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I said these exact words to myself as I opened up the comment section to write this.
Back while the Earth was still cooling, I had a Parisian French teacher who would give wonderfully Gallic shrugs and say 'Meuph! Where do you theenk eet ees going to rain?!'
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It rained heavily, there was a strong wind from the North, the rain came through my wall and fell on my TV and radio. So, it can rain indoors. I am glad you have never experienced it.
No, I did experience it when a typhoon tore off the roof of a place I was living in while I was there.
I heard her say "Il pleut d'or" and dreamed of a context in which that would make sense.
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You might want to google "golden shower" before spreading this much further. In todays social media, that would not be something to dream about, for most people.
That's what I heard, and it kept telling me that it didn't seem to be French. Um... I may have been wrong, but it was at least the right language!
"dehors" is an adverb: you can use it as a stand alone;
"en dehors" can also be an adverb: "que fais-tu en dehors ?" or as a preposition: "que fais-tu en dehors de ça ?" (both meaning: what do you do apart from that?)
If there is a leak in your roof, you can say "il pleut à l'intérieur / il pleut dedans"
"dehors" can be a noun or an adverb: il pleut dehors (adv) or il pleut au dehors (noun)
"extérieur" is only a masculine noun: l'extérieur de la boîte est rouge - il pleut à l'extérieur
No they are not.
pleut = [plø]
plus (positive) = [plys]
plus (negative) = [ply]
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I answered with "outdoors" and was marked as wrong, but on a previous phrase, "il joue dehors", I answered "he is playing outside" and the alternative correct answer provided was: "he is playing outdoors."
Just to say that often you will hear simply "out" rather than "outside", in a sentence like this: "It's raining out".
I was going to try it but I don't think it would be accepted by DL.
No, "pleuvoir" has a dummy subject: "il pleut" = it is raining.
What you suggest would back translate to "this is raining outside", because c' is a real subject.
