Simon m'attend à la gare." can mean expects me at the station?
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Jennifer C.Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Simon m'attend à la gare." can mean expects me at the station?
I thought that only with the reflexive s'attendre à, would it be translated as expect. Is that an incorrect understanding on my part?
This question relates to:French lesson "Attendre quelqu'un vs s'attendre à quelque chose = to wait vs to expect in French"
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Bonjour Jennifer !
You use "s'attendre à" with something, an event, but to express "to expect [someone]", you can only use the verb "attendre [quelqu'un]".
I hope that's helpful!
À bientôt !
You use "s'attendre à" with something, an event, but to express "to expect [someone]", you can only use the verb "attendre [quelqu'un]".
I hope that's helpful!
À bientôt !
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Liz H.Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Thanks for the info though I don’t think I saw this explanation in the lesson; I may have missed it. So Simon m’attend á la gare means: waiting for AND expecting? I got this question half right for the same reason as Jennifer.
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