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Thread #400   Message #4065207
Posted By: Monique
21-Jul-20 - 01:34 AM
Thread Name: Req/ADD: French folk songs
Subject: RE: Req/ADD: French folk songs
Commentary on "Mon père y m'a marié": "Je kiff" (/je kiffe) = "j'aime" = I like (it). From the verb "kiffer", itself from "kif", a blend of pot and tobacco smoked in North Africa. From it > French colloquial verb "kiffer" meaning to smoke kif and the bliss felt when smoking. From this bliss > "kiffer" = to like.