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Initially I was a bit confused,
This video helped clear things up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBYVpekmtLI
I am going to go and I will go seem the same in English. Can they be used this way in French? Is it a matter of preference?
I was speaking to a French woman today and I said, "My eyes didn't itch":
Mes yeux n'ont pas démangé. Elle m'a corrige est dit : Mes yeux ne m'ont pas démangé.
If the latter is correct, do you use 'me'because you're talking about a body part? If so wouldn't you use "sont"? Or , is there some other explanation?
Is me a direct object here. I cannot find a definition for 'se traverser'
"Depuis que Catherine a changé de carrière il y a quatre ans, plus personne ne la reconnaît." I understand this to mean "Ever since Catherine changed her career four years ago, no one recognizes her anymore." I would never have known where to put that "plus!" I might have thought "personne ne la reconnait plus." Would that have been wrong if I had been constructing the sentence instead of doing it as a dictation?
And a couple of little periods have been inserted in the vocabulary section at the beginning: eg. te.lle. I like to look at this section as the whole piece is being read to me and I noticed these tiny typos.
This point has been already raised in an answer to a previous question but has not received any attention. So would like to pick it up again.
I have two grammar books containing examples with "dont" and numbers which do not state this requirement for "qui". For brevity I will just cite one of them:
"Grammaire Progressive du Français B1 B2", 2019, p.116:
"Ils ont trois grands enfants dont deux sont médecins."
So my assumption is that "qui" is not required, if the "number" is the subject of the next sentence.
Why is the verb « aller » inserted in the answer ? « nous te disons de ne pas aller te coucher » . Why isn’t it « nous te disons de ne pas te coucher » ?
your answer "ce qui me plait le plus dans ce métier"
should it not be "ce qui me plais le plus dans ce métier" ?
'I always loved...' Why is it in the past tense and not imparfait in French? I felt it was an opinion. (P.S Found this query very well explained below. So please ignore this part.)
Why is apprendre preferred over étudier?
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