Topic: French

"La frontière est près d'ici."

Translation:The border is close to here.

January 16, 2013

13 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Trajan242

    Why is "nearby" wrong?

    October 19, 2013
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/maggimunro
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    • 2126

    I don't think nearby is wrong, it just isn't an option in the Duo Bots programme

    November 27, 2013
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/jbromao
    • 11

    Isn't "close by" an equivalent for "close to here"?

    January 16, 2013
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/-TashaJ-

      Yes it is.

      October 8, 2013
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/AllanM

        I'd say so.

        October 3, 2013
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/alfredo.pl

          Yeah, exactly what I thought. I entered it and lost a heart... >.<

          January 29, 2014
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Alex.Essilfie

            Whew! I almost wrote that but then I changed my mind at the last moment since experience has taught me that Duolingo doesn't like us writing natural-sounding English. :-P

            July 31, 2014
            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/n6zs
            • 1751

            Ouch! That is so sad, but I'm afraid there is some truth in that.

            September 22, 2014
            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/KyrenBurns

              Why is 'near to' wrong when 'near' and 'close to' are accepted? I also agree that 'nearby' and 'close by' should be acceptable. Is there a grammatical reason for this or is it just that the Duolingo programme needs to be taught by its users?

              October 3, 2014
              https://www.duolingo.com/profile/SloanePaoPow

                Can someone tell me the difference in meaning and usage between the words pres and proche?

                March 9, 2014
                https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Aishavande

                  Près is a adverbe and proche is an adjective. They mean the same thing.

                  April 15, 2014
                  https://www.duolingo.com/profile/yehcheese

                    Why is is "d'ici"? What's wrong with "La frontière est près ici"?

                    January 7, 2015
                    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/AllanM

                      Because it's always "près de" if what it is near is specified. This is one of those cases where the answer is because that's how French works.

                      January 27, 2015
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