Placement of "tard, tot, plus tard, plus tot"I have the same question that several other learners have asked. About the placement of "tard, plus tard, tot, plus tot, etc" at the beginning as well as the end of the sentence. I did the same thing as Michael. I had selected the option using "plus tard" at the beginning of the sentence, but then deleted it after reviewing the lesson.
Here is what the lesson states. (There is no mention of these adverbs being placed at the beginning of the sentence):
"Adverbs of place and certain adverbs of time usually FOLLOW the past participle:
e.g. tard, tôt,... and some adverbs ending in -ment
Il est parti tard. He left late.
Elle a compris facilement.She understood easily."
May I suggest that you give some examples with them at the beginning of a sentence? It would be very helpful.
Bonjour,
There was a sentence I was working on
Do not call them after eight P.M! For this sentence the answer was
Ne Les appelle pas après huit du soir. Are they using Les here as the direct object because their is no preposition for it to be indirect?
Also why is the pronoun y in this sentence after the conjugated verb?
Tu devrais y prêter attention?
Thank you
Nicole
I have the same question that several other learners have asked. About the placement of "tard, plus tard, tot, plus tot, etc" at the beginning as well as the end of the sentence. I did the same thing as Michael. I had selected the option using "plus tard" at the beginning of the sentence, but then deleted it after reviewing the lesson.
Here is what the lesson states. (There is no mention of these adverbs being placed at the beginning of the sentence):
"Adverbs of place and certain adverbs of time usually FOLLOW the past participle:
e.g. tard, tôt,... and some adverbs ending in -ment
Il est parti tard. He left late.Elle a compris facilement.She understood easily."
May I suggest that you give some examples with them at the beginning of a sentence? It would be very helpful.
I find this lesson very confusing. The first two sections of it seem contradictory. In one example, it says use "rappeler (a quelqu'un) and in the very next one, it says, don't use de, but has eliminated the a. Can you please help me understand the difference?
Thanks much.
I was deeply confused by this, but I think I now understand.
I can say "Mon chat me manque.", or "Mon chat manque à Jean.". HOWEVER,
"Mon chat manque à moi" and "Mon chat manque à elle" are NOT correct.
Am I understanding this correctly?
In the C1 writing challenge "A Ghost Story" the partial sentence "While I was pulling weeds" in the context "While I was pulling weeds ... I heard..." was translated "Tandis que j'arrachais les mauvaises herbes". "Alors que" was also suggested but my answer "Pendant que" was not. Why is that?
Larousse (https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/anglais-francais/while/624050) translates "while" as "pendant que" when it refers to a simultaneity of time (e.g. pendant que vous serez à Londres il faut visiter le British Museum), whereas "tandis que" and "alors que" it says are applicable to the case where "while" is used in the sense of "whereas" (e.g. elle est de gauche tandis qu'il est conservateur).
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