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What's the difference between:
n'importe qui/quand/quoi/ou/comment
and
peu importe qui/quand/quoi/ou/comment
En automne, tous les couleurs me plaisent: le rouge, l'orange, le vert, etc. et j'adore prendre des photos de feuilles multicolorées! Il ne fait pas trop chaud ou trop froid donc nous pouvons avoir de plusieurs choix avec nos vêtements, c'est super! Il y a aussi les boissons chaudes délicieuses.
Je trouve que les pronoms possessifs sont difficiles pour moi, alors corrigez-moi s'il vous plaît!
Why is j’ai de la farine correct when je n’ai plus de farine is also correct? Ie why is de la farine correct in the first sentence (per my last quiz?)
Which of the conjugations of s'asseoir is the most commonly used?
From this page and the link to the sister site below, it doesn't feel like there is a pattern to look for.
Reposting the link here so people don't have to scroll to comments made 2 years ago asking the same question...
https://www.lawlessfrench.com/vocabulary/games-sports-hobbies/?_gl=1*hzcn1r*_gcl_au*NjMxNzAyODY3LjE3NDc3MTE5NTQ.
Can you please update this article or clarify how to actually tell when to use what?
This confused me: "- 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"
I asked Claude (which is an AI and can make mistakes).
" The text has it backwards. The traditional rule is the opposite:
If the main clause is affirmative (no negation), the ne explétif is used (optionally, in formal/literary style).If the main clause is negative, the ne explétif is dropped, because adding it would create ambiguity or redundancy with the real negation.Examples:
Je sors sans qu'il ne le sache — main clause affirmative (je sors) → ne explétif is appropriate here.Je ne sors pas sans qu'il le sache — main clause already negative (je ne sors pas) → the ne explétif is omitted to avoid confusion."Is this a conflict between the two explanations, or am I (likely) just misunderstanding?
I thought it was "de grosse douleur" - singular - and can't think of any way of being able to hear whether it was singular or plurial. Does it have to be plural because the gums are plural? In English we could say "pain in my gums", but in French perhaps it's necessary to say "pains in my gums"? Or would "ce qui me causait de grosse douleur dans les gencives" still be correct?
[By the way - there's a typo in the full text - "genvices" for "gencives"...]
If I'm saying I had a good time last night and I'm female, would it be *Je me suis amusée?*
Dans la phrase, "N'ajoute aucun ingrédient qui nuirait à l'équilibre du plat, quelle que soit son originalité ou sa rareté.", le mot ’quelle’ fait référence à quoi ? Ingrédient ( aucun agrément), originalité ? Merce de votre explication en avance.
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