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I just took one of the writing quizzes and am confused by two grammar issues: using imparfait after "bien que". The sentence: "even though she had already been camping in this forest for a week.
1. I wrote: "Bien qu'elle campait déjà depuis une semaine dans cette forêt" I assumed this is correct because we're saying "had already been" with depuis. However, the correct answer was supposed to be, "Bien qu'elle campe déjà dans cette forêt depuis une semaine" ( I thought the present tense with "depuis" would mean "was or has been"camping).
2. Also, since the verb is after "bien que" should we use the subjunctive imparfait: compât ? "Bien qu'elle campât déjà depuis une semaine dans cette forêt"
In one of the 10 question quizzes:
How would you say "Alain expected this situation to resolve itself." ?
J'ai repondu "Alain attendait que cette situation se résolve d'elle-même."
Mais la réponse correcte était: "Alain s'attendait à ce que cette situation se résolve d'elle-même."
Pourquoi? Où est la sense de souci ? L'anglais etait "expected this situation to resolve itself" qui indique une manque de souci.
inconsistent?
Francis
I am so lost! The information doesn't make it clear for me. Any other support?
Bonjour Aurelie !
Why is it that when you write time indicating the time of day (i.e. du soir or du matin) that you use "et demie" or "moins le quart" but when writing in 24 hour time you write just the number past so like "trente" or "quarante-cinq" ?
This may not be right but when i was doing the quizzes I often got it wrong because of this and am a little confused to be honest !
Merci
The sentence for translation was: "help clearing the table after eating." I wrote "après avoir mangé" for "after eating" and this was marked wrong. They wanted "après manger". Can anyone help me understand why "après avoir mangé" is wrong?
I was really upset (so upset, I have to write this in English) by the March 7th sitting of the DELF B2, as were many of my collegues who expressed the same sentiment: The oral comprehension was so extremely difficult. It was a telephone interview, which sounded like it took place in a tin can. I have prepared very well for the DELF B2. I listed to France 1 everyday for 6 months. By far, the selected interview for this test was the most difficult and the WORST quality of an interview I ever heard. Furthermore, the speaker had a very low voice, and all his words were 'liasoned' together.
It seems to me that the want you to fail the B2. At B1, they are so happy that you have come that far with French and are so supportive. But at B2, they want to trick you and make it exceedingly difficult and set you up for failure. It was extremely stressful and not happy time as expressed in this video.
I wish there was someone to express this complaint to, especially if I fail.
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