In a cafe
My friends and I were sitting in a cafe. It was noisy there and the music was too loud.
A friend said, "We can transfer outside" (she is fluent in English but not a native speaker.) Is it correct to say "transfer" in this case?
What is a common way to say that?
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In a cafe
My friends and I were sitting in a cafe. It was noisy there and the music was too loud.A friend said, "We can transfer outside" (she is fluent in English but not a native speaker.) Is it correct to say "transfer" in this case?
What is a common way to say that?
Better would be say "Let's go out of here". It's equivalence of unformal "Пошли отсюда".
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Whilst not grammatically incorrect, it is not a common use of the verb. 'Go' or 'move' are better choices, e.g., "we can go outside", or "we can move outside".
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No, transfer is not grammatical here. I would just say "We can go outside".
EDIT: On second thought, saying it's "ungrammatical" is too strong. I would understand what she meant but it sounds very formal and "We can go outside" is the casual way of saying that.
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Thank you for your explanation
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It isn't common. Maybe you could say, "We can transfer our things to another table." But I would say, go outside, or move outside
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