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I don’t understand how to know whether this refers to a person (WHOM do you miss) or to a thing (WHAT are you missing).
Why not aller à pied instead of marcher? The problem contrast one means of transport with another. I missed the bus so I had to walk--aller à pied.
Here, it should be 'I feel like having an ice cream' in English, else the sentence is taking a different meaning
THe subjunctive form is "nous ne detestions pas" yet in your exercise you have "nous ne detestons pas" ??
'Autres' refers to 'détails', so is an adjective ('détails' being a noun)?
So shouldn't it be 'des autres'?
Is this tense more commonly used in French than in English? I hardly ever speak like this in English and I find it to be a strange tense to learn since it doesn't seem likely that we learners will be reminiscing in French. That seems to be it's only use.
Speaking to friends, would it not be correct to say: 'Dépêche-toi', rather than 'Dépêchez-vous'?
Selon Lawless French dans le petit quiz C-1 que je prends en ce moment, pour « By the time you were ready, the bus had left, » c’est correct dire, « Le temps que tu sois prête, le bus était déjà parti, » mais à mon avis ça devrait être plutôt, « Le temps que tu aies étée prête, le bus était déjà parti.»
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