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going for a ride or going for a walk
Is there an informal way of asking someone if he wants to go for a ride that could also be used to ask if he wants to go for a walk?
I heard something in 2 different movies that sounded the same. It sounded like:
Tu veux faire en auto?
Tu veux faire un tour?
Tu veux faire centaux?
I am sure the actors in the movie did not say "promenade."
I asked this earlier, but I think it got lost when they changed servers.

Language pair: French; Chinese, Mandarin

ArchivedMember
June 5, 2006

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Re:going for a ride or going for a walk
Hi hao li,

it's an expression rather abstract and informal. It's really depends of the situation.
For example, if you buy a car and show it your friend, you can say "tu veux faire un tour". You ask your friend if he wants to drive your car for a few moments or just to be in.
You can also say that to ask someone if he want to take a coffee or a beer or something else.

"tu veux faire" is "do you want to do"
"un tour" is abstract words to means what you are doing or what you want to do.

Properly, it means "do you want to do with (or without) me what i'm doing (or what I would).

Another example, if one of my friend is sad, i can ask him "tu veux faire un tour". It really mean "do you want to walk/ to take a coffee and we'll talk about your troubles"

I hope I answered to your question ;-)

Fred

Language pair: French; Chinese, Mandarin
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Frédéric
June 15, 2006

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