Retourner, rentrer, rapporter" ce pull ne va pas du tout. je le retourne tout de suite"
I thought retourner shouldnt be used in the context of returning something to the shop,,, I hear " Retourner never means to return (something) in the context of a shop for example. In French, we use rapporter (to bring back) or échanger [quelque chose] can you say je le rentre? and or je le rapporte"? ,
Someone mentioned "I don't think retourner means to return in English like returning an item to a store (render quelque chose au magasin pour un remboursement) or putting an item away. is it the same for returning an item anywhere else than a shop like say a library?
Another mentioned 99% of the time retourner isn't used to say you returned something in general. So is: "J'ai rendu les livres a la bibliotheque" & j'ai rapporte les livres a la bibliotheque more preferred than j'ai retourne les livres a la bibliotheque. is it just the matter of choosing what sounds better in this case? even though you could possibly use retourner
& what is the difference between s'en retourner and retourner
When ‘Tu aides moi’ becomes ‘aide-moi’, the ‘s’ in the verb ‘aide’ is lost, as in the other example sentences. Does that mean that in affirmative imperative sentences the verb is conjugated in the ‘il/elle/on’ form?
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You gave the example "I'll have a coke" and marked this wrong when I wrote "Je prendrai ...". I was puzzled and read the grammar lesson which explained about the 'futur proche' using "aller + verb". I was aware of that construction although not aware that it had the technical name 'futur proche'. However, all the examples given in English used "going to + verb" which seems correct to me. On the contrary, "I will have" sounds to me like a simple future tense and should have been accepted. I suggest your sentence should have read "I'm going to have", to make it clear to the student what construction you require.
I received this question in a quiz: "Les femmes travaillent: ________ lavent et les autres cuisinent."
Isn't "quelques-unes" another correct way to say "some of them?"
" ce pull ne va pas du tout. je le retourne tout de suite"
I thought retourner shouldnt be used in the context of returning something to the shop,,, I hear " Retourner never means to return (something) in the context of a shop for example. In French, we use rapporter (to bring back) or échanger [quelque chose] can you say je le rentre? and or je le rapporte"? ,
Someone mentioned "I don't think retourner means to return in English like returning an item to a store (render quelque chose au magasin pour un remboursement) or putting an item away. is it the same for returning an item anywhere else than a shop like say a library?
Another mentioned 99% of the time retourner isn't used to say you returned something in general. So is: "J'ai rendu les livres a la bibliotheque" & j'ai rapporte les livres a la bibliotheque more preferred than j'ai retourne les livres a la bibliotheque. is it just the matter of choosing what sounds better in this case? even though you could possibly use retourner
& what is the difference between s'en retourner and retourner
How does one express "this soup (or whatever) needs pepper! That is to say, this soup must have pepper (in order for it to taste ok)? Is 'il faut' acceptable or is 'avoir besoin de' the way to express?
La soupe, il faut du poivre!
Why is this sentence "Tu m'as bien aidé cette semaine-là." translated as last week and not that week? Merci!
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