Il gèlera sûrement demain soir.

Anne D.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

The above sentence in one of the tests is translated as : It will probably freeze tomorrow night. In English, probably implies less certainty than surely - is that not the same in French?
(Apologies if this is beside the point of the lesson!)

This question relates to:French lesson "Conjugate -éXer, -eXer, -eter, -eler verbs in the future tense in French (Le Futur Simple)"

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Jim J.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Bonjour Anne

https://www.wordreference.com/fren/s%C3%BBrement

According to the WordReference dictionary, sûrement can also be used to express certainty depending on context.

Bonne journée

Jim

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Anne D. asked:

Il gèlera sûrement demain soir.

The above sentence in one of the tests is translated as : It will probably freeze tomorrow night. In English, probably implies less certainty than surely - is that not the same in French?
(Apologies if this is beside the point of the lesson!)

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