Petit peu vs petit pois

green peas

My infamous mistake at aged 14 when I was on a French exchange. In answer to the question, “Do you want anymore dinner?” I said, “a pea”- un petis pois in French rather than, “a little bit”- un petit peu. The family thought this was a hilarious mistake and being a mortified 14-year-old I was mute for the rest of the trip.

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