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In a recent test question: "In 1515, Francis I won the battle of Marignano." the correct answer was "a gagné" and not "gagne". Why does the "Historical Present" not apply in this case ?https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/questions/view/using-the-present-tense-like-the-past
Why is "elle va ne pas partir" wrong?
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Matt
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Well done!I walk along the canals,
The best answer is:Compare your answerJe me promène à coté dle long de ses canaux,
You could also say:je me balade le long de ses canaux,
Or also:je marche le long de ses canaux,
Is "des belles choses" possible? (Or just wrong).
As a paying customer of Kwiziq, I wish to be able to have a physical print out of the lessons I want to review. It's easier for me to read than from the computer screen.....
Is there any list of nouns before which indefinite articles don't change in negative form?
Dans les notes, le prof écrivait plusieurs fois "None of them are ....". En fait, "none" en anglais est une contraction de "not one", si la bonne conjugaison du verbe en anglais serait "None of them is .....".
In the test, it says -Il termine dans 2 minutes. shouldnt it be ..en 2 minutes. i have learnt that when some action finishes within a particular time we use en.
Il y a des fleurs partout.
Négation : il n'y a de fleurs nulle part.
Ou - il n'y a pas de fleurs nulle part.
Aussi
Je fais du jogging. Négation : je ne fais pas de jogging ou je ne fais pas du jogging.
Dans cette phrase, est-ce que du est articles partitives ou contractés ?
I do not understand why in the above sentence écrit (pp of écrire?) has an 'extra' e. I understand this only applies to être verbs + avoir if object preceeds verb?
John M
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