Le futur simple - "You've had" vs. "You had"Bonjour tout le monde,
Dans ce quiz:
1. ''Vous eûtes un petit frère.'' means:
a. You had a little brother.
b. You've had a little brother.
c. You will have a little brother.
d. You have a little brother.
2. ''Les amants eurent le temps de se cacher avant qu'il n'arrive.'''means:
a. The lovers had time to hide before he came.
b. The lovers took the time to hide before he came.
c. The lovers had had time to hide before he came.
d. The lovers were tempted to hide before he came.
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Pour le premier, j'ai choisi 1a, mais kwiziq a dit que la réponse 1b ("You've") est exacte. Pourquoi ? En anglais, "you've had" veut dire "you have had", à peu près un temps parfait. Est-ce-qu'il aurait du que la correcte réponse soit 1a: "You had a little brother" ?
Mike
Bonjour tout le monde,
Dans ce quiz:
1. ''Vous eûtes un petit frère.'' means:
a. You had a little brother.
b. You've had a little brother.
c. You will have a little brother.
d. You have a little brother.
2. ''Les amants eurent le temps de se cacher avant qu'il n'arrive.'''means:
a. The lovers had time to hide before he came.
b. The lovers took the time to hide before he came.
c. The lovers had had time to hide before he came.
d. The lovers were tempted to hide before he came.
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Pour le premier, j'ai choisi 1a, mais kwiziq a dit que la réponse 1b ("You've") est exacte. Pourquoi ? En anglais, "you've had" veut dire "you have had", à peu près un temps parfait. Est-ce-qu'il aurait du que la correcte réponse soit 1a: "You had a little brother" ?
Mike
"Qu'est-ce que c'est?" (what is that?) is one of the first things a beginner in French learns. Now that I am moving from A2 to B1, I learned that "Qu'est-ce que..." is the question form to use when the "what" is the object of the sentence. I think the verb "to be" is throwing me off. Could someone explain to me how "what" is the object of the sentence in question like "what is that?"
As a theme park is « un parc d'attractions » (wordreference/Larousse) shouldn't the plural (general) be « les parcs d'attractions » ? The 's' on the end of « attractions » is being red-lined presently, and the transcription also has « les parcs d'attraction » without the final 's'.
Also, as has come up in at least a couple of other exercises 'very fun' is not considered good English by many (regional - in use US and Canada apparently, but is not good 'British' English) - just 'it is fun', 'it is a lot of fun', 'it is great fun'.
It is not 'very fun' for many of us to see its repeated use.
The fete was organized by the sisters, so that Beatrice would have been NOTRE cousine rather then MA cousine. I recognized that the exercise said "my cousin" but I figured that as they (sisters) were making it, the cousin would have been one of both of theirs. I guess I overthought what was being asked.....
I would have expected 'un conte' to be a 'short story'. I was under the impression that 'Une nouvelle' tends to be a long short story. Thus 'Bel-Ami' is a 'roman', 'Boule de Suif' is a 'nouvelle' but 'Une Vendetta' is a 'conte'. What do you think/?
Can you please let me know the difference between TOUS and TOUT
Mercy
My questions are the same as Sally’s last two. I think that the English tense is misleading in the sentence to be translated. “As you don’t pay an entrance fee you are encouraged to give whatever you feel like to help with the upkeep of the museum” seems a more accurate translation for this sentence in English.
“I would really like that other countries could follow this example !” for the last sentence.
It’s just a thought.
when we should use j'ai instead of je suis and examples .Please explain
Is s'en aller used in the negative form? If so, what is the construction?
Hi Team
Is "Se Parler" always conjugated without the past participle agreement ?
Example : Elle se sont parlé.
If no, can you give an example sentence with past participle agreement.
please check: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/french-english/se-parler
where the table shows agreement of Past participle.
Thank you.
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