Intimacy: Today, I learned that "Je suis excité" does not mean "I'm excited"...

By Anonymous - 21/09/2009 14:26 - France

Today, I learned that "Je suis excité" does not mean "I'm excited" in French. It means "I'm sexually excited"... more or less. I've been doing a lot of exciting things and using it a lot the past two weeks. With my French friends, people I meet, and especially with my host family. FML

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By thegoldenboy3 - 12/02/2009 12:14 - Spain

Today, I'm in Spain, and told the kids with whom I will be working that I was excited to be working with them. Only the form of excitement I used apparently refers to sexual excitement. Basically, I told the kids I was sexually aroused to be working with them. FML

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Today, my girlfriend, who recently started French classes, and I were having sex. Knowing how whispering in my ear turns me on, she whispered something in French, and I came. Later I found out it meant something like, "You should lose a lot of weight." FML

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By Anonymous - 19/10/2017 05:00

Today, my French teacher set up a role-play scenario to act out in front of the class. During one of my lines, I mispronounced a phrase and called my teacher sexy. FML

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By aur - 12/11/2008 08:10 - France

Today, I spent my first night with my English boyfriend. I'm French, and when we woke up, I said in my most sexy voice, "Oh, I'm so dirty!" It's only when he left that I finally understood the look on his face; I wanted to have a glass of water. I was thirsty, not dirty. FML

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Today, I had a presentation in French class. I was so nervous, the first thing I said when I got up there was, "Hola." FML

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By Anonymous - 09/09/2011 22:33 - United States

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Gwyddhien 0

Monday 21 September 2009 20:16

Don't worry... I'm a native French speaker, and "je suis excité" isn't that bad and can be used with non-sexual things as well

sooper 0

Monday 21 September 2009 20:16

Hahaha, they must think you have some great fun ;D

Comments

DeadMansCrack 4

Monday 21 September 2009 23:29

I think it'd be weird to be saying "I'm excited" all the time anyway...lol, but don't sweat it, I'm sure they know what you're trying to say.

jclank 0

Monday 21 September 2009 23:45

I did the exact same thing when I moved to France, lucky for me my host family burst out laughing the first time I said it to them and told me I shouldn't say that.

Vaetrus 0

Tuesday 22 September 2009 0:03

I don't see the problem.. you mean it wasn't true? :o

Nathananagiya99 0

Tuesday 22 September 2009 0:09

its true

thishurts 0

Tuesday 22 September 2009 0:10

Actually , it DOES mean that you're excited ( it doesn't necesarily mean that you're sexually excited ) . it all depends on the usage of the phrase .

anjyu22 0

Tuesday 22 September 2009 0:13

Relax, things like this are all part of learning a language. We loved these ones from a Japanese friend of mine - "I had an exciting time with her." "Is she fine?" "Did he get off in the car?" (he meant "get out of", oops) and the classic, "I love nuts!" We all share a laugh, he learns something new about English, life moves on.

oompaaa 0

Tuesday 22 September 2009 0:14

no it dosnt you was right the first time it means "i'm excited ..****** idioit

Emriss 0

Tuesday 22 September 2009 0:28

You're one to insult people's intelligence you moron. The literal translation of the phrase is indeed 'I'm excited', but native speakers still take the meaning in a sexual sense. Just as, in English, the word molest actually means 'to bother or harass', but most of us native speakers understand it and use it to mean 'to sexually harass'.

xkat356 0

Tuesday 22 September 2009 0:57

It can also be taken as "I'm sexually excited", you douche. OP, I don't think your French friends will think much of it if they know you're not familiar with the language. It's not like you said 'Tu m'excites' or anything.

lem0n_fml 0

Tuesday 22 September 2009 1:24

you can't even speak english correctly, i don't think you should be calling someone a "****** idiot" when they're still in the process of learning a second language, jackass.