Bonjour! Qu'est-ce c'est la différence entre paraître et apparaître?
Merci d'avance.
Pas apparent!
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Isabelle S.Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Pas apparent!
This question relates to:French lesson "Conjugate connaître/paraître and derivatives in the present tense in French (Le Présent)"
Asked 3 years ago
Hi Isabelle,
Paraître is to appear as in to seem to be , apparaître is a physical manifestation, to become visible -
Cet exercise me paraît difficile = This exercise seems difficult to me
Cet erreur apparaît sur plusieurs documents = This error appears in several documents
Hope this helps!
Chris W. Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
I suggest a good online dictionary such as Larousse or PONS or any other of the many choices Google throws up when you enter "paraitre English", for example.
CélineKwiziq team member
Bonjour Isabelle,
To supplement, here are two links from the Académie française:
paraitre / paraître - apparaître / apparaitre
Bonne journée !
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