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Pourquoi “de” dans le phrase Et quant au dessert, attendez de voir la surprise que je vous ai préparée !“
Est-ce que quelqu’un peut me donner d’autres exemples?
Tu sais, le célèbre couturier ? Why is "sais" used rather than "connaiss”? I thought: Savoir means "to know a fact", while connaître means to know a person or to be familiar with a person, place or thing. Merci!
I entered this (il ferait du soleil) instead of the answer Kwiziq wanted (il ferait beau). Doesn't il ferait du soleil work as well?
in this sentence from a roman policier La salle des meurtres by Phyllis Dorothy James
L’appartement, qui donnait sur Kensington High Street, arborait l’ordre excessif et impersonnel d’un logement préparé pour la visite de nouveaux locataires. L’atmosphère était un peu confinée ; bien qu’occupant un étage élevé, Dupayne avait pris la précaution de fermer ou de verrouiller toutes les fenêtres avant de partir en week-end.
Here bien que was not followed by subjonctif ! is that correct ? and would you replace it by bien qu'occupant un étage élevé, Dupayne ait pris la précaution .....
I know that this phrase is incorrect: "Le bâtiment d'ancien où mes parents habitaient", but I also know that sometimes "de" is used with an adjective in similar phrases.
What is the rule about whether to add "de" to an adjective?
Is there a spelling error in the following?
Après s'être rasé la tête, Carl se sentit mieux.
Carl se sentAIT mieux
John M
In the text the 'e' at the end of 'carte' seems to be pronounced. If so could you please explain why this is, as the next word 'bleue' starts with a consonant and not a vowel (which then normally requires the liaison). Thank you.
Quand j'étais en vacances au bord de la mer, j'ai eu l'opportunité d'aller faire de l'équitation sur la plage. J'avais toujours eu envie de le faire...
I'd like some help understanding why plus-que-parfait is used in the second sentence. Is it because the desire to ride horseback on the beach is before the also past action of having had the opportunity to do so? I think the English translation was "I had always wanted to do it" and my brain wasn't able to place this as a past feeling-before-a-past action! So tricky...
hi,
can someone tell me or give me a link for compound adjective. for example there is a sentence un etonnement bon film and i am just trying to understand the complement of it.
thank you
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