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If pas encore cannot be used at the end of a sentence then why can I say: On ne travaille pas encore. As in the example given in the lesson?
Merci en avance
Do the singular names that refer to groups take the same conjugation like (il/elle) or like (ils/elles)
Ex: is it la famille est or la famille sont ?
In one of the dictées, I ran into the expression "d'autant que je me souvienne"...par exemple, je n'aime pas les aliments sucrés d'autant que je me souvienne." I haven't liked sweet foods for as long as I can remember (or maybe more literally "for as much as I remember." Why is "de" used before avant que? Does that kind of replace "for" in English? And why does it take the subjunctive? I'm guessing that perhaps it takes the subjunctive because memory is fallible and perhaps there's an element of doubt? Perhaps one is not remembering correctly?
I don't understand the construction of " j'avais des démangeaisons ". What is the role of "des"? It looks like a preposition between an auxiliary verb and a main verb. Or is "démangeaisons " a noun? It certainly looks like a verb. Thanks for any help.
How do I remember the where adverbs come either after or before the verb.
À propos de la dernière phrase, est-ce qu'il serait possible d'employer "leur entreprise" au lieu de "leur commerce"?
I'm not sure why is not an acceptable way to express struggle. From Le grand Robert:
II V. intr. (Fin XIe). Se donner de la peine, du mal*. ➙ Appliquer (s'), efforcer (s'), évertuer (s'), fatiguer (et se fatiguer), gémir (fig.), trimer (fam.) ;→ 1. Coût, cit. 27 ; élite, cit. 5. Peiner comme une bête (cit. 11) de somme, comme un forçat… Peiner jour (cit. 42) après jour. — Élève qui peine sur une composition (cit. 8) latine (au sens III, 2, de peine). Il peinait pour s'exprimer (→ Facilement, cit. 3). — Par ext. Respiration, souffle qui peine (→ Oxygène, cit. 3).© 2023 Dictionnaires Le Robert - Le Grand Robert de la langue française
L’expression ci-dessus aurait dû été - en ce qui concerne?
Pourriez-vous clarifier, svp?
Please help me to understand the meaning with an example. "mise en commun"
MISE EN COMMUN
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