Topic: French

"Elle habite sur la côte ouest."

Translation:She lives on the west coast.

December 30, 2012

16 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/jennifleur

    She lives on the west coast

    December 30, 2012
    https://www.duolingo.com/lkt005

      yeah they accept on the west coast though so what's the problem?

      February 7, 2013
      https://www.duolingo.com/DianaM

        Apparently the English answer was originally given as "in the west coast". See? They do fix things.

        April 2, 2014
        https://www.duolingo.com/HunterofApollo

          Californie♡

          July 22, 2016
          https://www.duolingo.com/DmytroShkr

            on the coast is standard

            July 22, 2013
            https://www.duolingo.com/MADAMEFLOCH

              Should be ON the west coast

              February 2, 2013
              https://www.duolingo.com/peterxor

                I also agree - 'in the coast' does not seem like correct English to me

                July 11, 2013
                https://www.duolingo.com/jonathan.s75

                  I put in the west coast =( Maybe I have been living in Québec city too long

                  June 9, 2014
                  https://www.duolingo.com/DianaM

                    Mais, c'est impossible, ça!

                    July 14, 2014
                    https://www.duolingo.com/zaborowzki

                      Why is "west banks" refused ?

                      November 8, 2014
                      https://www.duolingo.com/tlrowan

                        What is the difference in usage between habite and vivre?

                        June 21, 2016
                        https://www.duolingo.com/ArpsTnd
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                        I have seen that word in the country "Côte d'Ivoire". I thought « côte » means side?

                        (Yeah, I compared it to the fact that it is on the side of Africa)

                        May 8, 2018
                        https://www.duolingo.com/Alison587455

                          Cote d'Ivoire is Ivory Coast in English, but I had the same question. Using Google Translate, I found the difference is literally an accent.

                          West Side = Côté Ouest; West Coast = Côte Ouest

                          June 6, 2018
                          https://www.duolingo.com/Hector290697

                            West coast! Lol XD I'm surprised "ouest" is pronounced the same as "west".

                            July 5, 2018
                            https://www.duolingo.com/koreanjesu5

                              Why sur ? Why not à or en? Or dans?

                              October 12, 2018
                              https://www.duolingo.com/6gKIFocY

                                I put in exactly the same answer

                                February 9, 2019
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