Please help with this translation - thanks in advance

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EducatorPermalink Reply by stu harris on December 22, 2010 at 4:19pm

1. So where did you put your mouth again?

2. I wonder if we can sleep at his place?

3. We'll sleep in the hotel

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Permalink Reply by Ed la mouette on December 22, 2010 at 5:58pm

Hello James and Stu,

"to wonder" gives "se demander", and "to ask" gives "demander". So :

Do i ask if we can sleep at his place ? 

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EducatorPermalink Reply by stu harris on December 22, 2010 at 6:13pm

Well, yes, word for word it should be I ask if we can sleep at his place but that doesn't really make sense. Since this is very informal text I just assumed that the reflexive me had been omitted.

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EducatorPermalink Reply by stu harris on December 23, 2010 at 12:46am

Ah yes, I see it differently now. I think it should be:

 

Shall I ask if we can sleep at his place?

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Permalink Reply by Cath on January 1, 2011 at 5:19am

Rhoooo, Megami, tjrs aussi powerful ds tes réponses ! Même moi en tant que native je n'avais pas capté le "j'demande" et j'avais intuitivement compris "je me demande" ! Mais c'est toi qui as raison !!!! Toutes mes congratules ;-) et de +....très bonne année 2011 ! Bises

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