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To: LonePalm

:: Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours! ::

“Nous nous”, mon frère?

Did you get all “we, we”-d up?


1,845 posted on 10/15/2018 10:07:43 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel
Cute Cletus.

In French, a repeated pronoun is used with reflexive verbs.

When used with a non-reflexive verb it forms the imperative. In this case Nous nous would be understood as "We ourselves" with an implied "and no others".

WWG1WGA

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

1,850 posted on 10/15/2018 10:28:30 AM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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