My brother speaks French, but he’s asleep, so we’ll see if Google is our friend.Frame 1: “I said that my dog has no nose.”Frame 2: “He may wonder how does the dog smell?”Frame 3: “I said that the joke is not understood in French.”
Smell is both an active verb and a noun (condition) in English.L’odeur is merely a noun in French, so there is no joke, except attempting to tell a joke to Frenchman; that is always humorous.
In fact that’s not true: “comment ça (or il) sent ? Il pue”. “Sentir” is like smell in English, both transitive and intransitive.In my language, however, is completely untranslatable.
BE THIS GUY almost 5 years ago
My Google translator isn’t working.
GreasyOldTam almost 5 years ago
My brother speaks French, but he’s asleep, so we’ll see if Google is our friend.Frame 1: “I said that my dog has no nose.”Frame 2: “He may wonder how does the dog smell?”Frame 3: “I said that the joke is not understood in French.”
pschearer Premium Member almost 5 years ago
I said that my dog has no nose.
He asked me how does the dog smell.
I said that the joke is not understood in French.
HarryCK almost 5 years ago
Al knows about those geniuses !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VuiBBX6aZA
Major Matt Mason Premium Member almost 5 years ago
“My dog has no nose!”
“How does he smell?”
“Almost as bad as this joke!”
dwane.scoty1 almost 5 years ago
Albert sez: “What did you do with my can, Mum?”
WoodstockJack almost 5 years ago
Smell is both an active verb and a noun (condition) in English.L’odeur is merely a noun in French, so there is no joke, except attempting to tell a joke to Frenchman; that is always humorous.
Plods with ...™ almost 5 years ago
Thanks for the translations!
Still not phunny.
Ontman almost 5 years ago
Jerry Lewis was also believed to be a genius in France.
Teto85 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Ich nein sprechen sie französisch Sprache
Cornelius Noodleman almost 5 years ago
Where did he got that globe thing?
The Old Wolf almost 5 years ago
Krinkles in Italian isn’t funny either.
oakie817 almost 5 years ago
wow! I took French 40 years ago, and I could almost read that, but the words got in the way
b2plusa2 almost 5 years ago
Here I was hoping to see ‘The New Adventures of Mary Todd Lincoln’.
panille almost 5 years ago
To anyone who speaks a structured language, like French, English would be the joke.
Rfrysinger almost 5 years ago
Cest qui,cet homme la?
z.a.m almost 5 years ago
In fact that’s not true: “comment ça (or il) sent ? Il pue”. “Sentir” is like smell in English, both transitive and intransitive.In my language, however, is completely untranslatable.