"Il aime manger beaucoup."

Translation:He likes to eat a lot.

April 10, 2013

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https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Onoszko

So, this could either mean that he likes eating loads of food, or that he really likes eating food? I typed in the latter, and it worked.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Sitesurf

You can interpret it as follows:

  • il aime manger beaucoup = he likes to eat a lot

  • il aime beaucoup manger = he really enjoys eating / he very much likes to eat


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/design_desire

In translating "il aime manger beaucoup" to English, I answered "he likes eating very much" and it was marked correct. Based on your response, sitesurf, should I be second guessing duolingo here? Thanks heaps!


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/noideasleft

I was marked wrong for ...very much - shame!


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/AeonMach

Thanks. Very logical and actually avoids the ambiguity that exists in English. (Or at least without saying the slightly stiff 'he very much likes to eat'.)


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/timeracer

Isn't the answer "He likes to eat much" correct?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/robhines

Very much for beaucoup should be accepted.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/lobotlr

Trés beaucoup would be very much


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/CarolynnFrenchie

Nope,"très beaucoup" doesn't exist in French ;) You can either say beaucoup or "vraiment beaucoup" like "Je l'aime vraiment beaucoup",but not in every context like whan you say thanks to someone,because you can't say "merci vraiment beaucoup" ;)


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/VadeGull

How do we beaucoup and trés?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/DDirewolf

Il aime manger plus petit.

Is this correct for He likes to eat less?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Sitesurf

The opposite of "more/plus" is "less/moins": il aime manger moins = he likes to eat less.

The opposite of "much/beaucoup" is "little/peu": il aime manger peu = he likes to eat little (not much)


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/edcoursenyahooco

Somtimes aime means like othertimes it means love. I must have missed something because I never know when do use them correctly I just quess.

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