how to describe this in English?
How to describe this situation in English?
After hanging out with my friends, it was time to go home. so i said my friends goodbye and see you next time.
In this situation, if i want to describe it, do i have to use "part" or "seperate" ?
Those words sounds like i will never see my friends again for me.
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After hanging out with my friends, it was time to go home, so I said goodbye to my friends and told them I would see them later.
This would be the most logical way to express your idea, in my opinion.
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Thank you so much for your detailed explanation Kelly and Mishaelia. Now i understand :)
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Oh, none of those imply separating forever unless you specifically say that. Like you'd say, "We said goodbye and parted for the last time." That would indicate a permanent separation. "We said goodbye and parted" does not necessarily mean forever, and a listener wouldn't really infer "forever" unless you specifically said as much.
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You can say, "We said goodbye and separated at the train station," or "We parted ways outside the restaurant," or "After dinner, we went our separate ways." There's lots more ways, of course, but those are some natural-sounding options.
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in my own opinion，you can just say “we said ‘goodbye’to each other” or “we left each other”
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