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personnellement

personally

adverb pehr-soh-nel-MAHN Less Common

Also means

in person

Usage Note

Personnellement is used to give a personal opinion (personnellement, je préfère…) or to indicate direct personal involvement (je l'ai fait personnellement, 'I did it myself'). It functions as a sentence adverb at the start of a clause, similar to 'for my part' in English.

Examples

"Personnellement, je préfère le café au thé."

Natural Translation

Personally, I prefer coffee to tea.

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