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Amadné? Informal contraction of frequently used expression in Québécois French (#992)

31 July 2015 by OffQc

An expression used frequently in French is à un moment donné. It means at some point, at a certain point, at one point, etc.

À un moment donné, j’ai dû arrêter.
I had to stop at one point.

À un moment donné, on va devoir prendre une décision.
At some point, we’re going to have to make a decision.

Yesterday, while listening to the radio, I was reminded of how this expression might be pronounced in colloquial language.

I don’t remember what the speaker said exactly so I can’t provide it here, but he pronounced à un moment donné as what sounded like amadné.

I did manage to find an example of amadné here on Urbania:

Tu sais, on pourrait prendre un verre amadné. Moi, c’est Étienne, toi?
You know, we can go for a drink sometime. I’m Étienne, and you?

Gabriel Deschambault,
«Faut qu’un gars se refasse»,
Urbania, 12 août 2013.

Another thing of interest in that quote is:

Moi, c’est Étienne.

This is how you can introduce yourself in French.

Entirely unrelated:

When I took the photo above of clothes hanging on the clothesline, la corde à linge, it reminded me of the expression passer la nuit sur la corde à linge, which literally means to spend the night on the clothesline but can be used figuratively in the sense of to have a rough (sleepless) night.

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Posted in Entries #951-1000 | Tagged amadné, à un moment donné, français québécois, Gabriel Deschambault, passer la nuit sur la corde à linge, prendre un verre, Québécois French, Urbania | 2 Comments

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  1. on 31 July 2015 at 13:14 Benoît Melançon

    My two cents on “à un moment donné” and the many ways to write it: http://oreilletendue.com/2011/11/30/arrive-cet-instant%e2%80%a6/


  2. on 5 December 2017 at 19:27 Heather

    Merci d’avoir inclus cette contraction. Je l’entendais partout à Montréal et jusqu’à présent j’étais vraiment confus.



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