que le sable etait beau

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Permalink Reply by Frank on December 27, 2009 at 3:10pm

Hi Firoz,

It means how beautiful the sand was.

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Permalink Reply by Firoz Rafique on December 29, 2009 at 1:04pm

Merci.

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Permalink Reply by jemma on January 6, 2010 at 10:03pm

the sand was beautiful

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Permalink Reply by Frank on January 6, 2010 at 10:06pm

Noppe, notice the leading "Que" that means how + adjective :)

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Permalink Reply by Neil Coffey on January 6, 2010 at 11:50pm

Just a small tip when you're translating "que..." -- using how + adj is a little literary/old-fashioned. It's more natural to say e.g. the sand was so/really lovely!, the sand was really nice!, it was really nice sand! etc.

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Permalink Reply by Frank on January 7, 2010 at 12:00am

Thanks for the tip, Neil.

Incidentally, this is also the case in French. Que/Comme + adj is definitely literary/old-fashioned.

It would be way more natural to say "Le sable était si beau", "Le sable était super beau", etc.

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