something a child says when learning to say mamma
the sea (it should be - la mer)
"Mer" means "sea."
It means: "from the sea the sea"
"La Mer" means "the sea" in French.
à la mer means in the sea or at the seaside
there is the sea!
The root word "mer" means "sea" in Latin. It is commonly used in words related to the sea or ocean, such as "marine," "mermaid," and "meridian."
"de la mer à la mer" means "from the sea to the sea" (from one ocean to another, as in the Canadian motto, that you can also find in Latin) -
This comes from French. "Mer" is "sea" (hence the word mermaid) and "sur" is a preposition, "on" or "above". "Sur-mer" is seaside.
Chance à la mer means "Luck at sea". You would probably want to say Bon chance à la mer, or Good luck at sea.
naked as the sea
Mal de mer is an expression literally translating into "sick of sea" or "bad of sea." In English, we know it as "seasick."