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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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
Today, I am a Frenchie who's been in England for two months. While wanting to say to my technician that my manager made me groan during our meeting, I said that he made me moan. Now he keeps looking at me with a grin on his face. FML
Today, I tried to impress a French student by saying “Bonjour!” but instead said “Bordel!” which means “Brothel.” She laughed, and so did every one of the french students around us. My cultural street cred is officially dead. FML
Today, I realized that in French, my name means "penis." This wouldn't be so bad if my dad wasn't fluent in French. FML
Today, I realised the only preparation I've done for my final French exam has been wanking off to French porn. FML
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
Today, whilst reading all 15 pages of this site, my French girlfriend asked me over my shoulder for translations, such as "What is buttsex?", "What is wanking?", and "What means farted?" FML
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
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
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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Gwyddhien 0
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
Hahaha, they must think you have some great fun ;D
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DeadMansCrack 4
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
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
I don't see the problem.. you mean it wasn't true? :o
Nathananagiya99 0
its true
thishurts 0
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
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
no it dosnt you was right the first time it means "i'm excited ..****** idioit
Emriss 0
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
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
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.
bayybee 0
My friend just did that last week in our french class! our teacher was like uhhh noo, you mean je suis content.
aiaiai_fml 0
est-ce que est vraiment francophone? Ou juste une autre grenoullie qui utilise google?
aiaiai_fml 0
TABARNAK! Just scream that next time