Bucket Guild | FUBU BH Forums

I Has a Bucket: Preventing bucket theft on Bleeding Hollow | FUBU: A better BH Forum
It is currently Sun Jul 06, 2025 1:26 pm
Board index » Bleeding Hollow » For Us, By Us
View unanswered posts   View active topics  



Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 1 of 2
  [ 22 posts ]  Go to page 1, 2  Next
  Previous topic | Next topic 
Author Message
Dotzilla
 Post subject: @Tuhl
PostPosted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 8:05 am  
User avatar

Blathering Buffoon
Joined: Tue Jun 20, 2006 7:52 pm
Posts: 1083
Offline

i'm having a hard time conjugating my verbs. (who isn't?)

i can't understand when to use vous etes vs. tu es

Verily, I have often laughed at weaklings who thought themselves proud because they had no claws.
Top
 Profile  
 
Aestu
 Post subject: Re: @Tuhl
PostPosted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 9:14 am  
User avatar

Querulous Quidnunc
Joined: Thu May 13, 2010 12:19 pm
Posts: 8116
Offline

Learn to speak Southern English. Use "y'all" in daily speech.

Aestu of Bleeding Hollow...

Nihilism is a copout.
Top
 Profile  
 
Dotzilla
 Post subject: Re: @Tuhl
PostPosted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 12:02 pm  
User avatar

Blathering Buffoon
Joined: Tue Jun 20, 2006 7:52 pm
Posts: 1083
Offline

O god sometimes I do actually say that. Living in Texas will do that to you.

Verily, I have often laughed at weaklings who thought themselves proud because they had no claws.
Top
 Profile  
 
Usdk
 Post subject: Re: @Tuhl
PostPosted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 12:12 pm  
User avatar

Querulous Quidnunc
Joined: Thu May 13, 2010 3:18 pm
Posts: 7047
Offline

y'know what the plural of y'all is?

All y'all.

Image
Top
 Profile  
 
Boredalt
 Post subject: Re: @Tuhl
PostPosted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 12:23 pm  
User avatar

Get Off My Lawn!
Joined: Tue May 11, 2010 5:57 pm
Posts: 704
Offline

I much prefer youse guys.

Boredalt - 80 Dwarf Priest - Dissension
Top
 Profile  
 
Azelma
 Post subject: Re: @Tuhl
PostPosted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 12:52 pm  
User avatar

Querulous Quidnunc
Joined: Wed May 12, 2010 8:41 am
Posts: 4695
Offline

Boredalt wrote:
I much prefer youse guys.


This.

Azelma

Image
Top
 Profile  
 
Fantastique
 Post subject: Re: @Tuhl
PostPosted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 1:07 pm  
User avatar

Querulous Quidnunc
Joined: Thu Aug 23, 2007 10:39 pm
Posts: 3686
Location: Potomac, MD
Offline

I say "you lot" actually.

What, too British?

[✔] [item]Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker[/item] (Three)
[✔] [item]Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros[/item] (Two)
[✔] [item]32837[/item] & [item]32838[/item]
[✔] [item]Thori'dal, the Stars' Fury[/item]
[✔] [item]46017[/item]
[✔] [item]49623[/item] (Two)
[✔] [item]71086[/item]
Top
 Profile  
 
Aestu
 Post subject: Re: @Tuhl
PostPosted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 1:47 pm  
User avatar

Querulous Quidnunc
Joined: Thu May 13, 2010 12:19 pm
Posts: 8116
Offline

Usdk wrote:
y'know what the plural of y'all is?

All y'all.


I
you
he/she/it

we
y'all
they

Aestu of Bleeding Hollow...

Nihilism is a copout.
Top
 Profile  
 
Yuratuhl
 Post subject: Re: @Tuhl
PostPosted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 3:32 pm  
User avatar

French Faggot
Joined: Tue Jun 10, 2008 1:15 pm
Posts: 5227
Location: New Jersey
Offline

Dotzilla wrote:
i'm having a hard time conjugating my verbs. (who isn't?)

i can't understand when to use vous etes vs. tu es


well, vous etes is plural, tu es is singular.

