zyrie7777

[dire bloom]

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.

[stiff cove]

it's the actual translation, but

• if it's obvious, you can drop "de classe", and just use "camarade"
• oftentimes people won't really translate "classmate" as is but rather change the sentence around to indicate people in the same class
  for instance "We were classmates a few years ago" => "On était dans la même classe (in the same class) il y a quelques années"
  or "Do you get along with your classmates?" => "Tu t'entends bien avec ceux de ta classe (kids in your class) ?"

[cursive peak]

so how do i say "hello, classmates"?

[stiff cove]

just drop classmates

[cursive peak]

as i learn more french i find out that a lot of words have a roundabout translation

[stiff cove]

yeah, a lot of English nouns get indirectly translated
for instance "learner" does have a direct translation (apprenant) but this one is very rarely used in French, a lot of people don't even know it's an actual word. Instead, people use the verb "apprendre" (learn) in some way in the sentence
"There are fewer and fewer French learners" => "Il y a de moins en moins de gens qui apprennent le français (people learning French)"

[cursive peak]

merci beaucoup flynn

[dusty laurel]

Just to follow up real quick: is it ok to use an anglicism un classmate

Mon classmate a eu 100 à l'examen

[stiff cove]

you're gambling on getting understood then