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[REL] Comptines (1975) short [Canada]
Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 11:51 pm
by saroyan
Re: [REQ] Comptines (1975) short [Canada]
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 10:00 pm
by lara
Re: [REL] Comptines (1975) short [Canada]
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2014 7:48 pm
by donkeykog
In French/NO subs
Re: [REL] Comptines (1975) short [Canada]
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 1:48 am
by kev
donkeykog wrote:In French/NO subs
And no subs needed..
Pretty much a collection of vignette's of 2 or 3 different groups of girls skipping rope, tossing balls, and all-around having fun. A couple of boo-hoo moments here or there, but no discernible storyline what-so-ever...
I love to watch children at play, so at roughly 11 mins it was a bit short for me..
Let me throw in my thanks also to saroyan and lara for filling up our 'shorts' coffers once again!!
kev.
Re: [REL] Comptines (1975) short [Canada]
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 2:32 am
by Phuzzy4242
Comptines means rhymes, and that's what you were getting - "eeny meeny miney moe", jump rope cadences, etc.
Re: [REL] Comptines (1975) short [Canada]
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 6:06 pm
by donkeykog
Thanks guys for the explaination!

I would have put "no subs needed", but I did not get it cause I was looking for deeper meaning. Sometimes, its so simple, it goes over my head

Re: [REL] Comptines (1975) short [Canada]
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 2:23 am
by reastavachi
May I ?
As a natural French speaker, some more explanations need to be made about the word "Comptine". It means a bit more than just rhymes... and has nothing to do with "sound and pronounciation" games, if I may say so.
Compter, the verb at the origin of the word Comptine, means "count". A "Comptine" is a little song/poem that has to involve some counting.
One of the most famous French comptines goes :
1,2,3,
nous irons au bois
4,5,6,
cueillir des cerises
7,8,9,
dans mon panier neuf
10,11,12,
elles seront toutes rouges !
which means
1,2,3,
Lets go to the woods
4,5,6,
and pick up cherries
7,8,9,
in my brand new basket
10,11,12,
they'll be shining red !
But you also need to know that the lines rhyme by pairs : 3/bois 6/cerises 9/neuf and 12/red (to be true they don't match that well lol)
Hope this helped. Most of the time, nowadays, the word Comptine is misused for any popular little children songs, though.
Peace
Reasta
Re: [REL] Comptines (1975) short [Canada]
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 3:28 am
by donkeykog
Cool reastavachi! Thx. So then the "1,2, Freddy's coming for you, 3,4, better lock your door" is a Comptine

You just learned me something!
Re: [REL] Comptines (1975) short [Canada]
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 11:30 am
by reastavachi
You totally got it, donkeykog !

I'm happy I was not too boring with this explanation lol !