as a friend
Je ne viens pas en ennemi, mais en ami.
I come not as an enemy, but as a friend.
Je te parle en ami, vous allez la perdre.
I'm talking to you as a friend, you're going to lose her.
— Huit et demi (1963)
Ce que je veux dire, c'est de lui envoyer une demande en ami.
What I mean is to send him a friend request.
— Masaan (2015)
Si tu les fréquentes en ami, tu fais ta recherche au mauvais endroit.
If you're associating with them as friends, you're doing your research in the wrong place.
— Le Tao de Steve (2000)
As a friend.
I speak to you as a friend.
I'm here as a friend.