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5 August
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Quelle est la différence entre mauvais and mal?
Quelle est la différence entre mauvais and mal?
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- French (France)
« Mauvais » is an adjective (it can stand for bad) and « mal » is a noun (evil).
- English (US)
@Aixela2301 so mauvais can describe a verb too?
- French (France)
No, it can’t. However, « mal » can describe a verb. Sorry I forgot to tell you that « mal » was a noun and an adverb.
Ex : J’ai mal regardé. (I looked badly.)
Le mal est le contraire du bien. (Evil is the opposite of good.)
C’est le mauvais choix. (It’s not the good choice.)
- English (US)
@Aixela2301 Merci beaucoup. Pouvez-vous me dire la différence entre bien et bon?
- French (France)
Bien and bon means good. The difference is that bon is more used to describe good food and flavours. And bien the other cases like school, work,…
Ex : Ce sandwich est trop bon ! (This sandwich is so good !)
Il travaille bien à l’école. (He works well at school.)
- English (US)
@Aixela2301 so is there an overall rule that I can go by?
- French (France)
I don’t think we have any rule about it because we use them naturally. Moreover, bien and bon can be an adverb, an adjective or a noun so it’s hard to make a rule.
I don’t know if it can help you to make difference between them :
Ce que tu fait est bien. (When talking about work) What you are doing is good.
Ce que tu fais est bon. (When talking about food) What you are doing is good.
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