"À la fin des vacances, nous étions tous bronzés."
Translation:At the end of the vacation, we were all tan.
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sure but using 'tan' instead of 'tanned' changes the meaning slightly. 'bronzé' correcponds exactly to 'tanned' so that is the correct translation.
Tan, adjective: "having skin that has been made darker by being exposed to the sun's rays". What is incorrect about it?
The past participle is being used as an adjective here. There's no reason to limit it's valid translations to other past participles.
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Agreed. "Tan" makes no sense in UK English. Also does "all" mean that all of us were tanned or that each of us were completely tanned?
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Tanned not tan. In this exercise the use of tan instead of tanned is repeatedly used. It is very strange English.
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"we were tanned all over" or "we had an all-over tan" or "we were completely tanned". These would all be better translations in UK English
Terrible English. I know we are learning French but it does make me wonder about the French constructions here.
At the end of the vacation, we were all tanned. That would be more correct.
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Tan describes a state, tanned the result of a process. After our holidays (spent largely in the sun) we were TANNED.
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All tan. Not English, so.. We were all tanned. I expect Duo means all of them were tanned. Not we were tanned all over.
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J'ai écrit "tout bronzés" (=entièrement bronzés) et non "tous bronzés" parce que le " s" n'est pas prononcé et ça me compte faux ???
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Bizarre - did anyone else notice that one of the options when reporting, is "My answer should NOT be accepted"?????
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yes... I ALWAYS use it when I am forced to use the Duolingo solution, but I don't agree with it. If they put it, is because they know...
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Not sure why the english/french translators don't read the comments, surely 61 comments over many months should indicate that the option provided should b considered.
Because that's what the "report" feature is for, not the forums. There are no staff reading these forums, they're for discussing the language with other users.
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Yes, you are right. Not pronounced, it would be confused with 'tout bronzés' meaning 'completely tanned.'
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Yes. It is probably mispronounced here because in other contexts, the s in the word tous would be silent as it is in "tous les jours." There are similar mistakes throughout the course involving the words "plus" and "as" whose final "s" should be pronounced in some contexts and not in others.
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No. It's only pronounced if the following word begins with a vowel, as in "nous étions" that precedes it.
After the verb class TO BE (was), it needs to be the simple past. Was tan(ned)
Correct. This sounds best to me with tan. But it's an adjective.
And noting, we do use "tanned" also. Leather is tanned, it's a chemical process to preserve and soften it. Our skin becomes tan (a darker color than before) when we spend time in the sun. If I said skin were tanned, it would imply leathery and over-done, rather than a healthy tan after vacation.
You would never say "we were all tan", it makes no sense whatsoever.
What a load of old ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤. Get over it people. Using tan as an adjective for tanned skin is uniquely North American. In the UK they use the colo[u]r brown in this case. So nobody is right or wrong, but it would be good for the app to include all variations. After all, they accept both GBP and USD for payment
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The French use bronzé which is a past participle used as an adjective, not as a verb. We can do that in English with "tanned", also a past participle used as a verb. That should be a accepted by Duo, and If someone bothered to report it, it has probably already been added.
However, I typed "tan" because that's what popped into my head as the correct answer. In my dialect, we use the adjective "tan" more than we use the adjective "tanned".
What bothers me is that so many people insist that "tanned" is the only correct answer. That simply isn't true. Its certainly possible that your answer can be correct at the same time somebody else's answer is also correct. The English speaking world really does extend beyond your river valley or my river valley or Duo's river valley.
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people are complaining because 'tanned' is the correct translation and 'tan' is not, not that 'tanned' is the only correct translation (which it is). If 'tanned' had been acceptable in the first place this discussion would be empty. How anyone could overlook 'tanned' is unfathomable.
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I'm going by a dictionary rather than the unsupported opinion of "some guy on the Internet".
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tan
Here's a cute article looking at the international distinction between tan and tanned:
https://www.glossophilia.org/2015/07/tan-or-tanned-brown-or-bronzed/
A bilingual French-British English dictionary isn't going to tell you if your translation from French to American English is correct.
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So use a French-(American) English one, obviously. And that's actually not French-to BR En anyway.
And that's actually not French-to BR En anyway.
The union jack next to "anglais" suggests otherwise.
What bothers me is all the hate and downvoting of reasonable explanations. They are BOTH correct. All this excessive repetitive dismissal of American English is so frustrating and hurtful. Your preferred answers will be added if they haven't already. The flat out refusal in these comments to recognize other cultures is baffling.
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Hi Alexmiller. Your comment is perfectly reasonable. What I have often complained about is exactly what you said, but directed to the course contributors at Duo who, on too many occasions, flat out refuse to recognise anything other than their own version of the English language, which is not necessarily pleasing to all American ears. In the case of 'tan' or 'tanned', both should be accepted, but they are not. As for Duo 'adding' to the list of accepted answers, that happens and I have had many emails from Duo accepting my 'suggestion'. What is baffling is the large number of issues, many of which have remained unrevised for five years.
Well they don't have to keep repeating the same impotent comment. Use the Report feature and get it added.