Nov 24, 2002 23:19
21 yrs ago
English term

the beach

Non-PRO English to French Other places
i am going to the beach.
Proposed translations (French)
4 +18 la plage
5 +1 Je vais à la plage
5 +1 Je vais à la plage

Proposed translations

+18
2 mins
Selected

la plage

OR:
la rive - for river bank, sandy or not.

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Note added at 2002-11-24 23:23:49 (GMT)
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Your sentence is: Je vais à la plage.

To distinguish fropm \"I go to the beach\", you have to say when you\'re going.
Peer comment(s):

agree NancyLynn : aaaahhh... la plage. Moi, mon pays, c'est l'hiver!
3 mins
Aaaahh...la neige. Moi, je n'ai même pas de sirop d'érable !
agree Paulette Racine Walden
11 mins
agree JCEC
12 mins
agree RHELLER : wish I were at the beach...
2 hrs
Mmm, with wild poisonous jellyfish, exciting new shark attacks and tenacious souvenir sellers. That's when I miss not having a snowball to throw.
agree thierry2
2 hrs
agree Paula Ibbotson : Beach! Sun! Daylight ... not so much of that in Scandinavia just now!
4 hrs
What's wrong with a good ol' snowball fight?
agree Fernando Muela Sopeña
5 hrs
agree Jean Xavier Ginel (X) : how simple can it get?
5 hrs
agree EDLING (X)
8 hrs
agree ms2m (X)
9 hrs
agree Sarah Ponting
9 hrs
agree Louise Dupont (X)
12 hrs
agree Antje Schadebrodt
13 hrs
agree John Garside
17 hrs
agree annerp
20 hrs
agree Geneviève von Levetzow
1 day 8 hrs
agree michele meenawong (X)
1 day 9 hrs
agree Isla MONTREUIL : but do we really have to answer that type of questions?
1 day 16 hrs
No, but I wish I had as many "agrees" on some of my more extraorbital suggestions to other Askers. :-)
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+1
19 hrs

Je vais à la plage

In French there is no progressive form of the present.We simply use the simple form "vais" from the verb "aller"
Peer comment(s):

agree Arthur Borges : Gee, I'm glad you read my contribution down to the last line.
21 hrs
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19 hrs

Je vais à la plage

In French there is no progressive form of the present.We simply use the simple form "vais" from the verb "aller"
Peer comment(s):

agree Arthur Borges : Gee I'm glad you read my original down to the last line too.
21 hrs
Glad to meet you,Arthur,But ,believe me,I haven't read your original yet.
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