leona (corrigez-moi svp)

[idle minnow]

Please be patient

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[wet bobcat]

Je ne suis pas sûre de comprendre

La traduction « tu parles bien français pour un américain » est bonne

[sturdy wren]

I think they were asking if this particular use and meaning of pour exists in French naturally, as opposed to it being an anglicism.

It seems to establish a type of contrast of the level of French between the average American and this particular individual.

[lost dawn]

Yeah I’m just asking because of “pour” in this sense

“malgré le fait que tu es américain”

kind of like that

[sturdy wren]

@lost dawn I think I found it:

15. Le point de repère à partir duquel s'établit une comparaison, une constatation, une concession, une restriction, une opposition :

• Il est très avancé pour son âge.

from https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/pour/63108