Nous avons vu luire la lueur lointaine d'un phare.

Sentence Discussions French
#1

The translation given is “We saw the gleam of a distant lighthouse.”

Is “luire” needed in the French sentence, or could you just say “vu la lueur”?

#2

I am by no means an expert on French, but that sounds unnecessarily repetitive to me. Nice alliteration though!

#3

It sounds like “We saw the gleam gleaming!”

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