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14 May 2016 by OffQc

img_20160513_192130.jpgI came across an article in the Montréal edition of the 24 Heures newspaper about an event called la Chasse-Balcon.

Every Friday, a group of musicians come together on the balcony of a different residence to play traditional music for people to come listen and dance to. If you’re interested, there’s a Facebook page for la Chasse-Balcon, and the Chasse-Balcon website is here.

In the 24 Heures article, the organiser of the event (Catherine Planet) is quoted as saying:

On réussit à faire danser tout le monde, je me suis rendu compte qu’un paquet de gens voulait ça.

[Source: «Entrez dans la danse» (Camille Dufétel), 24 Heures Montréal, 13-15 mai 2016, vol. 16, no. 44, p. W20.]

In English: We get everybody dancing [at the Chasse-Balcon events]; I realised that a whole bunch of people wanted it.

Un paquet de gens is a whole bunch of people, loads of people, etc. More generally, un paquet de can be used with anything of which there’s an abundance.

  • un paquet de monde, un paquet de gens, loads of people
  • un paquet de problèmes, a bunch of problems
  • pour un paquet de raisons, for a whole bunch of reasons
  • dire un paquet de niaiseries, to say all kinds of stupid things
  • faire un paquet de commentaires négatifs, to make all kinds of negative comments

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Posted in Entries #1101-1150 | Tagged Chasse-Balcon, français québécois, Québécois French, un paquet de | 1 Comment

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  1. on 16 May 2016 at 19:47 Lotta

    I would say: une foule de personnes. À moins d’avoir l’habitude d’interpeler les gens ainsi: ” aie chose!” Je préfère parler de foule et non de paquets…😉



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