"Madame, attachez tout de suite votre ceinture !"

Translation: Ma'am, fasten your seatbelt right away!

[nationale7]

"Madam, fasten your seatbelt right away" was accepted, but it said that Madam had a typo. NO, it did not. I wrote MADAM quite explicitly and it was 100% correct. I have never used the word "ma'am in my life and I never will.

[BruceEMellon]

Not even to her Maj?

[GillArcher]

We do not say ma'am in the UK. We say madam

[ukaunz]

Unless it's the queen. "On presentation to The Queen, the correct formal address is 'Your Majesty' and subsequently 'Ma'am,' pronounced with a short 'a,' as in 'jam'." https://www.royal.uk/greeting-member-royal-family

[nationale7]

Who has been watching the new season of "The Crown"?

[KateMcCabe4]

I would say Madam or Miss or I would say "Lady, fasten your seatbelt right away!" With the addition of the exclamation point, it was not a polite request.

[PATRICKPIZ1]

it was not impolite; it was urgent. at least in the US 'lady' would be rude.

[nationale7]

I entered "Madam attach your seat belt immediately" and it was rejected. This whole section seems to reject perfectly good translations.

[kittycatcharm]

"Attach" doesn't make sense in English. Fasten makes sense, but I've always heard/ said buckle.

[Darrell2022]

"Buckle..." was accepted for me.

[b_adger]

"Madam, fasten your belt right away" not accepted - reported

[Spacemanspack]

"Belt" was rejected by Duolingo. In English 'belt' can imply 'seatbelt', especially if you are sitting in a car

[LindaMundy1]

Agreed. 'Ceinture' seems to mean both in French. Are you sure there wasn't another mistake in your sentence? Easily done, as I know to my own cost.

[PATRICKPIZ1]

this is a section about flying around in aeroplanes--check the title.

[b_adger]

"Seat belt" is not a typo/missing a space.

[rockleeover10k_h]

It accepted buckle up. Cool

[keith544998]

"madam, attach your seatbelt right away" - marked wrong - so sad

[KateMcCabe4]

People do not say "ma'am" in the US unless you are from the South.

[equinecm]

I disagree, I hear it a lot up here in the northeast. It's pretty universal.

[LindaMundy1]

Fancy speaking to The Queen that way! Off with his head!!

[CoolNana3]

I think tout de suite at the end sounds much nicer, lesd stilted!

[JohnG268007]

why is toute wrong?

[Martyn413385]

In the UK the use of "madam" is a bit of a minefield. Best to leave it out! Whereas "Sir" does not tend to create too many problems. The addition of "Please" or "Excuse me, please... " always helps - but Duo consistently omits this common politeness.

[AndySpalding63]

It's really not. No one remotely sensible would think that you are calling them a brothel keeper if you were asking them to fasten their seatbelt..

[rockleeover10k_h]

Why cant you say miss instead of ma'am?

[Martyn413385]

Not really, because that would be "Mademoiselle".
I'm not sure, but I think the origin in French of "Madame" = Ma dame, which literally means "My lady" - hence Madame = Milady. This is rather old fashioned and is seldom used these days. Similarly "Mademoiselle" comes from "Ma demoiselle" which literally means "My girl". Hence if you "Miss" a "Madam" you might flatter the lady, but if you "Madam" a "Miss" you might not please the girl! :-)

[Genevieve7777]

We do use the term "ma'am" where I'm from (U.S./West Coast). Not surprisingly, women do not like to be addressed as "ma'am" as it implies you're on the older side. "Miss" is a better option. :)

[natepruitt1]

Ma'am, fasten your seatbelt immediately marked wrong.

[Wambembalubu]

What's wrong with missus, or hey you?

[ronaldsantoro243]

attach and fasten should be synonymous in the English translation.

[ed5qTL]

"Madam, Fasten, At once, Your seatbelt."

Why is it arranged this way? Im seeing madam is formal so you voullow up with a vous. Attach is a verb.