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Bonsoir mon amie

English translation: Good evening, my friend...

00:37 Nov 25, 2001
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
French term or phrase: Bonsoir mon amie
Bonsoir mon amie
smurfy98
English translation:Good evening, my friend...
Explanation:
..!
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PaLa
Germany
Local time: 21:35
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +10Good evening, my friend...
PaLa
5 +2Good evening / Good night my friend
Sylvie Brideau
5Good evening/ Good night darling!
Irene Zimmermann


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +10
Good evening, my friend...


Explanation:
..!


    Six years of French at school
PaLa
Germany
Local time: 21:35
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Francesco Barbuto: You cannot miss on this one!!!
3 mins
  -> Merci bien! Enchanté!
agree  DPolice: "amie" is neutral, does not suggest she is your girlfriend, just a friend.
9 mins
  -> Merci a vous aussi. C'ést vrai.
agree  Fernando Muela Sopeña
28 mins
  -> Dominus vobiscum.
agree  Sheila Hardie
41 mins
  -> Gràcies
agree  sjpereira
1 hr
  -> thank you very much!
agree  Linda Young (X)
2 hrs
  -> Are you sure?
agree  amarilis
3 hrs
  -> Kabkoon krup!
agree  sujata
3 hrs
  -> Thank you! Nice party, this, isn't it?
agree  Yannick MARCHEGAY: More and more difficult :o)
3 hrs
  -> Mais non! Encore plus facile!
agree  Lise Boismenu, B.Sc.: I'am not quite sure about this one, but I would tend to agree...
4 hrs
  -> Thank you. (We now have eleven people packed into a mini-question.)
neutral  Jennifer White: Yes, but we wouldn't say "my friend", would we?
8 hrs
  -> I suppose it would depend who we were talking to.
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Good evening / Good night my friend


Explanation:
Good evening my friend: if you are greeting your friend when you first start a conversation

Good night my friend: if you are leaving your friend's company

French native speaker

Sylvie Brideau
Canada
Local time: 15:35
PRO pts in pair: 37

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  PaLa
13 mins
agree  Kathryn Partlan (X)
38 mins
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Good evening/ Good night darling!


Explanation:
The sentence is told to a woman. Instead of darling you can use my sweatheart! my dear! dearest! as well

Irene Zimmermann
Local time: 21:35
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