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I was interested by the "lesquels" in the middle of this sentence: is it a fancier way of emphasising the critics, rather than using "qui tendent" ?
“You sang onstage?” Is rendered by you as “Vous avez chanté au scène.” I think it could also be “Vous chantiez…” if the person being addressed had bern a professional singer. No?
I found the accent of the winegrower Frédéric Berne in this video easy to understand, at least after I went into the text and read that. I looked for any pertinent information on the video at youtube, but I found no answer to my question: Do you happen to know what accent M. Berne in the video has?
Can you tell me, again, how to change to a French keyboard in Windows?
Hi everyone, sometimes an adjective is added before -une vieille dame - and others are added after - une règle irrégulière. Are there any rules/tips to know when to put them? Thank you.
I know on Lawless site there are lots of conjugation tables (thank you). It would be great to have conjugator table quizzes (by level) where some of the answers are missing and you have to fill them in. Even just for the most common verbs. Just a suggestion really.
I have two separate questions regarding the same example
The first is…why do you use “sa tête” to mean “his face”?
The second is…I am sure that there are many colloquial ways or common ways to express “should have” using the verb avoir in its conditional conjugated form when it’s not followed by “dû”, but is it actually proper French grammar? For instance, in one of the above examples, it reads: “Tu aurais vu sa tête quand je suis apparu devant lui.” Its translation is “You should have seen his face when I appeared in front of him.” Possibly contextually it translates better to should than would. Perhaps if the sentence was “ Tu aurais vu sa tête, si tu avais été là.” Then it’s a true conditional statement-You would have seen his face (condition) if you had been there. So perhaps I’ve answered my question because this really isn’t a conditional statement However, I like rules, I like things to follow those rules (The Container Store is one my happy place-quote from Emily in Paris). I also realize that as I write this, the English language is known for not always following grammatical rules in one sense or another (although I can’t think of any because it makes sense to me as a native English speaker, so please forgive my hypocrisy). Please help me understand when avoir in its conditional form means should when not followed by dû.
J'aime le fait que certains des Européens peuvent se moquer de ce problème.
Pouvez-vous dire simplement "consigne" en lieu de "consigne à bagages"?
Thanks, Jim & Chris:
Could you use the present participle? J'ai vu SS descendant(e?) d'une limo...
or would that require the english being: I saw her... 'getting out of' vs 'get out of' ? Or just be incorrect?
if ok, is it considered an adjective which needs to agree ? (with ss)
more examples using infinitive, please....
thanks again
Alexis
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