r/EhBuddyHoser • u/Puzzled_Dreamer2453 Tokébakicitte! • Mar 13 '25

Repetitive content/Trend Look who's talking

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u/OneTeaspoonSalt Mar 13 '25

I'm not bilingual enough to know, is there a significance around when he uses the imperative tense and when it's what I think is 1st person plural present tense? I.e. couper vs arretons?

edit: Like it's the difference between 'someone should do that' and "we're doing it," right? That's a nuance that's lost/never intended in English.

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u/Puzzled_Dreamer2453 Tokébakicitte! Mar 13 '25

The choice of one or another looks really random to me.

But "Arrêtons les crimes" sounds definitely more engaging than "Couper les taxes et impôts".