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d0gsb0dy | 23:04 Sun 23rd Apr 2006 | Phrases & Sayings
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I need to translate the phrase 'You are too early' into the above languages. I'm OK with German, but need advice with the others. Anyone help, please?
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Er.......... also, Hungarian.
Spanish is:

Usted es demasiado temprano...

i am italian - tu sei tropo presto

Welsh - You are too early, isn't it

French:


Tu es trop t�t (familiar)


Vous �tes trop t�t (formal)


In French, I'd say it'd be :


Tu es en avance. ( fam )


Vous �tes en avance. ( formal/plural )


SteveD's version makes sense, but he gave a literal translation, which you wouldn't use in French.

Just to add another bit here, you can use SteveD's translation if you add a verb to it:


Tu es arriv� trop tot. ( you came too early )


Vous �tes arriv�s trop tot. ( same as above )


Tot takes an accent ( see SteveD's answer ), but now I can't remember the keyboard shortcut for it...:-).

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Thanks, folks, but I seem to have lost the Italian translation. Hope I didn;t click on 'Report this' instead of 'Submit' when I rated it. :(

Yes, it seems to have gone...


Well, here it is again : Tu sei troppo presto.

maximo - thanks, now I know what that French girl was saying
lol !!!
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Thanks, maximo. Very kind of you.
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Maximo. What is the difference between Tu sei troppo presto and Tu sei troppo veloce?

I'm not an expert on Italian ( I'm French ), but :


Presto means "early" in this case ( although sometimes it can mean "quick" too...bit confusing, I know ! ), and "veloce" means "quick", or "fast" ( it never means early ).


Hope this helps !

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Thanks for your help, maximo. By the way, I also have French blood. My great x 6 Grandfather, Jean Artois, married a girl called Elizabeth Mons at Gloucester Saint Mary's church in 1746. I assume that Mons is also a French surname.
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Maximo. Now see that the Italian answer is back. Troppo spelt tropo, however.

Yes, it's back now...weird ! Anyway, I just double-checked : it's spelt with 2 P's ( troppo ).

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Cheers, Maximo
"jesteś za wcześnie" means you're too early

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