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Na na na na nè-re ! French sort of idiom | ||
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| zorglub Pentaglot Senior Member France Joined 6998 days ago 441 posts - 504 votes  1 sounds Speaks: French*, English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: German, Arabic (Written), Turkish, Mandarin | Message 1 of 10 09 November 2012 at 6:18pm | IP Logged | ||
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Do you know if other languages have the equivalent of this
Na na na na nè-re ! or Tralalère ? http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanan%C3%A8re Thanks 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| anamsc2 Tetraglot Groupie United States Joined 4557 days ago 85 posts - 186 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Catalan, German Studies: French | Message 2 of 10 09 November 2012 at 8:27pm | IP Logged | ||
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If I understand the meaning of the phrase (which I probably don't), in English we have "nanny nanny boo boo." For example, "I won and you lost, nanny nanny boo boo!" Or just "ha ha."
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| zorglub Pentaglot Senior Member France Joined 6998 days ago 441 posts - 504 votes 1 sounds Speaks: French*, English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: German, Arabic (Written), Turkish, Mandarin | Message 3 of 10 09 November 2012 at 9:00pm | IP Logged | ||
Sounds like it. It fits the tune. Is it quite common ? is it Brit or US ? Thanks. Other languages ? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Phantom Kat Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5061 days ago 160 posts - 253 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English Studies: Finnish | Message 4 of 10 09 November 2012 at 10:52pm | IP Logged | ||
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In Spanish there's Lero lero, candelero, although I always used ñaca ñaca
when I was a kid. - Kat Edited by Phantom Kat on 09 November 2012 at 10:52pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Michel1020 Tetraglot Senior Member Belgium Joined 5015 days ago 365 posts - 559 votes Speaks: French*, English, Spanish, Dutch | Message 5 of 10 09 November 2012 at 10:58pm | IP Logged | ||
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This is L zero.
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| zorglub Pentaglot Senior Member France Joined 6998 days ago 441 posts - 504 votes 1 sounds Speaks: French*, English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: German, Arabic (Written), Turkish, Mandarin | Message 6 of 10 09 November 2012 at 11:17pm | IP Logged | ||
Wasn't it naca naca naaaa-ca ? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| zorglub Pentaglot Senior Member France Joined 6998 days ago 441 posts - 504 votes 1 sounds Speaks: French*, English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: German, Arabic (Written), Turkish, Mandarin | Message 7 of 10 09 November 2012 at 11:41pm | IP Logged | ||
Uh ? What do you mean ? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Michel1020 Tetraglot Senior Member Belgium Joined 5015 days ago 365 posts - 559 votes Speaks: French*, English, Spanish, Dutch | Message 8 of 10 10 November 2012 at 10:25am | IP Logged | ||
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I mean this is the way children speak before they get their L1 - before L1 is L0.
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