"On est censes marcher". I have never seen a lesson on this usage. Is censer a verb--I can't find it. Is there a lesson on this?
Etre cense faire
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MikeKwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Etre cense faire
This question relates to:French lesson "Expressing "to walk" with se promener/promener/marcher/aller à pied in French"
Asked 2 years ago
Hi,
The expression 'être censé faire quelque chose' is very niche so wouldn't warrant a lesson. It's an impressive one to use if you have the chance.
Just to add to what Jim said, take a look at this Larousse page
https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/%C3%AAtre_cens%C3%A9/14074
Bonne Continuation !
Jim Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
Hi Mike,
The expression is "être censé (adjective) faire" (qch) --> "to be supposed to do" (sth)
https://www.wordreference.com/enfr/supposed
https://kwiziq.learnfrenchwithalexa.com/questions/view/vous-etes-censes-________-sur-le-trottoir-you-re-supposed-to-walk-on-the-sidewalk-you-re-supposed-to#AnswerAddForm
Hope this helps
Jim
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