Marc, lève la tête

Rahul K.A2Kwiziq community member

Marc, lève la tête

are these both translation not correct for the "Marc, lève la tête"

Marc, lift your head.
Marc lifts his head.

Thanks for reply.

This question relates to:French lesson "Using le, la, les with body parts and clothing (definite articles)"

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Maarten K.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributorCorrect answer

Rahul,

the comma is important in both English and French in these phrases.

The comma changes the meaning, so ‘ Mark, lève la tête ‘ would be understood as an instruction, not a description of what Mark is doing.

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Anne D.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Not to butt in but the two sentences will also sound different in spoken French, with a pause to indicate the comma in the first one. (You can check this by putting both into Google Translate and listening to the difference)

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