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"Le couscous est un plat d'Afrique du nord."
Translation:Couscous is a dish from North Africa.
April 15, 2018
15 Comments
[deactivated user]
We don't say North Europe or South Europe. Why North Africa? A vestige of European imperialism? Just kidding. Sort of. At least northern Africa should be accepted.
Wineguy14
133
In US English, we would sometimes say "a dish of North Africa, Would that be acceptable in French?
Joseph_Hind
109
My translation was "Couscous is a North African dish." It was marked wrong. Why? Now I've lost a heart.
Linda4406
188
I think it's because they want you to demonstrate that you know that the "du" in the sentence is translated as "from" or "of."