Porter vs. Mener
March 7, 2011 § Leave a comment
Pizza à emporter – take-out pizza
Porter means to carry. Mener means to lead. One uses forms of porter when talking about taking or bringing things. One uses forms of mener when talking about taking or bringing people. The prefix ‘a’ indicates bringing toward, the prefix ’em’ indicates taking away.
apporter – to bring
emporter – to take
porter – to carry
amener – to bring
emmener – to take
se promener – to walk
mener – to lead
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