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In the explannation above, it says:
"To express lacking [something], you will use manquer de or d' + [thing].
You do not need to use the partitive articles (du, de l', de la, des) here, just as you wouldn't say I lack thesugar but simply I lack sugar:"
It's a bit confusing because then all the examples use "de". You really have to your know your grammatical terms! I wonder if it would be clearer to say:
"You do not need to use the definite articles (le, l', la, les) here".
Just a thought.
Quand je serai grand, puis-je être aussi cool que ces enfants?
<< Mais en 1969, André Malraux le classera enfin au titre des monuments historiques >>
I'm interested in the use of the future tense for classer here. I can't find any rule about it anywhere.
Clearly this event took place in the past. Is this a mistake ? Shouldn't this have been in the passé simple to give it a literary/formal feeling ? i.e. classa
<< Mais en 1969, André Malraux le classa enfin au titre des monuments historiques >>
Any thoughts welcome. Thanks, Paul.
Hello,
I was wondering if I can post my translation of the reading exercise of Cher journal for my answers here to see how I did or is there a page where it shows it correctly of the translation?
Thanks for your help
Nicole
https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/my-languages/french/tests/3091633
Mon rêve pour cette année (Le Conditionnel)
A question bout the above linked quiz:- the sentence to be translated is "the first flight that appeals to us!"
- I put in "le premier vol qui nous plairions!", but the answer is marked incorrect, and the one given is "le premier vol qui nous plairait!"
- The linked lesson is "Lesson: Conjugate regular verbs in Le Conditionnel Présent (conditional mood)"
So I'm not sure what I've done wrong here? Thanks!
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