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Sentence #4522703

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patgfisher patgfisher September 16, 2015 September 16, 2015 at 12:51:00 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

I haven't heard of "instairs".

Google translate of French is "go between the stairs".

deniko deniko May 9, 2018 May 9, 2018 at 1:52:02 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

@needs native check

The French sentence seems to mean something like "Enter by the staircase" or "Use the stairs to come inside" or something like that.

Looks like "instairs" should have been "in stairs", but it doesn't make much sense either.

kaiperkins271 kaiperkins271 May 9, 2018 May 9, 2018 at 3:37:54 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Yeah, it looks like this sentence means "Come in through the staircase". "Instairs" and "in stairs" don't make any sense

deniko deniko May 9, 2018 May 9, 2018 at 3:41:54 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Ah, actually the French sentence was an attempt to translate this English sentence, not the other way around.

I'd suggest deleting this sentence if it doesn't make sense to native speakers of English.

kaiperkins271 kaiperkins271 May 9, 2018 May 9, 2018 at 3:46:35 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Oh. In that case, I think the sentence's intent was to be weird and be like "Ah, you see, it's like the words 'upstairs' and 'downstairs', but the catch is 'instairs' isn't a thing! I'm hilarious!" Anyway, this isn't really translatable at all.

Eccles17 Eccles17 May 9, 2018 May 9, 2018 at 4:55:45 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Native English speaker. This is not correct. Although, it is so novel that if spoken it would be endearing and possibly provoke laughter. All in all, it was enjoyable to see this.

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Go instairs!

added by AlexanderNevzorov, September 14, 2015

linked by pfpillon, September 15, 2015

Go instairs!

deleted by AlanF_US, June 20, 2018

unlinked by AlanF_US, June 20, 2018