Talk:ferme ta gueule

RFD discussion: May 2022–May 2024

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ferme ta gueule

Unlike ta gueule/vos gueules or la ferme which are idiomatic, this is merely a conjugation of fermer sa gueule. Maybe rather than delete, just turn it into a verb form like ferme-la ? --Olybrius (talk) 08:27, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

Why would we do that? Are there other examples of entries of French multi-word verb forms? We don't even have such very colloquial forms as va-t’en or [tu] t’en fiches. IMO even the inclusion of the lemma fermer sa gueule is dubious; why is it not just the sum of fermer +‎ sa +‎ gueule – more vulgar than fermer sa bouche, but just as understandable?  --Lambiam 11:13, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

Possibly not a question for this thread, but why don't we include conjugations of French multi-word verbs? Theknightwho (talk) 16:40, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

We don’t do so in general for English either (carried over, rose and shone, wash themselves).  --Lambiam 14:38, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

That's more down to no-one bothering, isn't it? I've seen plenty of them knocking around, and I don't think there's any advantage in excluding them, to be honest, particularly where they may be a more common form. Either we do all forms properly or we don't. Theknightwho (talk) 13:02, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

I turned it into a verb form. --Olybrius (talk) 13:29, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

RFD-kept. Imetsia (talk (more)) 23:32, 17 May 2024 (UTC)