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In a recent Kwizbot about the article with days of the week/weekend, an example was given « Ce weekend, on est allés au Futuroscope ». Why is the past particle plural? « We » is implied but the subject is « on ».
Is my thinking right here? If devoir is used in the imparfait in the main clause it means suppose to, and if it's used in the imparfait in the subordinate clause it means had to, all be it with less certainty than using devoir in the passé composé? In the text taken from one of your "fill in the gaps" on chosing the imperfect or the compound past :
"Le père était âgé et sortait rarement de son lit, alors sa fille devait s'occuper du jardin et des animaux."
the translation is given that she had to take care of the garden which means in english anyway, that she carried out the obligation. In french does the repeated action overule the subtlety of the fulfilled obligation?
I hope that's clear!
So will "tous les campings n'acceptent pas les chiens" be generally understood as "not all campsites accept dogs" rather than "all campsites don't accept dogs"? This is surprising to an English speaker!
In the example: "I always liked you." You give the answer: Vous m'avez toujours plu.
I think it should be: Je vous avez toujours plu.
I know that the verb "manquer" uses a strange inversion of the subject and object, but I don't think that applies to "plaire". Does it??
Bill, email woh1712@gmail .com
In the example above 'Oh là là. Il aime vraiment parler de lui !' why is there no même after lui? Also the 'Je n'aime que moi ?' why no même ?
For the phrase "we divided", would "nous avons separe" be acceptable?
Hello. I was doing a B1 writing exercise called "Spanish Cooking". Why is "but I struggled more with the tortilla." translated as "J'ai eu plus de mal" and not "J'ai eu plus DU mal"?
To me, this should be translated as “My exams took place last week,” while the test results show “My exams took place in the last week,” which sounds strange in English. I'm really confused!
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