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If you speak French to Mistral, it gets it right everytime: Je veux laver ma voiture. La station de lavage est à 50 mètres. J'y vais à pied ou en voiture ?

• rkomorn 7mo ago
  I've been gone from France too long. I've never heard "station de lavage" before.
  • easyThrowaway 7mo ago
    Very awkward and formal. Anyone would call it lavage auto, lave-auto or simply lavage if the context is clear.
    • rkomorn 7mo ago
      Maybe I'm too old or my family was weird. We called it "le carwash" with a beautifully French "carouache" pronunciation. But yeah, "lave-auto" sounds more familiar.
      • easyThrowaway 7mo ago
        Honestly, If anyone asked me "T'as fait quoi?" I'd blurt out "J'ai amené ma voiture chez le lavage". Background: I stopped speaking french when I was ten and my family isn't native, but it feels more conversational than "station de lavage".