Language registerWhen I speak with native speaker friends, they would never respond to any of the "tu veux... / tu penses que... / tu crois que..." questions above with a "le" in their response. I know it's correct, but is this a feature of formal French? When I'm in France, I always hear "Oui, je pense/crois/veux" as a short sentence response when I ask people if they think/believe/want something.
Actual questions I've asked native speakers and responses I've got: Tu veux aller au magasin avec moi? Oui, je veux (bien). Tu penses qu'il reste du pain? Oui, je pense. Tu crois qu'il va pleuvoir? Oui, je crois.
I only see and hear le used when people are expressing a longer idea, like in the lesson example "Pauline pense vraiment que c'est bien de faire des études?" - "Oui, Pauline le pense vraiment." where a long clause is introduced that would have to be replaced by le in a response.
What do you think?
In writing challenge "Problems at the hotel" - Quel est le problème?
I wrote "Qu'est-ce qui est le problème? - can this be correct as well?
For "they always made me feel" the answer is "ils m'ont toujours fait" which is passé composé. Seems to me this is a continuous action in the past so it should be the imparfait "ils me toujours faisaient."
I seem to be going backwards, losing confidence by the day with this lesson. Very disappointed in the content and exercises. This system of questions seems to be hurting me more than helping,
It’s like the rules change every time I read this lesson.
Regretting paying for a whole year.......
When I speak with native speaker friends, they would never respond to any of the "tu veux... / tu penses que... / tu crois que..." questions above with a "le" in their response. I know it's correct, but is this a feature of formal French? When I'm in France, I always hear "Oui, je pense/crois/veux" as a short sentence response when I ask people if they think/believe/want something.
Actual questions I've asked native speakers and responses I've got: Tu veux aller au magasin avec moi? Oui, je veux (bien). Tu penses qu'il reste du pain? Oui, je pense. Tu crois qu'il va pleuvoir? Oui, je crois.
I only see and hear le used when people are expressing a longer idea, like in the lesson example "Pauline pense vraiment que c'est bien de faire des études?" - "Oui, Pauline le pense vraiment." where a long clause is introduced that would have to be replaced by le in a response.
What do you think?
How about the expression, "faire des achats"?
When I did a test, I answered one wrong because the correct answer was;
Nous ne savons pas ce qui tu fais
Could you please explain this?
I've come across this sentence:
J'ai fini de déjeuner.
It seems correct to me when "déjeuner" is a verb.
But I wonder if "déjeuner" here is a noun and is being used along with "de".
If yes, would there be any difference from "J'ai fini le déjeuner"?
Thank you
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