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minus-squaretwinnie@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days ago“Everybody” is a weird way of saying all the people. The French say “all the world”, which is also weird.
minus-squarebent@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoIn Norwegian it’s all together (alle sammen).
minus-squareBonsoir@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-23 days ago“Monde” is both the word “world” and a synonym for “a group of persons”. The second meaning is an older formula for people you are used to or people who work for you. -> “Je connais mon monde” == “I know my people”
“Everybody” is a weird way of saying all the people. The French say “all the world”, which is also weird.
In Norwegian it’s all together (alle sammen).
Portuguese too (todo mundo)
“Monde” is both the word “world” and a synonym for “a group of persons”. The second meaning is an older formula for people you are used to or people who work for you.
-> “Je connais mon monde” == “I know my people”