#juste or seulement?

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silk garnet
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in a sentence such as (silly example) “i am just a girl” does it matter if you use juste or seulement? like “je suis seulement une fille” or “je suis juste une fille”

and is that sentence formatting right?

bold glen
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not too sure myself, but seulement is "just" in the sense of "solely" while juste is "just" in the sense of merely.

"Je suis juste une fille" = "I am merely a girl" (the one I assume you're looking for)

"Je suis seulement une fille" = "I am solely a girl" (as in only a girl, nothing more than a girl; does not have the same "merely" connotation to it)

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also yes the formatting's fine