I took my first French class in high school 18 years ago, got a French minor in college, wound up marrying a woman from Quebec whose parents are from France, spend a few weeks/month in the French-speaking world every year, but still don’t speak enough French to be able to truly tell my father-in-law off when he’s being a con and needs someone to tell him off, because he sure won’t listen to the women in his life. All that to say, good luck. It’s one thing to learn a language, but it’s a lot to get to where you can go off in it.
Probably want to start by going with the long form, “connard”, “con” is a bit more endearing, like if someone does something a bit silly you can be like “arrête, t’es con!” in a “stop being silly” kind of way. With “connard” there can be no confusion.
I took my first French class in high school 18 years ago, got a French minor in college, wound up marrying a woman from Quebec whose parents are from France, spend a few weeks/month in the French-speaking world every year, but still don’t speak enough French to be able to truly tell my father-in-law off when he’s being a con and needs someone to tell him off, because he sure won’t listen to the women in his life. All that to say, good luck. It’s one thing to learn a language, but it’s a lot to get to where you can go off in it.
Probably want to start by going with the long form, “connard”, “con” is a bit more endearing, like if someone does something a bit silly you can be like “arrête, t’es con!” in a “stop being silly” kind of way. With “connard” there can be no confusion.
Isn’t Quebecoise different enough that it’s almost a new language entirely? I’ve heard they’re also super judgy when people use it wrong.
Seems like you gotta learn that specific dialect.