Does "Je sors à Londres" imply that the destination is London?

Joan C.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Does "Je sors à Londres" imply that the destination is London?

If not, then why does "Je sors au restaurant" imply that the destination is the restaurant? Since both sentences have the same structure "sortir à"

This question relates to:French lesson "Expressing "to leave" with partir/laisser/quitter/sortir in French"

Asked 3 years ago

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Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

Sortir -- to go out.
Je sors au restaurant. -- I'm going out to the restaurant.

You can't say, "I go out to London". If you want to say that you're going to London, you'd use something like, "Je pars à Londres" or "Je vais à Londres".

Like03 years ago

CélineNative French expert teacher in Kwiziq

Bonjour Joan,

To supplement Chris's answer, please follow the link below and read Laura's answer:

partir-sortir

I hope this is helpful.

Bonne journée !

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Joan C. asked:

Does "Je sors à Londres" imply that the destination is London?

If not, then why does "Je sors au restaurant" imply that the destination is the restaurant? Since both sentences have the same structure "sortir à"

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