Today’s lesson covers the feminine noun la société, which is a faux ami (false cognate) meaning company and firm. Similar to English, la société also means “society”. La société comes from societas (union, association) in Latin.
la société
company, firm, society
Pronunciation [sɔsjete]
La société – company, firm, society
Example sentences
For this first sentence, qui is a relative pronoun which can translate to that or which.
Marie travaille dans une société qui vend des produits éléctroniques.
Marie works for a company that sells electronics products.
This sentence uses the expression rien à voir, which translates to “nothing to do with” or more loosely to “totally different”. Celle translates to “that” and is a demonstrative pronoun.
La société moderne n’a rien à voir avec celle de la génération de nos parents.
Modern society is totally different from that of our parents’ generation.
More false cognates
- La phrase – sentence
- Draguer – to hit on
- Actuellement – currently
- La librairie – bookstore
- Blessé – injured
- La location – rental
- Le collège – middle school, junior high school
References
fr.wiktionary.org
wordreference.com
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