"Je vais vers la fille."

Translation: I am going toward the girl.

[milchquarz]

Shouldn't it be "I am going towards the girl." With s, not "toward"? Sorry not a native english speaker.

[AQ_marine]

Simply put:
"Towards" - British English
"Toward" - American English

http://grammarist.com/spelling/toward-towards/

I'm a little annoyed because I lost a heart over the 's'!

[gbrown022]

Wow, thanks for the link. I'm deepening my knowledge of American and British English while I learn French!

[dunk999]

Interesting. Lots of Americans use towards.

[muss950994]

Yeah, I'm Canadian, i say "towards" I didn't know that you could say it in this context without the "s".

[WenLJ]

Is toward without 's' wrong here? I always say towards anyway.

[prkoat]

It is accepted now

[tormuto]

Good luck brov. ;)

[Erika24601]

I literally wrote je am going towards the girl and wanted to slap myself

[pbarth]

Why is "I walk toward the girl." incorrect?

[renewtheruins]

"I walk toward the girl" would be "Je marche vers la fille."

• Vais is the "I" present tense conjugation of aller=to go.
• Marcher=to walk (marche would be the correct conjugation).

[protagonist-chan]

I go towards the girl, and flirt with her ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[ajyro]

Avec la langue d'amour, non?

[jylo78]

why is "I head towards the girl" incorrect? how would one say that in french?

[JohnMiller36]

I guess you could say "je me dirige vers la fille".

[FabioTorre9]

Duo just said that the right answer is "I START toward the girl". Really?!?! This is clearly wrong.

[arkabai]

why is "i walk towards the girl" wrong?

[northernguy]

Aller means to go. (je vais = I am going)

When you are going toward someone or something you may be doing so in any number of ways besides walking. Skiing, running, falling, driving etc.

[renewtheruins]

This one's a tongue-twister.

[dro151]

why is I go near the girl incorrect?

[Alisonj3]

"Vers" is translated as "near" as well as "toward" in the drop-down menu, but apparently that meaning is used more in a temporal sense ("it's near midnight") than spatial. To go near to a thing or person would be "près" or "proche."

[ferynn]

Because the sentence states that you go in the girl's direction, not that you're planning to stop near her.

[bakewelltart00]

It really sounds to me like it says "les filles" not "la fille".

[LinguiJosh]

What a cheeky phrase!

[StuntJadside]

Now might be a good time to run, girl...

[ladysomnambule]

The female voice's sound quality is pretty crappy. The r's aren't clear enough, especially compared to the male voice, and the overall sound is too tinny. If Duolingo could fix the female French voice soon, that would be great.

[NoelWood]

This would be an unusual phase in English. I'm wondering is it a euphemism in French for meaning something like 'I am attracted to that girl'

[Pafnoocy]

What about "I approach the girl." Isn't it the same thing?

[Jane821964]

Towards is the correct English

[WaiShiuNYC]

Shouldn't "I go over to the girl" be considered correct as well?

Or is this one of those duolingoism where my version is not accepted (programmed in) because it's too colloquial?

[Amit331046]

I answered "I am going towards the daughter" and was marked wrong..