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What is the difference between J'ai deja été en retard a l'école plusieurs fois. and J'ai été en retard a l'école plusieurs fois. ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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- I've already been late several times to school.
- I've been late several times to school.
Same difference. The "déjà" (already) adds emphasis on the fact it's not the first time.
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- French (France)
The meaning of both these sentences is quite close.
However, by using "déjà" the emphasis is on your experience, whether it happened or not.
Something like 'I have been late to school several times.'
In the second one, it feels more like there is no doubt whether you ever came to school late or not. It maybe feels like the emphasis is on the fact that it happened more than once.
Something like 'I was late to school several times.'
I'm not sure how on point my translations are but I hope you get the gist of my explanation !
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