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The conjugation that you provide includes the following line:
il / elle / on est apparu(e)(s)
Under which circumstances would it be valid to have "est apparus" or "est apparues"? Or is the "(s)" redundant?
When she is assembling the plane she says 'venir' in every step. It doesn't seem to change the meaning of the sentence so is it just a language tic? If not, what does it do?
Ex. Nous allons venir assembler notre avion
On va venir prendre le deuxième baton jaune
On viendra l'appliquer à l'arrière
Why do you use translations in the full text playback that are not the translations said to be the best when providing feedback on the student-submitted translations? Are they perhaps the ones used most by native speakers.
Hello,
I had a question on this translation: I don't remember this film.
Why does it translate to: Je ne me souviens pas de ce film. I don't understand the placement of the 'de'?
Thank you!
hi, why "L'année prochaine" is femenine in the example:
L'année prochaine, il commence l'université.
Quelle est la différence d'utilisation entre les magasins, les commerces et les boutiques ? Est-ce une question de taille, de spécialisation, etc. ?
I get that "magasin" is generally a retail outlet & "commerce" is more for small business, but I've seen them used interchangeably. In the States "boutique" is usually for high-end or very niche-oriented items, but that doesn't always seem to track en français.
I found I had more difficulty with the punctuation that the words! A lot of English writing increasingly drops commas these days, and it might be helpful to know the French rules! For example, I wouldn’t put a comma before "in Spain" in the first sentence.
It says jusqu'à ce que and subjunctive is for until someone does something so for example 'we kissed until his parents arrived'. But could it also apply to 'we talked until it became too late'? So a second part of the sentence not done by someone but a situation without a person and action.
"Je veux rien" marked as incorrect on the test.
I understand it's not the strictly proper, dictionary-perfect way to say that, but it's valid and there was no indication in the way the question was phrased that it was specifically the ne construction I was expected to use -- and nothing else.
Hi, dear forum, I joined yesterday.. I am a French learner and lover of french things.
What is the equivalent of this flower in english?
Pervenche.
Quelqu'un le sait-il ?
Merci en avance!.
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