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Postby mai » Fri Oct 07, 2005 11:48 am

I'd like to know what "Death's Proposal" would be in french.
I tried doing it myself and came up with "Proposition De Mort"
If any one could tell me if that's correct or not I'd really appreciate it.
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Postby Mr. SmartyPants » Fri Oct 07, 2005 12:30 pm

"La Proposition De la Mort" maybe?
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Postby mai » Fri Oct 07, 2005 7:39 pm

I know nothing about French grammar, but la means the? so doesn't that say "the proposal of the death"?
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Postby Mr. SmartyPants » Fri Oct 07, 2005 9:12 pm

no idea haha! I just looked it up on the net!
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Postby Kaori » Fri Oct 07, 2005 9:47 pm

Mr. SmartyPants wrote:"La Proposition De la Mort" maybe?


mai wrote:I know nothing about French grammar, but la means the? so doesn't that say "the proposal of the death"?


Articles in French aren't quite like those in English. Normally for "of" you would use "de la" for a feminine object, "du" (a contraction of "de" and "le") for a masculine object, and "des" for a plural object.

However, other phrases with the word "mort" are constructed with just "de." For example, the death penalty is "peine de mort" (more literally,"pain of death.") So, the phrase that you want should be "La proposition de mort."

I could be mistaken, though; it has been a few years since I took a French class.
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Postby mai » Sat Oct 08, 2005 6:58 am

Thank you!
Would it be said differently if Death was an actual person making a proposal?
I never stop asking questions -_-;
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Postby Mangafanatic » Sat Oct 08, 2005 7:44 am

Kaori wrote:
However, other phrases with the word "mort" are constructed with just "de." For example, the death penalty is "peine de mort" (more literally,"pain of death.") So, the phrase that you want should be "La proposition de mort."



That's correct to the best of my knowledge as well.
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