Friday, 23 August 2013

Many ways in French to say someone has died

Pierrot Rivière s'est éteint, This mans life is extinguished.
Ils nous a quitté
Il est parti
Il est disparu
You can probably think of more. 
The "il est parti" caught me out when we first arrived here. A french friend was very  sad and explained his little dog " il est part"   I said "do not worry he will probably come back."