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________ retarde le train, c'est la grève. What delays the train is the strike.
Why in this sentence 'francaise' is omitted? The English text does contain the adjective 'French', that is to say
Pour moi, la meilleure joueuse de tennis française sera toujours Amélie Mauresmo.
I answered “à moins qu’elle ait fermée.”
The correction used être to conjugate fermer into the past tense. Why?
It really sounds to me that the speaker is saying ``Sophie, au va....`` I know it doesn`t make sense but it really sounds like that`s what he`s saying. Can you please check?
1. Can I say: J'ai peur que je ne puisse pas m'expliquer MOI-MÊME,
as an equivalent expression for: J'ai bien peur de ne pas pouvoir m'expliquer MOI-MÊME,
2. I understand the importance of the purpose of impersonal DOP "le" here: Non, ce ne l'est pas
By the same logic, shouldn't we say: "Non, je ne le vois pas," instead of "Non, je ne vois pas,"
Thank you!
1. la pêche industrielle cause de graves dégâts aux écosystèmes marins.
2. les générations futures ne connaîtront jamais la riche biodiversité de nos océans.
In the above two sentences, is there any reason why riche and graves go before the nouns they qualify?
Correct: It's hot and I feel like getting/having an ice cream.
If you drop the "s" from all "er" verbs when using the singular imperative, why does "ajoutes-y" have an "s" ?
Plus nous sommes généreux, plus les gens nous le rendront. (Plus modifies the verb)
Plus généreux nous sommes, plus les gens nous le rendront. (Plus modifies the adj.+verb).
The more generous we are, the more people will give back to us.
Plus il est un homme riche, plus je suis un homme pauvre. (plus modifies the verbs)
Plus riche un homme il est, plus pauvre un homme je suis. (plus modifies the adjs.)
(My humble thought; the second sentences are okay with me. yes/no? Explanation)
(The second sentences are similar to American) Thanks
How imparfait works , I am asking that cause I will have a writing test in my french class so , I want to understand it .
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