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The correct answer is "de crainte que tu ne sois."Why do we use the present subjunctive instead of theimparfait subjunctive or past subjunctive?
"They didn't go to the party for fear that you would be there."In English, I typically hear "out of fear" vs. "for fear."
Why do we pair le passé composé with the present subjunctive?The past action or inaction was in the past and the fear (of you) wasin the past. I submitted "fusses," but that was incorrect. I assumethat "aies été" was incorrect as well.
Is there a time period where you typically use imparfait (more thana day? or a week?) vs. passé composé with être?
Why do i not use l'imperfait in this sentence. Its a habit? So i use the imperfait?
When I listen to the entire passage, I clearly hear the word elle in the last sentence. When I listen to the last sentence as given in the exercise, I hear what sounds like 'on' instead of elle. I don't have the best ears, but it is what I hear.
HI, love the dictées. I get muddled with punctuation. The fluctuations of the tone of voice is not always a good hint, especially when we stop and start mid-sentence. Short of my listening to the entire dictée a few times prior to starting, and taking notes, do you have any hints that might help? Thanks.
A multiple choice question I got gave me the options of (1) “La porte fait un mètre de large.”, (2) “La porte a un mètre de large.”, (3) “La porte est un mètre de largeur.”, (4) “La porte est large d'un mètre.”. According to the dictionary I use, you can use avoir, too, and it gives the example of “Ce meuble a 45 cm de large.”; however, the quizz insists only (1) and (4) are correct. Who’s right?
"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.
Please help me. I need it a lot!
How to make negative passé composé sentences
If you translate 'the few savings she had left' as 'les maigres économies qui lui restaient' it is corrected to 'les maigres économies qui lui restait'. Is this a mistake?
In the French translation of 'After engineers have finally perfected driverless cars' no word is given for 'finally' (eg. 'Après que les ingénieurs auront perfectionné les voitures sans chauffeur').
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