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The last sentence, Voyons voir ce qu'on peut faire pour vous, translates to, Let’s see what we can do for you.
Why is "voir" used? I thought voyons alone means "Let's see", so using voir seems unnecessary. Is it an idiomatic expression?
Pourquoi "le raisin mûr" au lieu de "des (ou les) raisins mûrs" dans la phrase :
Les vendangeurs cueillent le raisin mûr.
par rapport à
Mon fils cueille des pâquerettes pour la Fête des Mères.
I think it's interesting that you never note the divergence of french and english grammar on using bien as an adverb with être. If one says in english "it is good", good is an adjective. If one says the french version of this "C'est bien" one uses the adverb. Elsewhere in french "c'est" is followed by an adjective "c'est beau". Usually, I guess, one uses il/elle "il est difficile". But it seems unusual to suddenly use an adverb to describe not a verb but the noun of the sentence. I can see easily Ça va bien, because bien is modifying the verb going.
Hello!
I would like to know where we place a pronoun in the sentence using "faire + l'infinif."
1) Tu as fait changer tes rideaux ?
If I would anwer to this queation using a pronon "les" for mes rideaux, "Yes I had them changed," where would the pronoun be placed??
The same question...
2) Je me suis fait faire les ongles.
Where do we place "les" the pronoun if we say, "You get them (your nails) done!"
Is there a certain rule that we need to know and follow??
Thank you very much!!
Umi
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