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I notice in the example, Martine walks "jusque chez Julien". More often you see jusqu’à (or au, à la etc). Is à omitted here because "chez" is already a preposition, as well as denoting Julien’s house?
Bonjour à toutes et à tous,
Few Qs on this exercise:
1. I'm not entirely sure why the phrase below is in the subjonctif passé - can someone please explain? I had used the subjonctif présent.
Bien que mon père et moi ayons passé du temps à sécuriser les volets cet après-midi-là
2. Given we've just mentioned the night in question, can one not use 'elle' rather than 'ça' in the phrase below?
Quand je pense à cette nuit-là, ça me fait toujours frissonner !
3. What is the difference between rameaux et branches? I had used the former.
Merci!
Nick
In the last sentence, you give the hint, match. I interpreted this hint as suggesting the use of the French word, match, for the English word, game, in the English version of the sentence. Obviously, I was wrong. Perhaps there is another suggestion that would be less ambiguous?
I really enjoyed this article. Yes, it’s chestnut harvest time, but alas the very hot and dry summer here in south west France has resulted in smaller fruits. However, I have managed to harvest some nice horse chestnuts from a tree tucked away behind a nearby cemetery. I also learned this year to add a fig leaf to the cooking liqueur at it enhances the flavour. I sous-vide the peeled fruits and freeze them in preparation for Christmas when I add to a meat based stuffing for stuffing the turkey neck cavity.
is quoi qui se passe instead of quoi qu'il arrive acceptable?
Some example please, in negative and questions?
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?
Why is it une salade de fruits and not une salade des fruits ?
In the last section covering: Il manque [quelque chose] à [qulequ’un/quelque chose/] there are two sentences that do not make use of “à”. The last one, in particular, has me stumped: “Il va manquer une chaise pour ton oncle.” What rule is this following? The impersonal examples below don’t seem to explain it.
There seem to be too many concepts under a single heading that don’t appear to apply to them all.
Bonjour - J’ai remarqué que l'homme de gauche a utilisé le passé simple deux fois (“et ce fut une défaite cuisante” et “notre équipe obtint . . .”). Est-ce qu’il est courant d'utiliser le passé simple en parlant ? Est-ce parce qu'il parlait de faits historiques ? Merci !
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