J'Croque La Vie
February 15th, 2015 at 6:26:34 AM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | What does this mean in English? It seems to translate as "Crunch Life". I assume it is a euphemism. |
February 15th, 2015 at 2:26:36 PM permalink | |
Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | My Crummy Life or perhaps I engulf life, I embrace life, I swallow life whole? |
February 15th, 2015 at 3:37:05 PM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
That seems the most in keeping with the video. This looks like a public service message encouraging kids to eat their vegetables. |
February 15th, 2015 at 3:44:38 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 | Likes to crunch life with a full tooth. Likes to live life to its fullest. All the translations point to getting the most out of life. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
February 15th, 2015 at 8:17:11 PM permalink | |
Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | The reason I hesitated to suggest "engulf" is that to eat by engulfing in French is phage. I'm sure Bob's "with a full tooth" would be better translated as "with gusto" or "with great appetite" or as we might say with 'zest'. You might note that the letter "O" in moi is a soccer ball (football, in Europe) so perhaps its an idiom relating to an active healthy life of vegetables and exercise, rather than couch potato web surfers? The carrot is wearing sweat bands and the strawberry appears to be wearing what the English would call Trainers and we might call Sneakers or Running Shoes. |
February 16th, 2015 at 11:13:40 AM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
I think the prefix " J' " means "I" That exhausts much of my knowledge of French. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
February 16th, 2015 at 2:44:15 PM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
Wikipedia says je, me, te, se, le, and la become j', m', t', s', l', and l' respectively before a vowel or mute h. However, J'Croque is before the letter 'c', so it must be complex than that. |
February 17th, 2015 at 10:08:41 AM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
Beats me. I know a few words and phrases in French, but not any conjugations or even all the pronouns. I suspect slang. Slang often translates literally into nonsense, In Spanish if you say ¿Que onda? you're asking what's up, or how're you doing, or even simply saying "hey" as a casual greeting. But literally it translates as "What wave?" Pure nonsense. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |