a bientot and au revoir
some months ago, a teacher from France, we eat dinner together, when he went back, he said "a bientot" to us, why not "au revoir"? he may never return and we will maybe never meet each other again, why did he use "a bientot"?
the difference between "au revoir" and "a bientôt" is quite subtle in my opinion, I usually say a bientôt when I am expecting to see the person i am talking to rather soon and "au revoir" when we will see each other at a further point in time or even when i don't really know when i will see the person again. I also usually use "au revoir" rather than "a bientôt" in more formal situations
coming back to your teacher situation, maybe he just said it to be friendly, like some kind of way to show that he was willing to see you guys again. that's what I do when i say "a bientôt" to somebody who I know chances are, i'll never see again :)
I hope it helped
28 de agosto de 2010
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