« to attend (be present at) » en sept langues
Sensto attend (be present at)
Espagnol
/asisˈtiɾ/
savant
Takes a: asistir a una clase.
Français
/asiste/
savant
Takes à: assister à un cours. Without à it means 'to help'.
Italien
/asˈsistere/
savant
Takes a; for school or a course, Italian says frequentare.
Portugais
/asisˈtʃih/
savant
Takes a: assistir a um show. In Brazil it is above all 'to watch': assistir TV.
Roumain
/asisˈta/
emprunté · French assister
Takes la: a asista la o ședință.
Catalan
/əsisˈti/
savant
Takes a: assistir a una classe.
Anglais
/əˈtɛnd/
autre source · Old French atendre, from Latin ATTENDERE 'to stretch toward'
L’ancêtre latin
ASSISTERE‘to stand by’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
A classic trap: the sisters' look-alikes of attend mean something else (French attendre 'to wait', Spanish atender 'to look after, serve'). To be present, they 'stand by': asistir, assister, assistere.
Parents anglais: assist, assistant, insist, consist
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esMás de 500 personas asistieron al concierto.
- frPlus de 500 personnes ont assisté au concert.
- itPiù di 500 persone hanno assistito al concerto.
- ptMais de 500 pessoas assistiram ao concerto.
- roPeste 500 de oameni au asistat la concert.
- caMés de 500 persones van assistir al concert.
- enMore than 500 people attended the concert.
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