attendre vs s'attendre

Carol W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

drawing a blank tonight. if attendre ans s'attendre both mean to expect how can we tell when each is required

Asked 3 years ago

CélineNative French expert teacher in KwiziqCorrect answer

Bonjour Carol,

I hope this is helpful.

Bonne journée !

Like03 years ago

Jim J.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Hi Carol,

The nuance is between "to wait" -- attendre or to "expect" -- s'attendre.

There is more here:-

https://www.wordreference.com/fren/attendre

Hope it helps.

Jim

Like03 years ago

drawing a blank tonight. if attendre ans s'attendre both mean to expect how can we tell when each is required

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