Do you have the peach? the potato? or the banana?
Jul 20th, 2011 by Jeroen
When seeing people first thing in the morning usually you shake hands and ask how they are doing. There are many ways to ask: “how are you doing? The most well known one is: Ça va?, however there are many other ways to say this.
Ça….?
Asking someone how they are doing usually consists of 2 parst: Ça and then some word.
For example: Ça boom?
This is usually used for Children. But sometimes they it is used in a playful way amongst friends.
Below some other ways to ask how someone is doing (and my attempt at translating them):
Ça Gazze? (Does it gass?)
Ça flot? (Does it float?)
Ça mousse? (Does it mousse?)
Ça fart? (Does it wax?)
Ça grouve (Does it groove?)
The throwing of food
How ever the strangest thing is when they start throwing food at you…
Not literally (luckily) but the conversation could be as follows:
Tu as la peche? (do you have the peach)?
You could answer: Oui, or Oui, la patat! (the potato).
Once someone even answered: La Banane!
Recently, I even found out that “la banane” also means a smile from ear to ear.
So if they ask you if you are having a peach, don’t wonder about whether you look funny or whether you were supposed to bring fruit to the ocasion. Just answer “Yes and the potato as well”.
Disclaimer:
Just remember that anything you say in the French language is highly context sensitive. I found out after using “la banane” with several people that it’s actually better to only use it with friends.
