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Does courir have this quirky root because it is part of that messy 3rd group of verbs, and is grouped with things like aller, faire, prendre, voir, pouvoir, vouloir, devoir,. Is it right there's no real pattern here, you just have to learn them?
"J'ai fait mal à Olive hier quand je lui ai marché sur le pied." While I'm slowly getting the hang of faire mal à versus faire du mal...why is LUI in the example above?
In the question "On ________ passé par là?", should there not be an 's', in this particular case, at the end of passé?
I know I am a little old-fashioned about this, but even though "it sucks!" is used more and more frequently these days in colloquial American speech, I think it is still a fairly vulgar expression. Does "ca craint" have the same level of vulgarity as "ca suce" in French? I'm just curious.
Walter B.
What is the meaning of grand-daughter in French?
I used “Évidemment” instead of “Bien sûr” for the term “Of course”, and it was not included as any of the accepted terms. Could you please explain the appropriate use of “évidemment”? Several dictionaries translate it as “of course”, but perhaps there is a usage nuance that I do not understand?
Thank you for your remarkably helpful site!!
Why is this wrong? We were driving in Paris when ... It seems like the perfect use of this structure. You suggest using the imparfait for conduire vs en train de. Why?
I see the question asks for conduire in imparfait but I’m still curious why since this seems to call for en train de. Thanks again!
Hi,
I have looked all over the site, but cannot seem to find where to learn the correct answer for "Ces livres _ nous/These books are ours" - it's very frustrating.
For me, I'd write "Ce sont nos livres" or "Ces livres sont les notres".
Could someone clarify the instance where I'd use "nous" at the end? Or at least direct me to the lessons explaining these instances?
I've been stuck on Gold A1 for 3 days (99.97%) and it's extremely frustrating to continuously have these setbacks. All I want is my diamond badge so I can move on to A2.
Many thanks
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