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Question

I wrotetres bon instead of trop bon?Whats exactly the difference. Someone told me trop is rather used for negative situations.please clarify

Accepted Answer

Hi Archana, 
Just to add to Chris' excellent answer please take a look at the answers to a similar question -
https://french.kwiziq.com/questions/view/tres-versus-trop
Bonne Continuation !

Answer

très -- verytrop -- too (much)That said, trop is often used in spoken French to stress something even beyond using just "very". For example:Vous êtes très gentil. -- You're very kind.Vous êtes trop gentil. -- You're too kind. Note that even in English, "too" is often used to mean "very", like in this example.Vous parlez trop vite. -- You're speaking too fast. Here, trop actually means "too much"; you're asking the person to speak more slowly because he's speaking too fast. So, you see, it very much depends on the context in which trop is used whether it is a lot of a good thing or too much.