Ne... pas encore + articleBonjour Madame Cécile !
A sentence came up while I was reviewing the lesson-
Il a déjà acheté un nouvel appartement.
To form the negative, I think it should be-
Il n’a pas encore acheté de nouvel appartement.
I had read the rule in the following lesson that “un” changes to “de” in negative sentences-
Un/une become de/d' in negative sentences in French (French Indefinite Articles)
But, will “un” change to “de” in this negation ? Because, there is an adjective after “un” ?
Is this an exceptional case where the above mentioned rule does not apply as it happens for “Verbs of State” ?
Merci en avance ! Je vous souhaite une bonne journée!
À bientôt !
In the excersise 'If I could start over' I translated the phrase 'I would buy a house in the country' as 'J'acheterais une maison dans la campagne' and I got the following correction from Kwizbot: 'J'achèterai une maison à la campagne,' I know I didn't get the accent or preposition right, but why is the Kwizbot answer giving the verb in future tense instead of in the present conditional?
Can one not say "la semaine passee", to mean the same thing as "la semaine derniere"? (I can't find accents)
Bonjour Madame Cécile !
A sentence came up while I was reviewing the lesson-
Il a déjà acheté un nouvel appartement.
To form the negative, I think it should be-
Il n’a pas encore acheté de nouvel appartement.
I had read the rule in the following lesson that “un” changes to “de” in negative sentences-
Un/une become de/d' in negative sentences in French (French Indefinite Articles)
But, will “un” change to “de” in this negation ? Because, there is an adjective after “un” ?
Is this an exceptional case where the above mentioned rule does not apply as it happens for “Verbs of State” ?
Merci en avance ! Je vous souhaite une bonne journée!
À bientôt !
I don’t understand why this sentence doesn’t need an a to form the passé composé: Il y a quelqu’un “a” caché dans les citrouilles. The correct answer didn’t have the a after quelqu’un. I think to say hidden, past tense, would be “a caché?” Thanks for your help.
I am still having issues with understanding the usage of toujours in the past tense vs imparfait. In Lawless french ( https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/passe-compose-vs-imparfait/) she states, "In a nutshell, the passé composé names something that happened, WITH A CLEAR BEGINNING AND END." She also says that- 'toujours' can be used in Passé composé if it represents 'always (and still now) (this explains its usage in this exercise, but its an ongoing feeling-not over and done!). However , I find these 2 statements mutually exclusive. How do I determine which form to use under the circumstances?
Hi can you pls explain how to use " on ose à peine dire/ énoncer"
This is translate by “doing scuba” and “deep dive” whereas there is no differences or word placed for “deep”. How’s that?
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