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Why is the imparfait used here and not the passé composé ? The author only wrote this once.
I have read the answers above but it is still not clear to me whether there is any difference in meaning between bien que and même si (regardless of the tense following). Thank you.
Hi, do you have a lesson/primer on the various accent marks used over letters, including how they are pronounced and when to use them? I have tried several searches on the site and cannot find it.
I find this topic confusing, and it trips me up in the lessons.
Thanks, Larissa
Many thanks for your explanation Maarten. Very useful
i want to know why " geler"in le futur simple is "gèlera", rather than "gellera"
This is doing my head in... My grammar exercise book has:
1. Nous devons fermer tous les volets. -> Nous devons tous les fermer.
2. Elle va faire toutes ses courses au supermarché. -> Elle va toutes les faire.
BUT
3. Nous souhaitons recevoir tous nos amis pour notre anniversaire de mariage. -> Nous souhaitons les recevoir tous.
My textbook gives no explanation as to why tous/toutes comes before the object pronoun in 1,2 but after the infinitive in 3.
In the sentence, ”She would probably have preferred for us to stay home.”, the latter part is translated by "...qu’on reste à la maison ”. Must we use ’à la maison’ instead of ’chez nous’ because of the pronoun, ’on’? In other words, does the use of ’on’ dictate the use of ’à la maison’, thereby prohibiting ’chez nous’ ?
Can you please explain why "J'ai les jeux marron" is not "marrons"?
I was struggling to remember/understand this rule of pronoun and indirect and direct order and how it changes depending upon me/te etc or lui/leur etc and came across 'the selfish rule' in a grammar book which helped.
Me first, object second, other people third, then Y and En.
I guess it's another way of remembering the rule as given here, "The order is ALWAYS:
me/te/nous/vous (before) le/la/les/l' (before) lui/leur."
Bonjour, j'ai un doute
Mon père travaille dans un bureau
Négation: Mon père ne travaille pas dans de bureau
La négation est correcte?
Merci en avance
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