure a hell of rules, but if you get to live in a French speaking countries, you'll quickly assimilate most of them. However, some will remain a mystery for years.

[Bosh]

One of the best known, most expensive strip joint in Montreal.

Considering what Tremblant did to my bank account, nope.

I'm headed to Montreal soon

Track down the Vietnamese restaurant at MacKay street a block or two from St Catherine st. its right next to a good cheap hostel and its sooooooooo good and damn cheap and the service was amazing (but that had probably something to do with us showing up late when there was almost nobody left).

The strip joint with the best bang for your buck

No idea, the one I ended up in was good but was the first I've ever been too and there was too much rum on my brain at the time for me to remember which it was.

[Spec]

Originally posted by Timexwatch
The strip joint with the best bang for your buck

Try Super Sex or Chez Paré......or get a girlfriend

The bars where I can pick up some beautiful Fren... I mean Freedom Women

Try St-Sulpice on St-Denis, spend the night there, wait until 1 a.m. atleast (let the girls drink a bit) and go on the bottom floor were the dance floor is. If you can dance, you wont even have to talk to.....sleep over. Trust me.


Spec.

[Spiffor]

Does Montréal have a specific reputation of being very liberal wrt sex ?

[Spec]

Originally posted by Spiffor
Does Montréal have a specific reputation of being very liberal wrt sex ?

Yes, pretty much. During the afternoon, on T.V., it's not considered "offensive" to have nude scenes in movies. And at 11 p.m. we have pornos playing on T.V.. Not Cable, T.V. so you get the idea.

Violence is more restricted than porn here, contrary to the U.S. where seeing a guy getting his head blown off is not bad compared to seeing a pair of Boobs. That's weird...

[Spiffor]

For a time, I have been watching user profiles of the French-speaking chat & mail servie Caramail (this service sucks, but is a huge community). I was surprised how 12-14 years-old Québecois pretended they got laid with their girlfriends, and were casually talking about them. Where I live, I hardly know anyone who got laid before 15 or 16.

Hmmmm, how much is the Paris-Montréal already ?

[Willem]

Originally posted by Spectator


Yes, pretty much. During the afternoon, on T.V., it's not considered "offensive" to have nude scenes in movies. And at 11 p.m. we have pornos playing on T.V.. Not Cable, T.V. so you get the idea.

Pretty much? There'd be an uproar if anyone broadcast porn here in Ontario. Although CITY-TV in Toronto was airing some blue movies at 11 pm on Fridays, don't know if they still are. They're not much though, just suggestive scenes with a little bit of skin every so often. Certainly not porn.