Weekend workout: Trouble on the way to holidayIn that exercise there is one sentence whose English doesn't quite jibe with me:
-- The kids finished the ones we'd brought.
I don't think the use of past perfect tense here corresponds to what you would actually use in English. You'd be more likely to hear:
-- The kids finished the ones we brought.
But I realize that in French you would actually use le plus-que-parfait:
-- Les enfants ont finis celles que nous avions emportées.
As it stands, the English sounds a bit off but it gives a strong hint as to which tense to use in the French version. Still, I would use imperfect in English and, if necessary, provide a hint for the French.
What do the professionals think?
In that exercise there is one sentence whose English doesn't quite jibe with me:
-- The kids finished the ones we'd brought.
I don't think the use of past perfect tense here corresponds to what you would actually use in English. You'd be more likely to hear:
-- The kids finished the ones we brought.
But I realize that in French you would actually use le plus-que-parfait:
-- Les enfants ont finis celles que nous avions emportées.
As it stands, the English sounds a bit off but it gives a strong hint as to which tense to use in the French version. Still, I would use imperfect in English and, if necessary, provide a hint for the French.
What do the professionals think?
"Je mange des algues et je nage souvent avec les poissons." There both indefinite and definite articles in this sentence. Why not, "Je mange les algues et je nage souvent avec les poissons," or "Je mange des algues et je nage souvent avec des poissons?" And also, "J'aime bien aussi collectionner les coquillages." Why not, "J'aime bien aussi collectionner des coquillages?"
The student is referred to the future tense of savoir when the conditionnel is employed by the speaker.
Is "Nous nous sentons", in this situation, just a matter of emphasizing the point?
Il ne joue pas souvent au foot, et toi ? -Je n'y joue pas souvent non plus.
Why is there a y there?
Because it is jouer a?
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