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Bonjour à toutes et à tous,
I would like to know if there is a difference in the usage of these verbs or are they completely interchangeable ? For example, in the sentence "I lifted up a heavy box", which one would be more appropriate ?
Merci
Thank you for your response, so if in my head i can say '' the whole'' of the day, year etc, then use the feminine. but what still stumps me is the two examples using years. during his sabbatical he travelled etc, and i spent a year in Spain etc. Both are saying one year, not two or three years, so a precise moment no? Is there a way to differentiate between these two examples ?
In all your examples, the two subjects are different. But what happens when they are the same? Can you just use the infintive?
For example
Unless I want to buy something, I only need my house key.
À moins que JE veuille acheter quelque chose, JE n'ai besoin que de ma clé de maison.
À moins de vouloir acheter quelque chose, je n'ai besoin que de ma clé de maison.
I am so lost! The information doesn't make it clear for me. Any other support?
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