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Steven N.C1Kwiziq community member

Le futur anterieur

I've always been confused by this: "j'aurai du" translates as "I should have" and not as "I will have had to...." but these are not quite the same, I think. "I will have had to catch the 22 bus" suggests that I did catch that particular bus, to achieve whatever, whereas "I should have" suggests that I didn't catch that bus, and perhaps failed in my intention. Similarly for "j'aurai pu" - "I could have" not "I will have been able".

Any advice/explanation appreciated!

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Areg V.C1Kwiziq community member

J'aime ________ styles de musique. Quelle répomse est just: "de nombreuses" ou "de nombreux". On a "la style" ici?

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Rachel B.A1Kwiziq community member

Are these terms pronouns that can stand alone, or must they be followed by a noun?

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CrystalMaiden 7.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

How do you say, " I play video games (as a hobby), " in French?Without saying, " I'm playing video games (right now), " instead with the use of, " Je joue des jeux de vidéo. "

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CrystalMaiden 7.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

" le chien - les chiens " The sound clip's saying a whole lot more than just that.What's she actually saying betwen le chien and les chiens?

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Alison R.A1Kwiziq community member

J'adore vs. j'aime vs. j'aime bien?

Can you give me some idea of the relative strength of these? I was showing an apartment (I'm a broker) and the French client used "j'adore" to refer to the countertops... which confused me. To an English speaker, "adore" seems like a cognate, but in English we generally wouldn't say "I adore these countertops" -- that would likely come across as either 1) over-the-top or 2) sarcastic.

Does "j'adore" better translate as "I really like" or "I think these are cool/great"? And is it equal in strength to "j'aime"?

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steven l.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

A useful acronym

An acronym that I like to use is BANGS, which stands for beauty, age, numbers, good/bad, and size.

Adjective relating to these categories usually come before the noun. If you compare this to the list of adjective in the lesson above, you'll see a lot of them fit.

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D. A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Comment on dit "The cat misses me" Je manque au chat?

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CrystalMaiden 7.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

va-t-il What does the -t-il mean?I know now that it means " does he go, " but the average person reading this wouldn't know that. -T-il is perhaps the most confusing thing about French question-making. What does the -t- even mean? Can't mean tu or te judging by the context, so why's it there? Just for phonetic reasons, like the l' in si l'on? This should really be explained in the lesson, what -t-il means.

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steven l.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Follow up question

For some reason I can't reply to a specific response, so I'll have to post this as a seperate comment.

This is a follow up question to Laura's translation of "She ought to really stop seeing him", which she wrote as "Elle devrait vraiment arreter de le voir." I'm wondering if the phrase "Elle devrait vraiment s'arreter de le voir" is also acceptable.

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