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My question concerns the imparfait conjugation of the verb 'exister' in the sentence:
Aussi, lorsque j'ai appris qu'il existait un musée qui...
I would like to know if conjugating here in the imparfait (existait) does not imply that the museum used to exist, but no longer does. I am inclined to want to conjugate 'exister' in present tense to get around this problem, yet I know its gramatically incorrect to do so. If someone can help, I would greatly appreciate.
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Beyond the challenging dictée : What a beautiful, inspiring write-up. Falling deeper in love with French culture. Can't wait to google Coluche after supper. Merci!
This sentence has a question mark, but it got marked as wrong. In the text above, the sentence ends with a period.
the dog owners who don't pick up their excrement?
Convert this sentence into plural form
«Depuis, impossible de trouver une position qui puisse soulager la douleur. Je ne peux ni dormir, ni m'allonger, ni me déplacer correctement.» Can the first sentence really stand on its own? It would make more sense to me if this were all one long sentence with a comma after “douleur”. Am I wrong?
Not that it necessarily requires a separate lesson, as it follows the same pattern as most of the other verbs, but perhaps 'tomber' should also be on the list of dual auxiliary verbs - être in intransitive form, avoir in transitive form.
https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/tomber/78343#difficulte
Salut
This lesson is giving me more grey hairs! I get it wrong constantly!
On the test, you ask “How would you say "You remind him of Audrey Hepburn." ?
the correct answer is: Tu lui rappelles Audrey Hepburn.
My answer is marked as incorrect “Tu rappelles Audrey Hepburn à lui.”
But in the lesson you say:
Il rappelle son ex à Maria. He reminds Maria of her ex.
Elle rappelle sa sœur à Alain. She reminds Alain of his sister.
Thanks
Best, Laura
Bonjour, je me demande pourquoi il y a tant d’enseignants qui disent que le mot « rendre visite » n’est utilisé que la première fois qu’on rencontre qqn ? D’où vient cette idée ?
Il joue au golf. Why au , not du? Thanks
Hi,in the sentence "He's jealous that we're successful ' which translates to " il est jalouse que nous ayons de succès", the ayons is indicative but why is it not avons and if the indicative is different than the present tense form, how should I know and it's not in the Lawless verb tables.Appologies in advance if these are dumb questions.
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