French language Q&A Forum

Martin hasn't been here for long

This suggests Martin is still here, thus the present tense should be used. Given answer is-Martin n'est pas arrivé depuis longtemps.

Compare this with the previous question:

We haven't lived here very long- Nous n'habitons pas ici depuis longtemps.

Have I mis-understood something? 

John M

Mettez au negative: Issac prend des croissants avec du beurre.

So is the answer, Issac ne prend pas de croissants avec de beurre ?

The correct answer should "I am happy, and they are, too." The first missing common is tolerable but not the second. Small beer perhaps, but still....................

Can u add more like james got the Job thanks

I tried to translate 'It's not very nice of her', but I got the same response for 'It's not very nice of him' ( Ce ne pas tres gentil de sa part). Is this a generic response regardless of gender?

In the two examples above, the expression ''They can't believe'' is translated as Ils n'arrivent pas a croire. I believe it could also be translated as Ils ne peuvent pas croire. If so, is there a preference in spoken French?

What is the function of 'ensuite' in this sentence? It doesn't seem to appear in the translation ' we then rested for a few hours'. Perhaps it should be 'we then rested together for a few hours.'?

Pourquoi "il avait répété dans sa tête" et pas "il avait répété dans la tête"?

Totally bizarre!

Think I might just go back to A2!