Enthusiastic support for the passé simple.Unlike some comment leavers on this page, I *adore* the passé simple and I find it extremely useful.
That probably has a lot to do with the fact that I enjoy reading French history and literature. (For example, Les Trois mousquetaires is an amazing romp ! Much better in the original French than in any English translation that I've seen.)
I would be hopelessly confused in my reading without a solid understanding of the passé simple (to say nothing of the passé antérieur and *all* the tenses of the subjonctif) !
Different people learn French for different purposes. All the purposes are legitimate, in my view. It's a pretty big website, and I support the principle that the lessons should cover as much of la langue française as possible.
That said, I would be grateful to have more coverage of informal French. When I watch movies, I often find myself at a loss to understand what is being said by one character to another, even though I have a pretty good command of C1-level formal French. Maybe mine is a minority interest, but I just want to mention it.
In any case:
Great site! Many thanks!
... s'il vous plait.
With dans, am I physically in the place? I’m trying to understand, clearly the difference between en & dans. Thank you.
Please explain why the given answer is "Alain lui a plaire tout a suite" which to me says Alain likes him... Its not like il manque is it.
On the introductory page of the dictée "Rendez-vous pour le contrôle technique", the word is spelled 'defectueux'. But in the body of the exercise, in section four where it appears, it is spelled 'défecteux'.
I wasn't confused about this till I read the response to why is there the "de" between"c'est" and "perdre". In your response you say if "adjective or past participle in-ed" comes after être, but there is no adjective or past participle after "c'est", so why the "de"?
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Thank you for your contribution, Maarten !
- être + adjective or past participle in-ed + de + verb
- être + de + verb
What is the rule for capitalisation here? The Cirque in the first line is capitalised but in the last line is marked incorrect when capitalised.
Is there any difference in meaning/nuance/register between
'Ce magasin est fermé de deux heures à deux heures et demi'
and
'Ce magasin est fermé entre deux heures et deux heures et demi'?
I think I tend to use the latter more often, and I'm now wondering whether it's incorrect, or makes me sound odd.
Unlike some comment leavers on this page, I *adore* the passé simple and I find it extremely useful.
That probably has a lot to do with the fact that I enjoy reading French history and literature. (For example, Les Trois mousquetaires is an amazing romp ! Much better in the original French than in any English translation that I've seen.)
I would be hopelessly confused in my reading without a solid understanding of the passé simple (to say nothing of the passé antérieur and *all* the tenses of the subjonctif) !
Different people learn French for different purposes. All the purposes are legitimate, in my view. It's a pretty big website, and I support the principle that the lessons should cover as much of la langue française as possible.
That said, I would be grateful to have more coverage of informal French. When I watch movies, I often find myself at a loss to understand what is being said by one character to another, even though I have a pretty good command of C1-level formal French. Maybe mine is a minority interest, but I just want to mention it.
In any case:
Great site! Many thanks!
Why is "le" marked as correct if we have "de" in subordinate clause?
It should be "en"
In another example, given below you say that "en" is correct for a similar case
La liberté d'expression est un droit fondamental mais il faut ________ respecter les limites.
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