Why was my answer: " Je suis en retard cinq minutes"
marked wrong and the only correct answer was "J'ai cinq minutes de retard".
I thought that there were two ways to say "I was 5 minutes late"
Aren't there two ways to say "I was 5 minutes late"?
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Patricia H.Kwiziq community member
Aren't there two ways to say "I was 5 minutes late"?
This question relates to:French lesson "Expressing timeliness in French - late/early - precise"
Asked 4 years ago
The two possibilities given in the lesson are:
J'ai cinq minutes de retard.
Je suis en retard de cinq minutes.
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