"Tu es presque parfait."

Translation: You are almost perfect.

[TanteGeorgette]

First, I WISH someone would say this to me, and secondly I got so excited I spelled "perfect" wrong!:)

[coinaday]

Donc, tu es presque parfait!

[Rubenduburck]

'close to perfect' is wrong, but why? doesn't the word presque come directly from the words pres and que, meaning close to quite literally?

[SkepticalStudent]

Can you pronounce "presque" as having two syllables? I have been saying it like that after hearing a French teacher say it that way in high school, and now I am wondering if I have been saying it incorrectly all along ("press-kuh" (very soft second syllable) instead of "presk").

[loriwind]

is it wrong to say "tu es presque parfaite" instead of parfait? thanks!

[SkepticalStudent]

It's not wrong if you're talking to a girl! (In that case, you should definitely use 'parfaite' instead of 'parfait', and 'parfaites' if you're talking to a group of girls or women.) HTH. :)

[n6zs]

From an audio exercise, it is "parfait" and that is the only acceptable response. If you translate from English, you may use either "parfait" or "parfaite".

[Frenchfried1972r]

You are close to perfect should be correct. It means the same thing!!!

[joelers]

Maybe "You are close to perfection" otherwise it's incorrect

[xxxChocoMilkxxx]

I said you are near perfect. What is wrong with that. It actually make sense

[trung.n.thu]

Nearly should be fine