À la bibliothèque (Fill-in-the-blanks kwiz)Bonjour Madame Cécile !
While attempting this exercise on Le Subjonctif Présent, I had queries in the following sentence->
1. J'étais comme votre fils, jusqu'à ce qu'un jour, j'aille dans la bibliothèque de mon quartier,et que je me mette à dévorer les romans “Donjons & Dragons.
In this sentence, Madame, why is the Subjonctif used in the second blank ? Can’t it be “je me mets” ?
2. Oui, et j'ai peur que cela ne lui fasse un peu peur.
Here, Madame, why does Mme. Aurélie use “cela” instead of “il” when referring to a Harry Potter novel ?
Merci encore Madame !
Prenez soin de vous et restez en sécurité.
Bonne journée!
The translation is
Martin hasn’t been here long.
If the sentence is in le passé composé wouldn’t “depuis longtemps” mean “in a long time” and thus the translation would be “Matin hasn’t been here in a long time “?
Regards
Catherine
Chris' comment below about modal verbs (All modal verbs, like pouvoir or devoir require the infinitive, no matter which tense or mode they are in.) was an eye-opener for me as to how pouvoir and devoir fit in the big picture. Perhaps a short paragraph about modal verbs in general would be useful to others. Thanks!
Bonjour Madame Cécile !
While attempting this exercise on Le Subjonctif Présent, I had queries in the following sentence->
1. J'étais comme votre fils, jusqu'à ce qu'un jour, j'aille dans la bibliothèque de mon quartier,et que je me mette à dévorer les romans “Donjons & Dragons.
In this sentence, Madame, why is the Subjonctif used in the second blank ? Can’t it be “je me mets” ?
2. Oui, et j'ai peur que cela ne lui fasse un peu peur.
Here, Madame, why does Mme. Aurélie use “cela” instead of “il” when referring to a Harry Potter novel ?
Merci encore Madame !
Prenez soin de vous et restez en sécurité.
Bonne journée!
bonjour,
wouldnt the phrase je vais skier translate to "im going to ski" and not I go skiing?
Wouldnt you say en hiver, je fait du skie or something like that?
merci!
In the sentence: Tu ne peux rien mettre dans ce placard. Why is rien before mettre and not after?
Why not ces temps-ci as well as ces jours-ci?
This particular question and explanation frustrate me a bit because I've seen it so often in other "teaching" apps. It seems to me, perhaps incorrectly, that the lessons should be geared toward the student in NOT assuming that the student knows or will stop to look up the many nuances of what type of shopping one is doing, especially since it often will not be indicated. Since there are two such distinct intents for these "going shopping" phrases, it seems to me that neither "faire les courses" nor "faire les magasins" should be marked incorrect. "The sales are on" does not exclude non-personal-goods locations. In this instance, perhaps a hint needs to be included.
Julia is watching a Tom Cruise movie, there are four answers:-
1.It is very good - Il est très bon - agreed
2.He is very good - Il est très bon - Only if you are referring to Tom Cruise
3.She is very good - Elle est très bonne - Julia might not like Tom Cruise so she might be very good in watching it............
4.I can't remember the last answer offhand but it does have an instance where it COULD be correct.
The point is that other than answer 1 the other options are ALL options and may all be correct in certain circumstances. The ONLY certain answer to this particular question is the first one, all others are possible but are liable to return a partially correct result depending upon the way in which the question is viewed. I submit that it may NOT be the best question for this exercise.
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