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Patrice34

User since 2009
Posts: 4

13 Nov. 2009

I'm sorry in French of course!

AhQ ['a: kiu]

User since 2006
Posts: 2715

16 Nov. 2009

Hi Patrice,

My French is not all that perfect. Lest I make some mistakes I won't translate your statement into French. However...

Either you ask a translation in order to get a correct French sentence, or you need a translation in order to understand the English statement. Should this second case be yours, I'll try to give you some hints.

First possibility:
Let's suppose the tyres of your car have been punctured, they are flat. The mechanic or a helpful friend might have blown up your tyres, they could have inflated them. In the everyday way of speaking, you could use a metonymy and instead of saying 'someone blew up the tyres of my car', you could say 'someone blew up my car' (Quelqu'un a gonflé mon voiture!)

Second possibility:
Your car hasn't got any flat tyre but it has stricto sensu been blown up itself. That means that your car exploded. 'someone blew up my car' (Quelqu'un a fait sauter mon voiture?)

I'd like to hope, Patrice, that your name is not featuring on the Al Qaida list of people to be gotten rid of.
Enjoy driving a car with accurately inflated tires.
Regards,

Hi Patrice,  
 
 
 My French is not all that perfect. Lest I make some mistakes I won't translate your statement into French. However...  
 
 
 Either you ask a translation in order to get a correct French sentence, or you need a translation in order to understand the English statement. Should this second case be yours, I'll try to give you some hints.  
 
 
 First possibility: 
 Let's suppose the tyres of your car have been punctured, they are flat. The mechanic or a helpful friend might have blown up your tyres, they could have inflated them. In the everyday way of speaking, you could use a metonymy and instead of saying 'someone blew up the tyres of my car', you could say 'someone blew up my car' (Quelqu'un a gonflé mon voiture!)  
 
 
 Second possibility: 
 Your car hasn't got any flat tyre but it has stricto sensu been blown up itself. That means that your car exploded. 'someone blew up my car' (Quelqu'un a fait sauter mon voiture?)  
 
 
 I'd like to hope, Patrice, that your name is not featuring on the Al Qaida list of people to be gotten rid of. 
 Enjoy driving a car with accurately inflated tires. 
 Regards,

Patrice34

User since 2009
Posts: 4

19 Nov. 2009

thanks it's probably the second case , i heard this sentence in a vidéo game for teenagers call " postal" rather violent and coarse, thank you for answering me! regards
ps: my English is also awful and i hope I'll eventually succeed in speaking and writing it properly,with regards.

Fugendichter

User since 2008
Posts: 588

30 Nov. 2009

Cher Patrice,

if someone has blew up your car, he has destroyed it by explosion c'est à dire qu'il a fait éclater, exploser, sauter ta voiture.
C'est dommage, peut-être c'était une voiture ancienne.
Bon baisers!

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