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So, in French at school I want to say that I play warhammer, however we are discourage from using "English Brand Names" so I wanted to say "I play tabletop wargames" but those aren't words in the dictionary, so in French what genre would Warhammer belong to?

Check out the GW site in french.

https://warhammer40000.com/fr/new-to-40k/

That is the "intro to the game" page, should have at least one term that you can call the game.

Whatever the French word for Surrender is.....lol

Usually we say «jeu de figurine».
Literally it's “model games” but it's really about Warhammer, Warmachine, and all the other games with model painting and all that.
Alternatively you can say « jouer aux pitou » but that's much more slang, and even less well-known than « jeu de figurine » or « Warhammer ».


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Stevencopley20063 wrote:
Whatever the French word for Surrender is.....lol

We write this : « Va te faire enculer connard».
Or, when in a hurry to surrender, just « Enculté ».
You can hear it in this video extract:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOxUWLl2HFs

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
Usually we say «jeu de figurine».
Literally it's “model games” but it's really about Warhammer, Warmachine, and all the other games with model painting and all that.
Alternatively you can say « jouer aux pitou » but that's much more slang, and even less well-known than « jeu de figurine » or « Warhammer ».


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Stevencopley20063 wrote:
Whatever the French word for Surrender is.....lol

We write this : « Va te faire enculer connard».
Or, when in a hurry to surrender, just « Enculté ».
You can hear it in this video extract:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOxUWLl2HFs

Merci mon ami! J'aime parler en français mais je pense que c'etait assez dificile!

Derien ! N'utilise surtout pas les traductions de la deuxième partie de mon message, par contre. En vrai c'est "se rendre" .

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
Derien ! N'utilise surtout pas les traductions de la deuxième partie de mon message, par contre. En vrai c'est "se rendre" .

Je pense francais ne bien pas, cependent je reconnais "enculté" ne est pas "model games" haha, merci!

You could call a tabletop game "jeu de plateau."or "jeu de figurines". However the word "wargame" that literally translates "jeu de guerre", remains the same and there is no dedicated word of french root.

As far as warhammer 40k's setting you could comment on it saying that it belongs to the "genre de la science-fiction"

Btw great that you learn french, my native language is a superb and subtle one

PS: When you want us french to surrender, make sure we haven't brought in the baguettes, otherwise you're in for a good spanky humiliation!!

Or when they have cow artillery.




Never fight the French when they are in a fortified location with plenty of livestock at hand.

ShadowPug wrote:
Je pense francais ne bien pas

"Je ne parle pas bien français" ?
(Not trying to be rude but just trying to help )

 Maréchal des Logis Walter wrote:

Btw great that you learn french, my native language is a superb and subtle one

I do really like the language, it has a sort of "upper-class" feel to it, although that will be a consequence of getting invaded by the an French, it's good to know that I can tell them how much I hate them XD
It's really hard at first but once you get a hang of it I find French quite fun to learn.


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 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:

ShadowPug wrote:
Je pense francais ne bien pas

"Je ne parle pas bien français" ?
(Not trying to be rude but just trying to help )

Merci!

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
Usually we say «jeu de figurine».
Literally it's “model games” but it's really about Warhammer, Warmachine, and all the other games with model painting and all that.
Alternatively you can say « jouer aux pitou » but that's much more slang, and even less well-known than « jeu de figurine » or « Warhammer ».


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Stevencopley20063 wrote:
Whatever the French word for Surrender is.....lol

We write this : « Va te faire enculer connard».
Or, when in a hurry to surrender, just « Enculté ».
You can hear it in this video extract:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOxUWLl2HFs

I lol'd. That was savage sir.

If your army is still stuck with an Index then the correct adjective would be 'merde'.

 NoiseMarine with Tinnitus wrote:
If your army is still stuck with an Index then the correct adjective would be 'merde'.

de merde, to be precise. Ex: une armée de merde, une partie de merde etc

 Maréchal des Logis Walter wrote:

 NoiseMarine with Tinnitus wrote:
If your army is still stuck with an Index then the correct adjective would be 'merde'.

de merde, to be precise. Ex: une armée de merde, une partie de merde etc

Aha. I don't speak French myself so thanks for the correct.

