I am afraid that we got there too late.

Question

I translated this as: "J'ai peur que nous soyons y arrivés trop tard." In particular, I used "y" to account for the original "there" in the English version. Alas, it was counted wrong, the correct answer given without the "y". To avoid confusion, I suggest the English sentence be given as: "I am afraid that we arrived too late." This leaves no doubt what you are looking for.

Answer

Bonjour Claus !

The fact is that in French, when you use the verb "arriver" to express "to get there", you don't add the locative "y", similarly to "to arrive" in English.

But I do agree with your suggestion and changed the English in the question accordingly :)

Merci beaucoup et à bientôt !

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