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Downstairs/First floor
Message from rongsud posted on 26-03-2012 at 02:16:33 (D | E | F)
Hello,

Could you help me please?
My house has two stories. I call its 2 floors as "downstairs" and "upstairs" or "first floor" and "second floor"
1.Do we have other words to call them?
2.Does the word "stairs" mean the same as "staircase"?
Thank you for your answers.

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Edited by lucile83 on 26-03-2012 06:06

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Re: Downstairs/First floor from notrepere, posted on 26-03-2012 at 06:09:54 (D | E)
Hello

downstairs, upstairs, upper level, lower level

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Re: Downstairs/First floor from kadzona, posted on 26-03-2012 at 09:39:11 (D | E)
Hello,

It depends whether you want to speak British English or American English.

In the UK, the street-level of a home is "the ground floor"; in a home, we refer to the next level up as "upstairs" whereas in a non-domestic building, and also in a block of flats, the level above the ground floor is "the first floor" (and the ensuing levels are, inevitably, "second floor", "third floor" and so on).

As for whether the word "stairs" means the same as "staircase", again, in current British English usage, the word "staircase" refers to the actual construction of the flight of stairs which links two levels in a building and this can be understood by the "-case" element of the word - a casing, or structure, which includes "stairs". The "stairs" are the things you put your feet on! They have "treads" (those really are the bits you put your feet on) and "risers" - those are the front bits, which rise vertically between one tread and the next.

Too much information? Hope some of it helps.

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Edited by lucile83 on 26-03-2012 10:19

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Re: Downstairs/First floor from rongsud, posted on 09-04-2012 at 08:43:29 (D | E)
Thank you for the replies.
rongsud.

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