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[green quiver]

Please be patient

Our volunteers look into many questions every day; sometimes it takes them a little while to answer.

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Make it descriptive, including relevant context, but also to the point. This way you improve your chances of getting a more relevant and specific answer.

[normal ether]

it works

though u can only use "on est allés boire un café" for short

[oblique oar]

thank you, just wondered if the repetition of café sounded weird

[normal ether]

no no, it's completely fine

[obtuse raft]

it's no more repetitious than saying "we went to the coffeeshop and had coffee"
it just so happens that "café" has both meanings: coffeeshop and coffee
chances are a native of either language wouldn't say it that way because it's just unnecessary

[oblique oar]

i see, i asked this since I wanted to say ‘on est allé au café et on a mangé des pâtisseries avec du café’

[obtuse raft]

it's perfectly fine
it's just that, like I said, most natives would probably leave out superfluous details
but, like, if it's important to mention what you had there, then you'd have to say it that way!

[unique sluice]

You can specify what type of coffee you drank so the info doesn't seem redundant.

[obtuse raft]

it's just that in real life, I don't think I've ever said to someone "I went to starbucks and had coffee" or something like that