Talk:se regarder

se regarder
Sum of parts, +. Mglovesfun (talk) 10:41, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete —Internoob (Disc.•Cont.) 23:17, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I think it would be a mistake to delete that entry. Because there are two meanings that are idomatic:
 * 1. se regarder can be translated by to face each other, for instance in the expression deux murs qui se regardent : two walls facing each other.
 * 2. We musn't forget that the reflexive forms can stand, in French, for the passive forms. That way, se regarder would be translated by to be looked at; e.g. : la mort ne peut se regarder en face -- Death cannot be faced up to (literaly "cannot be looked in the face"...)
 * So : keep.
 * --Actarus (Prince d&#39;Euphor) 20:07, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Kept, no consensus. Mglovesfun (talk) 09:09, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

RFD discussion: May–June 2021
French: Was nominated 11 years ago and passed. Still just se + regarder Indian subcontinent (talk) 15:39, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete. If it does have an idiomatic meaning, as asserted in the RFD 11 years ago, it should be added to with the label fr. —Mahāgaja · talk 15:41, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Note. With a plural subject this can also be used reciprocally: “to look at each other ”, as in the idiomatic expression (literally, “to look at each other like ceramic dogs”).  --Lambiam 08:48, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete. I have added a sense “to face” to, making the “idiomatic” examples in the earlier RfD discussion also sums of parts. (That the referent of can be the subject of a following infinitive but not that of the finite verb of the main clause is a general property of French grammar – see the example Il est normal de se parler in the usage notes there; it has no bearing on the idiomaticity of the specific combination se regarder.)  --Lambiam 09:12, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete. Imetsia (talk) 15:13, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete, SOP. PUC – 20:30, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
 * RFD-deleted. Imetsia (talk) 19:30, 16 June 2021 (UTC)