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prime scarabBOT Jun 28, 2025, 4:16 AM

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thorny pumice Jun 28, 2025, 4:20 AM

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se passer is the infinitive meaning to happen or in this case to go (well)

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it's not about it happening to itself

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sometimes this is called a pronominal verb, because it requires a pronoun

candid dagger Jun 28, 2025, 5:48 AM

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thorny pumice se passer is the infinitive meaning to happen or in this case to go (well)

So Se Passer means To go and To happen?

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Is it To go only if ça is used?

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If I want to say ''Ça se passe bien '' It literally means It happens well?

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Sorry late response I was raging playing brawl stars

thorny pumice Jun 28, 2025, 5:51 AM

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well, we don't say "it happens well" in english... we say "it goes well"

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se passer doesn't mean to go as in "i go to the supermarket" that's aller (je vais au supermarché)

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but like in the example i posted "j'espere que ton voyage se passe bien" = "i hope your trip goes well"

candid dagger Jun 28, 2025, 6:04 AM

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thorny pumice but like in the example i posted "j'espere que ton voyage se passe bien" = "i ho...

Why can't you just say J'espere que ton voyage va bien?

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Is Aller for someone going somewhere and how they're feeling and Se passe is an event and situation?

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Like if you're going to work you say Tout se passe bien because aller/ va/vais is to health and places and se passe is situations and life?

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I could be wrong

thorny pumice Jun 28, 2025, 6:10 AM

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you can say both tout va bien or tout se passe bien. i think they have slightly different vibes but more or less mean the same thing

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i'm just explaining in what sense se passer means go

candid dagger Jun 28, 2025, 6:13 AM

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So the trip is an event so you say se passe to say Goes/Is going well?'' If you said Va would it mean your trip feels well or something like that?

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when you say j'espere que ton voyage se passe bien

blazing ice Jun 28, 2025, 8:43 AM

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just learn se passer as being different from se + passer

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;chatgpt

prime scarabBOT Jun 28, 2025, 8:43 AM

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afrancophonie ChatGPT et les autres grands modèles de langage d'IA sont des outils intéressants pour l'apprentissage des langues, mais faillibles. Les informations qu'ils donnent peuvent être erronées, tout en donnant des justifications plausibles pour quelqu'un ne maîtrisant pas la langue. Il ne faut pas les utiliser comme source ultime d'information. Ils peuvent cependant aider à déconstruire une phrase en divers concepts (que vous pouvez ensuite vérifier), donner des traductions contextualisées, et simuler divers interlocuteurs.

anglophonie ChatGPT and other large AI language models are interesting tools for language learning, but they are fallible. The information they provide can be incorrect while offering seemingly logical justifications to someone who does not fully master the language. They should not be used as an endpoint for information. However, they can help deconstruct a sentence into various concepts that you can then verify, provide contextualized translations, and simulate diverse conversational partners.

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