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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Reminds me of "it doesn't matter" in my second language English class. We all said together as a class "it's not grave" when asked what we thought "ce n'est pas grave" was in English.

[–] BlemboTheThird 27 points 1 year ago (6 children)

The worst part is that technically isn't incorrect in English. Conversationally, most people might take a second, but grave does also mean serious

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Absolutely if someone said "it's not grave" to me I would understand it to mean "it's not serious" or "it's not very important"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

It could be a grave misunderstanding

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