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Could you also say “Ma mère devrait arriver bientôt” instead of “ma mère…d’ici peu”
I don't understand this particular line:
The context in which you could use sortir de [ville] to express to leave [city] is very specific in French (note that it doesn't apply to countries,states,regions etc). It would only refer to an action in progress
Does this mean you can't use sortir de [ville] in future/past tense (Je sortirai de Paris), but you CAN use it in other tenses with countries, states, regions, etc?
Or does this mean you cannot use it with countries, states, regions...and you can only use it with cities if it's an action in progress?
Hey, I was reading the following explanation of this topic, in the example at the end, should not be
deux-cent-trente-cinq
instead of
deux-cents-trente-cinq?
Note: Nowadays, following the Spelling Reform it is recommended to use hyphens with any numbers lower or greater than 100 (quarante-et-un / deux-cents). However, when using "millier(s) /million(s) / milliard(s) de" you do not add the hyphen before these numeral words (deux-cents-trente-cinq millions d'euros).- Cette pomme est bonne. - Oui, c'est ________, les pommes ! This apple is good. - Yes, apples are good!
Hi. My test offered no clue that the test-sentence was being used in a literary or other written context. I could have been saying to a friend that…. yesterday ‘I lost my balance’ and fell down….. As opposed to ‘I lost my balance’ (my equilibrium), which has a figurative meaning, and therefore could well be used in that literary sense. If a verb is being used figuratively and not literally, is it always in the historic past,?? What is the difference between ‘J’ai perdu mon cle hier’ and ‘Je perdis mon equilibre’… etc Thanks, Kathy
Would not "préparez un bol de bouillie be acceptable?
With respect, are D.G and Cécile’s posts right? Surely ne is only needed after sans que when the verb preceding it is negative, and then only in more formal French. So "Tu as fait tout ça sans que Neve soit au courant" will not require a "ne".
The linked lesson could be a little clearer, but says:
If the main verb is NOT used with negations, then you CANNOT use the ne explétif.
If the main verb is used with a negation, you can use the ne explétif, but it is considered optional
when to use Ce and Ça. Because i read that Ce is used only with etre. But that is not always the case. It is even followed by adjective and adverb
I am a tactile learner and do better writing these dictées by hand. Is it possible to do the grading (does the grading contribute to the dashboard, even?) by hand and enter the score? The language clicks better in my head writing manually vs typing and I don't want to write and then transcribe into the system. Is there also a way to simply see the transcript without going phrase by phrase?
Si triste, mais si vraie. En mort, apres les combats, les combattants, autrefois ennemis, ont plus en commun que leurs frères en la vie.
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