Aug 25, 2004 05:44
19 yrs ago
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French term
United States
Literature & Scholarship
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: French to English, English, German to English
sache
French to English
Other
Linguistics
In a letter from a man to his brother, whose son was killed.
C'est vraiment pénible mais sache qu'il n'y a rien de bon dans notre pays.
sache= know? be sure? you know? I don't understand what verb tense it is. It's conjugated like a subjunctive, but...
C'est vraiment pénible mais sache qu'il n'y a rien de bon dans notre pays.
sache= know? be sure? you know? I don't understand what verb tense it is. It's conjugated like a subjunctive, but...
Proposed translations
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| 4 +11 | imperative tense |
CMJ_Trans (X)
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| 4 +10 | you have to understand/know, I have to say that |
suezen
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Proposed translations
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imperative tense
know that/be aware that
In fact, in English you would probably render this differently
It's really tough but there's nothing good in this country, you know
In fact, in English you would probably render this differently
It's really tough but there's nothing good in this country, you know
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "merci"
+10
18 mins
you have to understand/know, I have to say that
there are probably other possibilities
Peer comment(s):
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margaret caulfield
: I have to say is my preference here.
27 mins
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jennifer de luca (X)
: or: you must understand...imperative tense
58 mins
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Kit Cree
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thanks
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Koen Roelens
: I have to say/admit
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Enza Longo
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Philip Taylor
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Baadshah
: often we would also say you should know, or ought to know
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thanks, I agree
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writeaway
: agree with RUSTOM
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Alfa Trans (X)
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Ivana de Sousa Santos
: correct aussi
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