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Titre: translate "pas trop tôt"
Posté par: mamour le 20 Nov 2007 13:33
hi Thomas!!how do you translate "c'est pas trop tot"
not in the sens early in the morning.for exemple:you are in restaurant and the maid take him time for coming!!and here you're saying "c'est pas trop tot" because he's late.I hope you understood my exemple!! :-\
Titre: Re : translate "pas trop tôt"
Posté par: Thomas le 20 Nov 2007 17:54
by the maid i assume you mean the waiter? hmm....let's see here. "tot" could be early or soon, depending. so a literal translation comes off as "its not too early" or "its not too soon", but i dont think thats what you mean.

who do you say "c'est pas trop tot" to? someone youre eating with, or to the waiter?
Titre: Re : translate "pas trop tôt"
Posté par: mamour le 20 Nov 2007 20:59
I watched a movie in original version but with french subtitles.I undesrtood the word "time" but not the word before and the subtitles were "c'est pas trop tôt"
Titre: Re : translate "pas trop tôt"
Posté par: mamour le 20 Nov 2007 21:00
you say "c'est pas trop tot" at the waiter!!! :P
Titre: Re : translate "pas trop tôt"
Posté par: mamour le 20 Nov 2007 21:05
"to" the waiter. :-\
Titre: Re : translate "pas trop tôt"
Posté par: Thomas le 20 Nov 2007 21:36
oooh, ok

the expression might have been "it's about time!"

this is something you say to someone who is late, meaning "good, you're finally here, but you're late!"
Titre: Re : translate "pas trop tôt"
Posté par: mamour le 21 Nov 2007 08:44
voilà!!that's it :D thank you for all!!!merci pour tout!!! Thomas