I clicked on "Report a Problem" but nothing happenedAnyway, I want to ask about the following:
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Paula ne pense pas grand-chose de l'environnement
Paula doesn't think much of the environment
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". . . doesn't think much of the environment" seems neither correct nor natural. Normally, when one contemplates a matter (or chooses not to), one "thinks about X."
If instead one wishes to indicate his/her opinion of X, and specifically wishes to suggest a negative opinion, one might say he/she "does not think much about X," where X could be a book, a movie, a teacher etc. In other words, X is things subject to subjective opinions.
Thus, in the example above, X as a subjective matter does not normally include the environment, which simply just is (i.e., we don't have subjective opinions about water, air or the sun, which just are, like the environment).
So, in the example, what is Paul really trying to say? Does she perhaps not think much the environment, as in not thinking much about environmental issues like pollution, climate change etc?
If instead the example was:
Paula ne pense pas grand-chose des activistes environnementaux = Paula doesn't think much of environmental activists,
that would make sense.
I understand that de + les = des, but is it more natural to use 'des' here, even though the 'les' is part of the title "Les Misérables"? The alternative correct answer was given as 'la petite fille dans "Les Misérables", which seems to preserve the title of the book.
If I ask a 'how come' question that refers to myself (and not to someone else), presumably the subjunctive does not apply? For example: -
"How come I'm not in the football team?" this presumably would not attract the subjunctive??
I only ask because other subjunctive lessons state:
'When something happens so that / in order that someone else does something in French'
Chanson douce = lullaby :-)
Hi, in a reversed expression such as
Qu'est-ce qui te plaît chez Anna ?
which is the subject and which is the object?
I’m guessing that the subject is that aspect of Anna’s personality which causes ‘you’ to like her. Therefore, since ‘you’ receive pleasure from that part of her personality, ‘you’ are the object.
Is that correct?
Thanks in advance!
Allez-vous commander la salade?
For this question if I have to give negative answer
Non je ne vais pas la commander or je ne la vais pas commader.
Which is correct? Ps elaborate
My understanding of "être" in passé composé is that it's supposed to be used for reflexive verbs. If this were true, then "je suis allée" would imply, in the present tense "je me vais", which isn't correct. Could someone explain this?
I am confused by the pronunciation given here for the sentence "Elle a cru que c'était Valentin, mais c'était quelqu'un d'autre." The recorded voice sounds as if there is an s at the end of the word "cru".
Anyway, I want to ask about the following:
- - - - - -
Paula ne pense pas grand-chose de l'environnement
Paula doesn't think much of the environment
- - - - - -
". . . doesn't think much of the environment" seems neither correct nor natural. Normally, when one contemplates a matter (or chooses not to), one "thinks about X."
If instead one wishes to indicate his/her opinion of X, and specifically wishes to suggest a negative opinion, one might say he/she "does not think much about X," where X could be a book, a movie, a teacher etc. In other words, X is things subject to subjective opinions.
Thus, in the example above, X as a subjective matter does not normally include the environment, which simply just is (i.e., we don't have subjective opinions about water, air or the sun, which just are, like the environment).
So, in the example, what is Paul really trying to say? Does she perhaps not think much the environment, as in not thinking much about environmental issues like pollution, climate change etc?
If instead the example was:
Paula ne pense pas grand-chose des activistes environnementaux = Paula doesn't think much of environmental activists,
that would make sense.
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