"We will push this back to later; it's not urgent."
Translation:On reportera ça à plus tard, ce n'est pas urgent.
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What's wrong with "Nous reporterons ça à tout à l'heure; ce n'est pas urgent"?
How come it's not tout à l'heure when all the other 'laters' in this lesson were. Where did we learn about à plus tard?
I intuitively didn't put "à tout à l'heure" because it didn't sound right, but it would be useful to know if it's ok.
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This exercise is the hardest in Duolingo. I've been marked wrong for plus tard and told to say à l'heure. So as soon as I use à l'heure it should be plus tard. I think I'll start learning Finnish or Chinese. They must be easier!
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Marked incorrect for tout a l'heure. I used this instead of plus tard because of its use in the recent lessons.
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This sounds odd in English - it's tautological. If you push something back then by definition it will be later. Is this also the case in French? However it you said "We will push this back to a specific time, eg tomorrow" it would be fine.
Reportera- to push back? Surely that would mean to postpone or defer as push back has no relevance at all in the English that I and my people speak. It may be the direct translation from the French; but it misses the mark for understanding of that translation
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Well "push back" is common office jargon that would be understood by many, but perhaps not all, in the UK. However I agree that postpone makes better sense - but hey, why not use two words when one will do better? Hehe!
It accepted .... On ça reportera à plus tard, ce n'est pas urgent... as correct and suggested that I had a typo saying....On la reportera à plus tard, ce n'est pas urgent... as an alternate choice. But there is no choice given for la and.... On ça reportera à plus tard, ce n'est pas urgent.... should have been marked incorrect because ....On reportera ça à plus tard, ce n'est pas urgent.... is indeed correct. The position of ça was wrong on my part and should have been marked wrong.
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Ça never goes before the verb like you put it. Never. Duo suggested the least disruptive "fix" -- use similarly spelled object pronoun before the verb. Next time try to remember to write it like Duo's default translation above.
