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J’ai des questions concernant la grammaire de la dernière phrase du conte.
D’abord, la phrase « De la voir » est-elle causale ? C’est-à-dire, réponds-elle à une question « Pourquoi on pouvait difficilement se retenir… » ?
Et puis, la phrase « l’air tout penaud sous son immense… » est-elle en apposition à « la », c’est-à-dire, elle sert à décrire Claudine davantage mais tout sans lien exprès ?
Merci pour toute votre aide !Maybe there are regional differences, but I would not say "I am going to see with (Julie), but etc etc" as it is used in the sentence in this exercise. That would be "I am going to check with Julie, but . . . " or "I am going to see what Julie says/thinks, but. . . .".
It reads to me as if the literal translation from the French expression "Je vais voir avec Julie, mais ..." has been used here, but it doesn't sound right (to me) in English.
"I am going to see with Julie, but . . " would indicate something along the lines of 'keeping an eye on her', 'giving her a chance to' etc
BUT in the lesson it states:-
In the following cases, you cannot use sur (on) in French, but you will instead use dans (in). Street Ils marchent dans la rue.
In the case of the street, we see the whole environment as 'the street' and you're situated in it.
It seems that avenue is treated differently to street, is there a reason for this?
Shouldn't the phrase be "tout ensemble" as in "all together"?
The order of verbs in the headline, participles in the first line of text, and the subsequent examples are in different orders. It would be helpful to order each list the same.
When this topic is about not using "ne" why does the question use "ne"?
Tu veux venir à la piscine ? Oui, je le veux.
Why not?
Oui, je la piscine.
Are these sentences structured in a way that is considered more "French"? Because if I were saying them in English I wouldn't often start the example sentences with "By the time...", I would flip the clauses. Is that it "the French way" to start sentences with "le temps que"?
Ex. Il avait déjà bu une bouteille entière le temps que je finisse de manger.
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