Topic: French

"The young man makes his marriage proposal."

Translation:Le jeune homme fait sa demande en mariage.

March 20, 2013

9 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/profile/lolaphilologist
  • 2348

"proposition de mariage" should also be accepted.

March 20, 2013
https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Sitesurf
Mod

    "proposition" sounds like something professional.

    March 20, 2013
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/lolaphilologist
    • 2348

    perhaps, but google "proposition de mariage" and see how many hits you get- not to mention quite a few youtube videos of people proposing. I think that show it's in common use.

    March 20, 2013
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Sitesurf
    Mod

      Let's say it is less elegant than "demande en mariage" in the French culture.

      March 20, 2013
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/LizabetN

        pourquoi "jeune." L'homme est masculin

        May 20, 2013
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Sitesurf
        Mod

          "jeune" is the masculine and feminine, (singular) form.

          May 20, 2013
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/LizabetN

            merci beaucoup

            May 20, 2013
            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/andresfrench

              Couldn't be "demande de mariage"?

              May 11, 2014
              https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Jonathande61

                the way the English sentence is formulated seems so bussiness like. I see him using a flipchart

                June 20, 2014
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