It’s winter, and Natalie and Louis (from the television show Les Parent) exchange text messages about the salt that was *supposed* to have been put down by their son Zak to prevent someone from slipping on the ice and getting hurt…
The text from the image is all typed out below, but you can click on the image for a larger version.
grey: Louis
blue: Natalie
Attention, chérie, c’est glissant dans l’entrée.
Careful, dear, the driveway’s slippery.
C’est réglé. J’ai envoyé Zak mettre du sel tantôt.
It’s been taken care of. I sent Zak to put salt down earlier on.
Wow! T’es sûre qu’il y est allé?
Wow! You sure he did it (you sure he went)?
Ha ha! La confiance règne!
Ha ha! What confidence (confidence prevails)!
Désolé. C’est juste qu’il y a des indices qui mentent pas.
Sorry. It’s just that there are some dead giveaways that he didn’t (some clues that don’t lie).
Comme?
Like?
Moi, effoiré dans l’entrée, le dos barré.
Me, sprawled in the driveway with my back thrown out.
Viens me chercher quand t’auras fini de rire.
Come get me (find me) when you’ve finished laughing.
Usage notes
- In the winter, we put salt (du sel) on surfaces outside to melt the ice on them and make them safe to walk and drive on
- tantôt, before, earlier on (e.g., désolé pour tantôt, sorry about earlier on; merci pour tantôt, thanks for earlier on)
- t’es, contraction of tu es, sounds like té
- effoiré, sprawled (e.g., s’effoirer sur le divan, to crash on the sofa; the oi in effoiré may sound like wè; more about effoirer in #900)
- dos barré, back that’s been thrown out, pulled, injured (literally, locked back; remember that barré is pronounced bârré, where bâ sounds approximately like “baw”)
- t’auras, contraction of tu auras
This exchange of textos was found here on the Facebook page for Les Parent. There, the page administrator asked:
Avez-vous hâte à l’hiver? 😂
Are you excited for winter?
Are you looking forward to winter?
avoir hâte à
to be looking forward to
to be excited for, etc.
J’ai hâte à lundi!
I can’t wait until Monday!
J’ai hâte à demain.
I’m looking forward to tomorrow.
Non, j’ai pas hâte à l’hiver!
No, I’m not looking forward to winter!
Like barré, hâte also uses the â sound. You can hear â pronounced in this video when Martin Matte says j’me fâche and tasse-toi.
