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J'ai eu peur que nous ________ trop tard
I answered "ne soyons arrivés" but this was marked wrong. "Soyons arrivés" was given as corrrect.
Am I missing something with the expletive "ne" (which I do find a bit confusing!) Could you explain?
Thanks in advance,
Ian
I think this dictee proves to me that I am in NO WAY ready to consider a vacation in France, where (as I recall) most speakers speak even more rapidly than the lady who read this exercise. I hadn't been thinking of such a trip anyway (Covid has interfered with so many plans) but I have decided that at this rate I should probably stay home, possibly forever!
In the second last sentence, could you use "déposerai" instead of "laisserai"?
Bonjour Madame Cécile,
Sorry for distubing you again , but I request you to kindly answer the follow-up part of the question posted by me in the link below-
https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/questions/view/mamie-gateau-challenge-passe-compose-vs-imparfait
Waiting for your reply
Merci d’avance.
Every dictionary I have checked confirms that 'les soldes' is masculine (wheareas 'la vente' is feminine, and 'la solde' has a different meaning). Just about every French person (woman) I have asked is surprised to find this to be the case ! However, I think the exercise should at least reflect/indicate the 'correct' usage:
Perhaps a simple note under the heading of the lesson that although 'les soldes' is officially masculine gender, it is very commonly 'misused' in the feminine, and throughout this lesson the 'colloquial' feminine grammatical gender for 'les soldes' has been used.
Just leaving it incorrect doesn't seem to me to be the best option.
For this sentence:
Je ferai parvenir le dossier à Jean Des que possible. The answer is je lui ferai parvenir le dossier Des que possible.
But when I have Je ferai parvenir ce document à votre avocat it translates to Je le lui ferai parvenir.
Can someone help me?
Thank you
Would be more useful is we could see what gender were countries starting with a vowel.
I don't understand the passe compose "j'ai toujours adore" to translate "I have always loved sending letters." Seems to me the writer is describing an action from the past continuing into the present. In that case, we should use the imparfait. Using the passe compose indicates the writer completed the action in the past. At one time she enjoyed sending letters but not now. (Sorry for the missing accents. I don't know how to type them on this keyboard.)
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