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<p>Posted by <b><!--poster-->Joey</b>
on <!--date-->3:45 12/7/01
<p>In reply to: <a href="274.html">Questions</a> posted by Philip Newton</b> on 9:37 12/6/01
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Mark wrote:
<br>"Hmm, how do you do this [negative imperative to children] in French?
Just Non?"
<p>Philip wrote:
<br>"Not sure, to tell you the truth. I'd guess either Non! or Pas! but I
don't know which, if either, is correct. Or maybe they use Arr�te!, as
you did in Verdurian -- and as is commonly heard in English, as well."
<p>I believe the phrase is "Ça suffit!" (That's enough!). I got this
from my mother, whose father was French, so presumably she heard it once
or twice growing up!
<p>-Joey
<hr><i>Mark responds:
<p>OK... can you say this fast enough, when the kid is putting his hand
in the fire or something, though?
<p>A nice related expression is <b>C'est pas un peu fini?</b>, which might
be translated "Are you kind of done?"
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