Mon oncle and I have been independently studying french. He does amazing things like read novels in French. I just spend a lot of time on DuoLingo, and try to keep my french straight from my german and Spanish (and potentially Hebrew and Vietnamese?) However, I have a leg up on him because he only had a semester or two of French in college. Whereas I started taking french in the 5th grade, and I continued all the way through my first year of college (where I maxed out the program at my little community college). As a result, he occasionally sends me texts in French or asking about words. Here's an exchange I found particularly fun:
Today, mon oncle texted me for help deciphering "C'etait la tuile!" in the context of someone being ambused and feeling demoralized. (I think he's reading a Bond-esqe spy novel). Based on
this link, I thought maybe he meant "It sucked". But he seemed to think it meant the roof was caving in on him. Hmm, Qui sait?
