rinque

01:04 Oct 5, 2018
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French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Music / Acadienne French
French term or phrase: rinque
I'm having trouble with some of the lyrics to this song translated into French.

I know that the original English line was "please don't take him just because you can" (referring to a love interest)

Here's the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=Qy2skuKiEc8

The French lyrics are available if you press the "see more" button under the video description

The sentence is "Prends la point rinque parce que tu peux".

I don't know why they wrote "prends LA" instead of "prends LE point" = don't take him... Can't be a typo because it is repeated multiple times. Is this a dialect variation?

and how does "rinque" mean "[just] because"?
Jeff Whittaker
United States
Local time: 10:37


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4just because ("rien que" in French)
Marina Masset Utsumi


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rinque parce que
just because ("rien que" in French)


Explanation:
Hello,

Well, was it not in two words? "rin que".
Because in some parts of France we would take the "i" off and say "rien que" that way, that is to say "rin que". It is a very casual way of speaking. We say it in the North of France at least.

Marina Masset Utsumi
France
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