"conjugated verb exclusion"I spent many dejected days trying to understand the following rule in this lesson. "the main difficulty here is that in French you cannot use a conjugated verb after la veille or le lendemain, unlike in English: the day after he left / the day before you were born.
Instead you will use de + noun, as such:'
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The imperative appeared out of the blue. (I am not using imperative here in the grammar sense by the way but as a prohibitory order) It also seemed contradictory, because the sentence, 'The day after, I was enrolling at university/ Le lendemain, j'allais m'inscrire à l'université. came right before it. ...a conjugated verb 'j allais' following lendemarin.
What seems to be the case is that 'le lendemain' or 'la veille' CANNOT be 'conjoined' with a descriptive clause or phrase for associated events WITHOUT punctuation. You identify the day using le lendemain or la veille but to add associated actions you must express them with a separate punctuated clause/phrase or use 'de + noun".
Examples:
the day after i was enrolling at university.../ le lendemain de mon inscription à l'université
the day after, I was enrolling at university...Le lendemain, je m'inscrivais à l'université.
I spent many dejected days trying to understand the following rule in this lesson. "the main difficulty here is that in French you cannot use a conjugated verb after la veille or le lendemain, unlike in English: the day after he left / the day before you were born.
Instead you will use de + noun, as such:'
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The imperative appeared out of the blue. (I am not using imperative here in the grammar sense by the way but as a prohibitory order) It also seemed contradictory, because the sentence, 'The day after, I was enrolling at university/ Le lendemain, j'allais m'inscrire à l'université. came right before it. ...a conjugated verb 'j allais' following lendemarin.
What seems to be the case is that 'le lendemain' or 'la veille' CANNOT be 'conjoined' with a descriptive clause or phrase for associated events WITHOUT punctuation. You identify the day using le lendemain or la veille but to add associated actions you must express them with a separate punctuated clause/phrase or use 'de + noun".
Examples:
the day after i was enrolling at university.../ le lendemain de mon inscription à l'université
the day after, I was enrolling at university...Le lendemain, je m'inscrivais à l'université.
Are 'ou non' and 'ou pas' interchangeable? If not, how do I know when to use each one? Examples I have come across in my studies: "Que tu l'admettes ou non, ce ne sont pas tes amis." and "C'est comme ça qu'elle veuille l'accepter ou pas.
Great topic (though I had to Google "Brabant")!
Je crois que le deuxième verbe dans cette phrase devrait être --- Toi, qui aimes tant l'Australie, AVAIS suggéré Alex...
Toi,(tu) est le sujet de la phrase. Ai-je raison?
Why is Francaise docteur capitalized, but astronome francaise is not?
The answer to #7 on the calendar is la neige but I answered une boule à neige (a snow globe) because that's what it looks like to me.
Am I missing something? Why are there no "practice" exercises? My style of learning involves some practice of the chosen subject - sometimes LOTS of practice. As far as I can tell, you provide no practice exercises. I often have to search my other French books for appropriate practice.
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