Now that I think of it, is there an English equivalent for “adieu”? Because French also has “au revoir” which is used more like goodbye, “adieu” carries a meaning of finality, if you say this, you know you will never see that person again, it’s quite heavy and not used very frequently at all.
“Farewell” works for that purpose in English. And since you reminded me, that’s the meaning of “sayonara” too – you’re not supposed to use it for casual goodbyes.
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Now that I think of it, is there an English equivalent for “adieu”? Because French also has “au revoir” which is used more like goodbye, “adieu” carries a meaning of finality, if you say this, you know you will never see that person again, it’s quite heavy and not used very frequently at all.
“Farewell” works for that purpose in English. And since you reminded me, that’s the meaning of “sayonara” too – you’re not supposed to use it for casual goodbyes.
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