In a quiz, and i'm paraphrasing, "Ce soir, Paul sera gentil avec Lise." Why is Paul not nice "à Lise?"
Merci.
to be nice to
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to be nice to
This question relates to:French lesson "Conjugate être in the future tense in French (Le Futur Simple)"
Asked 4 years ago
This is another where the answer is “that is just the way it is”. Prepositions are just used differently in English and French.
In French it is < être gentil avec qqn >, in English (usually) “ to be nice to someone”.
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