Talk:béton
Verb
[edit]I think it is a verb, just since it doesn't end it -er, it can't be conjugated. But not can estre or quérir, in contemporary French I mean. Mglovesfun (talk) 22:34, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
DELETE. I doubt <<béton>> is a verb simply as a result of the context of the expression. <<Béton>> is a noun that means "concrete." Even while the expression translates into English as <<Let it drop>> (Where <<laisse>> = "Let" or "Let it") or else <<Drop it!>> or something along those lines, the translation isn't word for word (as many are not since different languages have not derived the same exact idioms), so <<béton>> would not exactly mean <<to drop>> even if the words line up in the translations. I believe it would still have to remain a noun, not convert by idiomatic translation into a verb. The verb infinitive in the expression is <<Laisser>>. Even while the expression is similar to <<Laisse tomber>> which means about the same, and where <<tomber>> is indeed a verb, in nearly all contexts, this similarity of expressions does not convert the part of speech of <<béton>> to agree with that of <<tomber>>. They are similar expressions which would seem to rely upon different parts of speech. I would suggest listing this expression under <<Laisser béton>> and deleting the listing for <<béton>> in the list of French Verbs considering it is a noun. But please correct me if there is a true reason to believe this is a verb. CatFinanciere (talk) 02:16, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
- First of all, posting this kind of thing on entry talk pages is worse than useless. The only people who read these are those of us who patrol Special:RecentChanges looking for vandalism. All you're doing is adding annoying clutter- votes here don't count. If you want to delete this, you'll have to tag it with
{{rfv-sense|fr}}
if you don't think it's in use with that meaning, or{{rfd-sense|fr}}
if you have some other reason, and post it to the appropriate request page. Don't be surprised if people disagree with you, though. Chuck Entz (talk) 03:02, 31 May 2021 (UTC)