You get the jist though.

 NoiseMarine with Tinnitus wrote:

 Maréchal des Logis Walter wrote:

 NoiseMarine with Tinnitus wrote:
If your army is still stuck with an Index then the correct adjective would be 'merde'.

de merde, to be precise. Ex: une armée de merde, une partie de merde etc

Aha. I don't speak French myself so thanks for the correct.

You get the jist though.

Yes I do. Actually me correcting you was just for the sake of carrying your joke on

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
Usually we say «jeu de figurine».
Literally it's “model games” but it's really about Warhammer, Warmachine, and all the other games with model painting and all that.
Alternatively you can say « jouer aux pitou » but that's much more slang, and even less well-known than « jeu de figurine » or « Warhammer ».


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Stevencopley20063 wrote:
Whatever the French word for Surrender is.....lol

We write this : « Va te faire enculer connard».
Or, when in a hurry to surrender, just « Enculté ».
You can hear it in this video extract:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOxUWLl2HFs

Vraiment? Je ne pense pas que ca c'est la verite! Peut etre si on voulait provoquer un jeu de la guerre en realite!

Actually surrender would be Lâchez vos armes or Rendez-vous!

Enculé is much more versatile and can be used in everyday lige siyuation that don't require subtle, polite and frizndly handle. Plus it more likely to make a french punch you in the face than actually surrender.

+D'ailleurs je sais pas d'où tu viens en France chez moi en Champagne-Ardennes personne dit jouer aux pitous mdr.

ShadowPug wrote:
I do really like the language, it has a sort of "upper-class" feel to it

My girlfriend, who doesn't speak French, say it sounds like some kind of posh version of German for princesses .
(German isn't her native tongue either but she knows it better than French)

 sfshilo wrote:
I lol'd. That was savage sir.

 Maréchal des Logis Walter wrote:
Actually surrender would be Lâchez vos armes or Rendez-vous!

Enculé is much more versatile and can be used in everyday lige siyuation that don't require subtle, polite and frizndly handle.

Chut!!!

 Maréchal des Logis Walter wrote:
+D'ailleurs je sais pas d'où tu viens en France chez moi en Champagne-Ardennes personne dit jouer aux pitous mdr.

Grenoble > all .
Ex:
http://bruleurs-de-pitoux.fr/

I'd second that "jouer aux pitous" isn't a very widespread term, I never heard of it.
The word "wargame" is often used in French, as the literal translation "jeu de guerre" sounds like little kids running around with stick making pew-pew sounds (maybe Warhammer isn't always that far off, but still…).

Otherwise, a common way to explain something in another language when you don't really know the correct word for it, is to just explain the whole thing. You could say you buy, assemble and paint plastic figures which can then be used to play strategic/tactical games. And in this instance it might even be better, as it would lead to a longer sentence (I suppose the idea is to make you speak/make your own sentences as much as possible), and at the same time gives context to everyone who doesn't know what tabletop wargaming is.

I'm surprised she thinks french resembles german. I have an upper C1 level in german and have never noticed it! Where's she from though. (Seigneur c'est bizarre de devoir causer en anglais à un compatriote pour qu'ils comprennent!)

She is Czech.
I have an A1 level in German, I can say "Du bist an Schwein du muss crepieren" but I didn't notice a lot of similarities either. I think it was more a comment on the way it sound than on the grammar or anything though .

In France, it is called Le Grim Dark...

Royale with cheese?

Valete,

JohnS

 gwarsh41 wrote:
Check out the GW site in french.

https://warhammer40000.com/fr/new-to-40k/

That is the "intro to the game" page, should have at least one term that you can call the game.

Btw just read that, apart from being overly enthusiastic and feature a extensive view of french adjectives, and thereofre being quite annoying, it's not of great help.