"Bonjour, je voudrais une grande voiture à pois."
Translation:Hello, I would like a big, polka-dotted car.
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Is this the best way to say it to the person at the car rental kiosk? I'd hate to look stupid.
My answer: "Hi, I would like a big polka dotted car." The comment below said I have a typo. The correction is that car should be cat (What Duo wrote: Hi, I would like a big, polka dotted cat."
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Whoops! Lol. I got the French to English word bank. It was definitely a big polka-dotted car!
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This must be regional. The only uses for "spotty" that I know of either refer to acne ("two unshaven men and a spotty teen"), or to something being intermittent/unreliable ("cell phone reception is spotty this far from civilization"). The term "spotty dog" is therefore rather puzzling. ;o)
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Why can't we say 'a large, polka-dot car,' as in 'an itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny, yellow polka-dot bikini'? (size, color, 'polka-dot', garment)
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Someone in our road has one of these - they have a dog-walking business so the car has a Dalmatian look!
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"Good day, I would like a large car with dots", "Good day, I would like a large car with spots", "Hello, I would like a large car with spots", "Hello I would like a large car with dots"," Hello I would like a big car with dots" and even "Hello, i would like a large car with polka dots" were not accepted - reported
The translation needs to be opened up to include a better understanding of English. Since one evidently would say "voiture a pois" in French would one also say "voiture avec pois"? I suspect not as "a pois" is the proper way to say "with polka dots" in French. In English one can comfortably say"polka dotted car, polka dot car or car with polka dots" and not sound as if one is unfamiliar with the language Of course would one ever say such a thing in the first place?
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To me the audio sounded like《un jour je voudrais une grande voiture à pois》, which made sense to me!
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in American usage "polka dot" is both a noun and adjective. Polka dotted would be used as a verb, "the car was polka dotted by vandals".
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I thought the term "POLKA dots " went out of use in the 60's....clearly not for Duo.
"I would like a big spotted car" or "I would like a big car with spots" should be acceptable translations.
Or better still, drop le pois!
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From the list of accepted answers:
[Hallo, / Hello, / Hey, / Hi, / Hullo, / Morning,] I would like a [big / large] [automobile / car] with polka dots.
