Topic: French

"Oui, Julien est mon troisième gendre."

Translation:Yes, Julien is my third son-in-law.

March 29, 2018

14 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/Daniel589120
  • 476

This one was confusing, I could not figure out what "Julien" meant, until I realized that it was someone's name! The appearance of real names on Duolingo has thrown me off balance, I am used to bears, fish, elephants and Germans!

March 29, 2018
https://www.duolingo.com/Trofaste
Mod

    Be prepared to meet a few other names too! :)

    March 29, 2018
    https://www.duolingo.com/jolynnedougherty
    • 854

    Don't forget the canards and cochons :)

    March 30, 2018
    https://www.duolingo.com/AndreaVout
    • 886

    If belle-fille is daughter-in-law/step daughter, why not beau-fils for son-in-law? Is gendre also used for step son?

    April 1, 2018
    https://www.duolingo.com/krista189497
    • 260

    Julien is spelt with capital letter names are spelt with capital letters in English and French I think....

    March 31, 2018
    https://www.duolingo.com/Trofaste
    Mod

      It is indeed, are you seeing it written with a lowercase j somewhere?

      March 31, 2018
      https://www.duolingo.com/krista189497
      • 260

      nooo.... only because Daniel was confused with the word "Julien"

      March 31, 2018
      https://www.duolingo.com/Trofaste
      Mod

        Oh, I see! Yes, names are capitalised in French as well as in English.

        March 31, 2018
        https://www.duolingo.com/Kevin694399
        • 6

        I have just learnt that gendre =kid how do I differentiate kid/ son in law

        April 1, 2018
        https://www.duolingo.com/krista189497
        • 260

        kid in French = gamin (e) I learnt

        April 3, 2018
        https://www.duolingo.com/CJ.Dennis

          "kid" is "gamin(e)". "gendre" and "beau-fils" are "son-in-law".

          April 6, 2018
          https://www.duolingo.com/AS_
          Plus

            Third in the sense of being the third husband of ones daughter, or third in the sense of being the husband of ones third daughter?

            April 1, 2018
            https://www.duolingo.com/J.C.Fink
            • 17

            I interpreted it as simply one's third son-in-law - if one has three daughters and each marries...

            February 19, 2019
            https://www.duolingo.com/Marilyn821062
            • 41

            Oops! Accidentally hit wrong key

            February 23, 2019
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