Here are some of the recurring phrases in adventures of Tintin, when you read it in French …
Le lendemain … The next day
Chut … hush
Mille sabords! … Thousand potholes (Capitaine Haddock’s favourite phrase)
Tonnerre de Brest! … Thunder of Brest (Another one of Haddock’s favourote phrases, and if Wikipedia is to believe, The term comes from the thunder of Brest cannon which announced the daily opening and closing of the gates of the arsenal at 6 hours and 19 hours at the foot of the castle of Brest.)
Sapristi! … Damn! (This is as abusive as Tintin can get)
Pan! … sound of gunfire in French (Bang!)
And as all Tintin adventures end: "Tout est bien qui finit bien!" (All's well that ends well!)
Have a great 2012!
Le lendemain … The next day
Chut … hush
Mille sabords! … Thousand potholes (Capitaine Haddock’s favourite phrase)
Tonnerre de Brest! … Thunder of Brest (Another one of Haddock’s favourote phrases, and if Wikipedia is to believe, The term comes from the thunder of Brest cannon which announced the daily opening and closing of the gates of the arsenal at 6 hours and 19 hours at the foot of the castle of Brest.)
Sapristi! … Damn! (This is as abusive as Tintin can get)
Pan! … sound of gunfire in French (Bang!)
And as all Tintin adventures end: "Tout est bien qui finit bien!" (All's well that ends well!)
Have a great 2012!
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