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Regarding the A2 writing exercise and the phrase,
'I'm quite sensitive to pain'.
The correct phrase indicated by you would be 'je suis en peu sensible a la douleur'. Wouldn't that mean 'a little sensitive'? Could you say 'je suis assez sensible' to indicate 'quite', which would mean more than 'a little' to me?
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Comments: 3
Bonjour Tracy,
Glad you like them. :-) This is a difference between UK and US English: in British English, quite can mean "a bit," whereas in the US, it means "rather." I'm American myself, so I find this confusing too. Kwiziq is a British company, and we try to keep an eye out for issues like - thanks for bringing it to our attention.
Bonjour Tracy !
To be absolutely honest, I had meant to change it to "I'm a bit sensitive to pain". You are correct that "quite" could be translated by "assez". I've now changed it to "a bit" to match "un peu". Thank you for letting us know!
Merci et à bientôt !