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Can I use 'vous craignez les arraignées' ? I thought craindre was 'to fear' or 'to be afraid of'.
I'm noticing that most verb tenses in this passage are in the present tense. I'm wondering if there's a general rule about when to use the present versus the future tense in this kind of historical account. I see one sentence that says "Plus tard, elle aura son diplome en sciences physiques..." Given that the sentence starts with "plus tard," it makes sense to me that the following verb is in the future tense, but later in the passage I'm seeing "Plus tard, en 1911, Marie recoit le Prix Nobel..." In this case "plus tard" is followed by the present tense. I'm wondering if the choice of tense is stylistic or if there is a subtle difference in meaning or how does one decide which tense is appropriate? Thanks in advance for your help!
Why does the text use "Ces derniers mois"? We are directed to a lesson which uses "mois derniers."
It was just to say that i’ve never seen cotton buds marketed as “les cotons-tiges” in South West France, where I live, but as “les bâtonnets ouatés”
I understand that du can be used as some e-g je prende du cafe
But what about these ones ?
où se trouve l'office (de la) du tourisme ? Can it be used as of ?
avez-vous un guide de la ville ?
je viens du super marché
What does du , de and du means here ?
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