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@sempervirenx "i'm sure i've gotten that word wrong enough times to know it means car but how can it mean car..."

@sempervirenx yeeeah then i realised i had the other word wrong mdr

@candle @sempervirenx You keep mixing up jeûne (in "déjeuner", lunch) with jeune (as in "jeunesse", youth).

They're completely different words, but I'm not sure I can make it easier to remember...

The eating one is actually from the root word "jeun" (pronounced like "j'un"), so that "jeûne" form sounds closer to "je" - with a n behind.

Whereas young/jeune (same root for this word, see the German version 'yung') is - because it's the same origin as yours - a much more open "e", closer to the English determinant "a".

As for telling them apart in writing... Perhaps remember there is no word related to young that starts with a "breaking" prefix "dé-"? ^^°

@candle @sempervirenx ("dé-" is the french equivalent of your "un-" as in "undoing" whatever action you're attributing it to. And since there is no such thing as "un-younging" something... :<)

@sempervirenx @candle Fuck, I meant "jung" for the German, but it's precisely pronounced "yung" which is why it was relevant to my point: it's the bridge between our two words. >.<"