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Why is your answer Je vais à piscine and not Jee vais à la piscine.
Un enfant ou une enfant? Dans la texte "Ce ne sera pas une enfant pour toujours"
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 ?
Is it always the case that while meeting a family member, or a friend, or an acquaintance, we have to use or instead of ?
Also, what are the specific use-cases of the verb , instead of , that convey the same meaning as "make" in English?
Thank you!
To describe "Snow falls" ot just "Heavy snowfall", which verb should we use:
tomber or chuter?
What are the subtle or not-so-subtle differences between these two verbs?
For "Why have you left it so late?" I'm wondering whether it's possible to use "Pourquoi es-tu t'y pris tellement tard?"
I know that' "sy prendre trop tard pour faire" was used in the musicals week but I'm not sure if there's a distinction that would make this expression unsuitable in this context. Thanks!
Could someone clarify why imperfect is used in the above example? I thought it would be future (je viendra). The linked lesson is "Expressing continuing action with the imperfect tense in French" but this does not seem like a continuing action? And the rest of the sentence is in future tense as well.
Thanks in advance!
My go-to dictionary, Word Reference, gives 'tout l’ensemble’ and 'somme toute' as translations. One of the acceptable translations was 'en somme', which is close to what WR used. However, 'tout l’ensemble', which is what I chose, was not accepted. Should it be added?
Salut,
Can I write apporter quelques changements in this context? I have read that although apporter is normally reserved for physical movement of objects, it can be used figuratively too.
Merci!
example from this lesson - Et leurs anniversaires ? - C'est bientôt !
contradicts with example from another lesson about c'est vs il/elle est - Où est ta tasse? Elle est sur la table. (rule: use il/elle est when giving opinions/short statements about specific things.)
"C'est" vs "Il/Elle est" to say it is/she is/he is in French
leur anniversaires - we are specifically talking about their aniversaries. so shouldn't we use il/elle est ? or maybe ils/elles sont ?
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