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why say elle va au marché? instead of elle marche

Hello,

In the sentence 'il y avait de petites huttes aux fenêtres desquelles de minuscules visages hirsutes avaient l'air préoccupé.'

 Is it possible to replace desquelles with dont?

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

Elsewhere, I'm seeing where 'desservir' is conjugated as follows:

je desservis

tu desservis

il/elle/on desservit

nous desservons

vous desservez

ils/elles desservent

Which doesn't match the lesson example. If I were to follow the lesson example 'desservir' would be conjugated as follows:

tu dessers

il/elle/on dessert

nous desservons 

vous desservez

ils/elles desservent  

Which version is correct?

I don’t get the nuance of ‘J’arrive dans 10 minutes’.  'I arrive in 10 minutes' is the same, to me, as saying ‘I will arrive in 10 minutes.   

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.