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Noter or remarquer? Ten questions on recording and noticing

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Test writing down, noticing, pointing out and grading in French. Ten contextual questions explain noter, remarquer and their useful overlap.

In short

Noter often means writing something down: noter une adresse. Remarquer means noticing: remarquer une différence. Keep two extra uses of noter: je note que… can introduce an observation, and noter un devoir can mean marking an assignment.

Yellow the idea to rememberBlue French to learn

A person notices a small difference between two ceramic bowls at a French pottery stall.
Remarquer une différence means noticing it. Illustration: Atelier
The complement makes the meaning clearer
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Je note l’heure dans mon carnet.I write the time in my notebook.
Je remarque que l’heure a changé.I notice that the time has changed.
Je note que les deux textes donnent la même date.I note that both texts give the same date.
La professeure note les devoirs.The teacher marks the assignments.

A place to record, a detail to notice

Prendre des notes means taking notes, whether on paper or on a screen. Faire remarquer quelque chose à quelqu’un means pointing something out to someone. Both noter que and remarquer que can introduce an observation; a notebook is explicit only when the sentence mentions recording.

  1. Question 1No account needed
    You write an address down so you can find it later. Choose the clearest description.

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    Je note l’adresse dans mon carnet.. The first sentence explicitly puts the address into a notebook.

  2. Question 2No account needed
    What does the speaker reportéJ’ai remarqué que la date avait changé.

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    Noticing a changed date.. Remarquer que reports noticing that something is the case.

  3. Question 3No account needed
    Which phrase means taking notes?

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    prendre des notes. The usual expression for recording key information is prendre des notes.

  4. Question 4No account needed
    Complete the question asking whether someone noticed a noise.Tu as ___ pendant l’appel ?

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    remarqué ce bruit. Remarquer can concern a sound as well as something visible.

  5. Question 5No account needed
    What is the teacher doing in this school context?La professeure note les devoirs.

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    Marking the assignments.. Here noter un devoir means assigning it a mark.

  6. Question 6No account needed
    Which sentence points a detail out to another person?

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    Elle me fait remarquer une erreur.. Me fait remarquer says she brings the error to my attention.

  7. Question 7No account needed
    What can the opening Je note que… mean in a discussion?

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    I observe that…. Noter que can frame an observation, with no writing action stated.

  8. Question 8No account needed
    Complete the sentence: you are typing a useful address.Je ___ l’adresse sur mon téléphone.

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    note. The subject je takes note; sur mon téléphone gives the recording place.

  9. Question 9No account needed
    Choose the present form with nous.Nous ___ une différence entre les deux textes.

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    remarquons. Remarquer is regular: nous remarquons takes the ending -ons.

  10. Question 10No account needed
    Which statement correctly describes the pair?

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    *Noter* and *remarquer* can both introduce an observation.. Je note que and je remarque que can both introduce an observation.

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