Where have the beggars gone?
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Thank you, I’ve learnt something.
Once you've read the dictionary, every other book is just a remix.
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Re: Where have the beggars gone?
However, petit is not used as an adjective to describe males in English. It's only used in phrases borrowed from French, such as petit bourgeois and petit theft.
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It’s low season and beggars target tourists. They’ll be back soon!
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Re: Where have the beggars gone?
"Un tout petit enfant"... Ca ne se dit pas?prahocalypse now wrote: ↑Mon Oct 22, 2018 9:21 pm However, petit is not used as an adjective to describe males in English. It's only used in phrases borrowed from French, such as petit bourgeois and petit theft.
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I don't speak French, but I think that enfant is a masculine noun so it would take a masculine adjective. However I don't really know.taabarang wrote: ↑Tue Oct 23, 2018 6:58 am"Un tout petit enfant"... Ca ne se dit pas?prahocalypse now wrote: ↑Mon Oct 22, 2018 9:21 pm However, petit is not used as an adjective to describe males in English. It's only used in phrases borrowed from French, such as petit bourgeois and petit theft.
Is petit enfant a phrase in English? I've never heard it.
Re: Where have the beggars gone?
I don't think so. I was in PP for 3 days last week. Saw at least a dozen beggars while there. The guy with the big growth on his face, the dwarf, at least 4 "mums with kids", older ladies and street kids. As someone else said, numbers are down due to it being low season, but they don't appeared to have been banned.newkidontheblock wrote: ↑Mon Oct 22, 2018 7:46 pm Asked missus about the absence of beggars on the streets of Phnom Penh. Answer is they have been banned from begging.
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OK, I missed your point about English words used.in combination with French adjectives; I was thinking in French
I will.say.however that I have never heard. "petit theft" before only "petty theft." Petty does of course have the French word "petit' as its etymological origin
I will.say.however that I have never heard. "petit theft" before only "petty theft." Petty does of course have the French word "petit' as its etymological origin
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