Queries pertaining to grammatical concepts Bonjour Madame Cécile !
I have been attempting tests at Kwiziq and have faced a few problems which I would like to ask here-
1. C’est le mois d’avril et il a commencé ______ faire très chaud.
Here, would the answer be “à/de” ? How to judge when to use “commencer à / “commencer de” ?
2. Regarde cet arbre sans fruits. Mais _________ qui est devant nous en a beaucoup.
Here, which of the following is grammatically accurate - celui-ci /celui ? I opted for “celui-ci” but the answer was “celui”. Why, Madame ?
3.J’ai vu quelque chose dans ton sac.
To form the negative of the sentence which is correct -
Je n’ai vu rien/rien vu dans ton sac.
This is not highlighted in the lesson- Ne ... rien = Nothing (French Negations)
4. Ces hommes parlent sans cesse.
To form a question would we write-
Qui parle/ Qui parlent sans cesse ?
Merci encore Madame Cécile pour votre aide continuel.
Je vous souhaite une bonne journée!
Hi there;
Can I spell out my difficulty with this?
The three sample sentences are (and I've re-ordered the clauses on one to make my point clear):
Depuis que j'ai quatre ans, je porte des lunettes.
Depuis que vous nous l'avez dit, nous le savons.
Depuis que je t'ai rencontré, ma vie a complètement changé.
In the first two examples, the second clause of each is in the present tense; why not in the third example?
Best wishes,
Hugh
Bonjour Madame Cécile !
I have been attempting tests at Kwiziq and have faced a few problems which I would like to ask here-
1. C’est le mois d’avril et il a commencé ______ faire très chaud.
Here, would the answer be “à/de” ? How to judge when to use “commencer à / “commencer de” ?
2. Regarde cet arbre sans fruits. Mais _________ qui est devant nous en a beaucoup.
Here, which of the following is grammatically accurate - celui-ci /celui ? I opted for “celui-ci” but the answer was “celui”. Why, Madame ?
3.J’ai vu quelque chose dans ton sac.
To form the negative of the sentence which is correct -
Je n’ai vu rien/rien vu dans ton sac.
This is not highlighted in the lesson- Ne ... rien = Nothing (French Negations)
4. Ces hommes parlent sans cesse.
To form a question would we write-
Qui parle/ Qui parlent sans cesse ?
Merci encore Madame Cécile pour votre aide continuel.
Je vous souhaite une bonne journée!
In "Personne ne croit en toi comme j'y crois", why "y" if y is standing for "en toi?" I thought y was for prepositional phrases beginning with à
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