Both indirect and direct object pronouns used with past tense, and faire + infinitive in one sentenceHello Kwiziq,
I was just doing an exercise on another site, where they used a complex sentence to say this:
"Ces jolies robes, je vous les ai fait raccommoder."
It made me think if it's a correct construction or not, because in these cases I always see "le/la/les" before the infinitive. Maybe I missing something?
Would the sentence "Ces jolies robes, je vous ai fait les raccommoder" imply the same meaning, is one more correct than the other, or perhaps they both work (without any ambiguity)?
Also, thank you all in advance. Thanks to your exercises and easy-to-understand explanations, I could finally break my plateau and become more confident when I'm talking to someone.
Je parle de lui ..speak of him... pense à elle..think of her...
Might be worthwhile doing both of these as lui/elle.. thèse examples don't help me understand if you can say d'elle and à lui
Il ne mange des pâtes que le samedi. He eats pasta only on Saturdays.
Not sure the English is quite right there.. shouldn't it be he only eats pasta on Saturday.. he eats pasta only means he eats nothing else
l ne mange que des pâtes le samedi. He eats only pasta.... That is correct and is synonymous with he eats only
The French looks very clear.. it is the English that is impossible!
The phrases on the two sides of the "=" in the title are not parallel, so this makes it confusing from the get-go as to which is the pronoun and which are indefinite adjectives. I suggest changing it to "Chaque, chacun, chacune = each, each one.." and so forth.
Hey,
I often struggle with grammar but am a little confused as to why it is 'de tomates' but followed by 'des fraises' after. both subjects are plural so why is it not 'des tomates' ? I imagine it is to do with 'un kilo de ...' ? Just wondered if anyone could explain this
Thanks!
Hi, I think this lesson is too long and needs to broken down to smaller chunks!
I answered this question with attends que and was marked wrong. In the notes on attendre que it says "to wait for [someone] i.e. Frank to do [something] i.e. not to come" why is my answer wrong?
"L'énergie qui se dégage du terrain est électrifiante."I think this should be "L'énergie qui se dégage du terrain est électrisante."
According to Larousse/Robert/Collins (and wordreference), there are 2 verbs for the English 'electrify':
Figurative use (charged atmosphere, give an electric shock to etc)- électriser, with the adjective 'électrisant(e)'
Physical use (provide electricity supply etc) - électrifier, with the adjective 'électrifiant(e)'
HI,
In this workbook I'm practicing in that I brought. I had to translate using inversion and vous if necessary. So the sentence was
When is she arriving in Nantes? I put Quand arrive -t-elle à Nantes but then their answer said I should've used à quelle heure.
Why should I use à quelle heure instead of quand when the question is asking when?
Thanks
NIcole
Does this mean you can't use quand in the present?
Hello Kwiziq,
I was just doing an exercise on another site, where they used a complex sentence to say this:
"Ces jolies robes, je vous les ai fait raccommoder."
It made me think if it's a correct construction or not, because in these cases I always see "le/la/les" before the infinitive. Maybe I missing something?
Would the sentence "Ces jolies robes, je vous ai fait les raccommoder" imply the same meaning, is one more correct than the other, or perhaps they both work (without any ambiguity)?
Also, thank you all in advance. Thanks to your exercises and easy-to-understand explanations, I could finally break my plateau and become more confident when I'm talking to someone.
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