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I have a question about the following quiz question:
Elle pardonne à Paul et elle _________
The translation was "She forgives Paul and she forgives us"
The correct answer was "nous pardonne"
I am confused why the first part is "pardonne à Paul" but the second part has the pronoun in front of the verb, "nous pardonne". Is there a general rule to follow for this placement?
Bonjour,
If you can't say "j'ai d'autres chaussures", how then would you express "I have other shoes".
Merci.
Tu n'as pas habité ici depuis longtemps. I've studied and understood the rule about using the 'passé composé but I can't see where my mistake is. Help!
How can “I cycle to work” become “I am going to work” (near future) by bike. That would be if he is a courrier. Shouldn’t it be « je vais au travaille » ? And I thought that by bike would be à vélo.
In the examples above we use tout in front of "heureuse" which is feminine and use toute in front of "hérissée ". We do the same for heureuses and honteuses.
What is the difference exactly for these two usages of tout and toute ?
So "demeurer" sounds "posh"? What about "habiter"? Don't they mean the same thing?
Perhaps even in another lesson on this site, but certainly in other references have seen 'le Zaïre' as an exception to the "-e rule" - I believe it is also masculine and should be added to the list in this lesson. For example https://www.lawlessfrench.com/vocabulary/countries-and-continents/
In the text the English phrase "It is going to be great" is rendered in the proximate future as "ça va être sympa".
I understand why this is correct, but I'm wondering would French people ever use the simple future tense here instead? Something like "ça sera sympa"?
Thanks,
Stuart
In the question "I went back to see her." I replied J'ai retourné la voir. Wrong.
Whenever I check on some verb sites for the passé composé for Retourner it gives me Avoir as the auxiliary. How do I determine when this type of verb uses être or when it uses avoir?
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