2006-11-05 09:24:24 · 7 answers · asked by tristris12 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
It's feeling as though you're experiencing something or meeting someone you're very familiar with for the first time. It occurs in certain types of epilepsy and amnesia. Deja vu, of course, is feeling that you've already seen or experienced something that you actually never saw or experienced before.
2006-11-05 09:30:11 · answer #1 · answered by East Bay Punk 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
The literal translation is indeed "never seen."
Quite apart from the meaning "jamais vu" appears to have in the field of psychology, the phrase "c'est du jamais vu" is used in everyday French to convey the fact that an event (a sale, an election result, the rate of unemployment, etc.) has never occurred before, that it is entirely without precedent. The phrase is often shortened to "du jamais vu" (in newspaper headlines, for instance) and followed by a brief description of the event. You can google "du jamais vu" to find numerous examples of this usage.
2006-11-05 18:38:39 · answer #2 · answered by MamaFrog 4 · 2⤊ 3⤋
I know the meaning as well
2006-11-06 17:39:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Never seen.
2006-11-05 18:37:47 · answer #4 · answered by steiner1745 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I suppose as people age and become senile, or a head injury causing amnesia, or maybe you just embarrass them.
2006-11-05 17:30:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
Does it mean knowing what is going to happen in more than one thing?????????
2006-11-05 17:26:57 · answer #6 · answered by ☺collia☺ PaRtY LiKe tInKeRbElL 3 · 0⤊ 5⤋
it means "never seen".
2006-11-05 17:29:55 · answer #7 · answered by fabee 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