arrêter is a transitive verb and thus to my understanding takes an object but the verb parler can not be an object in the example above. So how do I know what one to use.

Asked 4 years ago

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Hugh O.C1Kwiziq community member

Why not the present tense?

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

Asked 7 years ago

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Drew B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Vous êtes bien chez eux

What does "bien" translate as in the first sentence, "Vous êtes bien chez Anne-Sophie et Guy Degrenne?"

Asked 6 years ago

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Cheryl N.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

agreement of past participles of verbs that use être as auxillary verb in perfect past tense, e.g. aller; partir, etc.

Bonjour!

Verbs that use être as auxillary in the perfect past tense, must have agreement of the past participle with the subject pronoun, but what if a direct object pronoun were included in the sentence? Which of the two pronouns would a past participle agree with please? Subject pronoun or direct object pronoun? Please site an example or two with your answer if possible.

Regards, Cheryl

Asked 7 years ago

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L. I.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Hello Aurélie,

Asked 8 years ago

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Stuart B.B1Kwiziq community member

Is there a reason that 'juste' is used with rater? Is it being used to describe the degree to which the train was missed?

Asked 9 years ago

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Liz H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

When to use soi vs soi-même

Il faut toujours essayer ... avant de juger. I used soi since I read this to be a universal self where soi is used. Why is it soi-même? What’s the rule to differentiate when using On to mean universal, we the people, etc? I used soi in a previous question using On and it was correct. Thanks.

Asked 5 years ago

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