You probably already knew that, though.

If destruction exists, we must destroy everything.
Shuruppak Yuratuhl
Slaad Shrpk Breizh
Top
 Profile  
 
Dotzilla
 Post subject: Re: @Tuhl
PostPosted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 3:54 pm  
User avatar

Blathering Buffoon
Joined: Tue Jun 20, 2006 7:52 pm
Posts: 1083
Offline

Yes but isn't vous etes also singular? In a formal situation? I don't know. I'm confused.

Verily, I have often laughed at weaklings who thought themselves proud because they had no claws.
Top
 Profile  
 
Spacehunter
 Post subject: Re: @Tuhl
PostPosted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 5:21 pm  
User avatar

Feckless Fool
Joined: Fri May 14, 2010 5:15 pm
Posts: 1379
Offline

Yes.

Sounds like you get it but you don't think you do.

Laetitia
Top
 Profile  
 
Aestu
 Post subject: Re: @Tuhl
PostPosted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 6:24 pm  
User avatar

Querulous Quidnunc
Joined: Thu May 13, 2010 12:19 pm
Posts: 8116
Offline

I think what he doesn't think he gets is that French (like German and Japanese and unlike English) has a familial address and a formal address.

Familial versus formal is another permutation of language like person, number and case.

Aestu of Bleeding Hollow...

Nihilism is a copout.
Top
 Profile  
 
Yuratuhl
 Post subject: Re: @Tuhl
PostPosted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 7:07 pm  
User avatar

French Faggot
Joined: Tue Jun 10, 2008 1:15 pm
Posts: 5227
Location: New Jersey
Offline

Dotzilla wrote:
Yes but isn't vous etes also singular? In a formal situation? I don't know. I'm confused.


Yeah true, "vous" is also singular if you're addressing someone you don't know, or someone in a position of power, or as a show of respect.

If destruction exists, we must destroy everything.
Shuruppak Yuratuhl
Slaad Shrpk Breizh
Top
 Profile  
 
Aestu
 Post subject: Re: @Tuhl
PostPosted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 7:52 pm  
User avatar

Querulous Quidnunc
Joined: Thu May 13, 2010 12:19 pm
Posts: 8116
Offline

A lot of Romance languages use the same word twice in different conjugations.

You need to break the English habit of trying to fish up each appropriate word one by one and learn the Romance habit of memorizing the entire conjugation table (the same spelling will sometimes appear twice, but you memorize each verb form as part of a set). I think that is your problem.

It's time-consuming and unfun, to be sure. But in the long run, this will also improve your English skills because you will better recognize the mechanics of our own language.

Aestu of Bleeding Hollow...

Nihilism is a copout.
Top
 Profile  
 
Dagery
 Post subject: Re: @Tuhl
PostPosted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 8:04 pm  
User avatar

Malodorous Moron
Joined: Fri Oct 29, 2010 7:54 pm
Posts: 597
Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Offline

Yuratuhl wrote:
Dotzilla wrote:
Yes but isn't vous etes also singular? In a formal situation? I don't know. I'm confused.


Yeah true, "vous" is also singular if you're addressing someone you don't know, or someone in a position of power, or as a show of respect.

On a related note, is there an equivalent in French to Usted in Spanish or is vous form a catch-all for Usted(es) and vosotros? Piqued my interest.

Bryzette (Retired)
Dagery (Retired)
Top
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 1 of 2
  [ 22 posts ]  Go to page 1, 2  Next

Board index » Bleeding Hollow » For Us, By Us

All times are UTC - 5 hours


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 16 guests

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
cron

World of Warcraft phpBB template "WoWMoonclaw" created by MAËVAH (ex-MOONCLAW) (v3.0.8.0) - wowcr.net : World of Warcraft styles & videos
© World of Warcraft and Blizzard Entertainment are trademarks or registered trademarks of Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. wowcr.net is in no way associated with Blizzard Entertainment.
Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group