Voice clip in French

[Jorgen]

So I want to use this clip/sample in a song, but I can't make out the words. It's only a couple of seconds long. A bit of help would be highly appreciated. Thanks.
https://soundcloud.com/user-100853162/french-voice

[lozzec]

It does sound French, but with a heavy American accent.
And to be honest it's pretty incomprehensible.
What I understood.
"Ca y est mon cher, l'atonement est fini."
"l'atonement" meaning nothing.

If others try it, they'll surely understand something else.


Cela semble effectivement être du français mais avec un gros accent américain.
Et pour être honnête c'est assez incomprehensible.
Ce que moi j'en ai compris.
"Ca y est mon cher, l'atonement est fini"
L'atonement ne voulant rien dire.

Si d'autre tentent le coup ils comprendront surement autre chose

[jean-yves]

Maybe it could be :

"Ca y est mon cher, l'étonnement est fini."

étonnement = astonishment

Makes sense in this short sentence, but doesn't without context.

[Campbieil]

j'entends "l'enterrement est fini" > funeral/burial is over...

J'ai peut-être trop écouté les Doors ! ^^

[sardonicus]

"Thank you (or something sounding like "merci". Could also be "mais si"/"sure") my dear, the burial is over".

[Jorgen]

Originally Posted by Campbieil

j'entends "l'enterrement est fini" > funeral/burial is over...

J'ai peut-être trop écouté les Doors ! ^^

Ha-ha-ha! Yes, could be... I also hear "merci, mon cher", but after that it gets tricky.

Thank you all for listening. I believe I will end up using the sample, it kinda fits with the song I'm working on.

[benf]

Originally Posted by Jorgen

Ha-ha-ha! Yes, could be... I also hear "merci, mon cher", but after that it gets tricky.

Thank you all for listening. I believe I will end up using the sample, it kinda fits with the song I'm working on.

You can also ask if someone of the french forum can record you the sentence you want in french. An Irish guy (living in Australia) did that for me years ago. It's the speech at the beginning of that song : https://benest.bandcamp.com/track/sing-forever

[Wallaby]

Voici haute mon cher - Look up there my darling

L'antennement est fini

We have mounted the antenna on the house you can listen radio now

[Jorgen]

Originally Posted by benf

You can also ask if someone of the french forum can record you the sentence you want in french. An Irish guy (living in Australia) did that for me years ago. It's the speech at the beginning of that song : https://benest.bandcamp.com/track/sing-forever

Thanks, yes, that could be an idea.

[Jorgen]

Originally Posted by Wallaby

Voici haute mon cher - Look up there my darling

L'antennement est fini

We have mounted the antenna on the house you can listen radio now

Now, that's clever. Pretty cool.

[sardonicus]

Wallaby, en français "voici haute" n'a rigoureusement aucun sens et "antennement" n'existe pas en français.
Wallaby, in french "voici haute" does not make any kind of sense and top of this "antennement" doesn't exist in french.

[benf]

Originally Posted by Wallaby

We have mounted the antenna on the house you can listen radio now

Ce qui se traduit en français :
Nous avons installé l'antenne sur la maison. Maintenant, vous pouvez écouter la radio.

[Jorgen]

Found this:

"antenna (n.)
1640s, "feeler or horn of an insect or other arthropod," from Latin antenna, antemna "sail yard," the long yard that sticks up on some sails, which is of unknown origin, perhaps from PIE root *temp- "to stretch, extend." In the entomological sense, it is a loan-translation of Aristotle's Greek keraiai "horns" (of insects). Modern use in radio, etc., for "aerial wire" is from 1902. Adjectival forms are antennal (1815), antennary (1833), antennular (1853).

also from 1640s"

Radiowaves and such are a total mystery to me -- how it works, what it is etc. Horn, corne... hmm.