I am a bit confused with ne...pas Le passe compose/ present indicatif for depuis longtemps. In a test I translated "How would you say ''I haven't been in France for long.''? as "Je n'arrive pas en France depuis longtemps."

But it was marked wrong. Can you explain why Passe compose is the correct tense for this

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Emily H.A2Kwiziq community member

"rentrerons à la maison"

Why can't we say retournerons chez nous?

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Debora M.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

l'usage du verbe 'rencontrer' dans ce dialogue "Au secours, je n'ai plus internet"

J'aimerais savoir si le verbe rencontrer dans la phrase "Je suis désolée que vous rencontriez des problèmes..." est au subjonctif ou à l'imparfait?

Le dialogue https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/learn/reading/au-secours-je-n-ai-plus-internet?utm_source=blk&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=msg_628865

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Charles C.C1Kwiziq community member

« I will end my journey »Could you use « je mettrai fin à » ?

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David S.C1Kwiziq community member

What about when the indirect object is not a him or her, but an it? Do you still use lui?

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Andrea N.B2Kwiziq community member

A confusing sentence!

I came across this sentence in a French text book. " Elle m'a beaucoup aidée quand je suis arrivée ici." The speaker was female. Why is there agreement of aidée when the auxillary is avoir? Also is arrivée agreed as the clause uses etre? Thanks in advance.

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Glen L.C1Kwiziq community member

Use of indirect objectHi, I hope you can help with a grammar question. I'm doing a writing exercise: C1 Camping in the Woods. The phrase: "The invigorating wind lashed her face Translated" as "Le vent vivigant lui foullait le visage" I infer that "lui" is added to clarify that the wind is not "whipping its own face". The exception doesn't seem to be covered in the Kwizbot grammar notes (at least as far as I can see). Kind regards, Glen

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observablebear L.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

La violette est violette

Richard noted the adjective ‘violet’ changes with gender and number, despite being named after a real thing. Cécile answered the question. It took me a while to comprehend the answer, so if you don't mind I will add some comments to help myself and anyone else who might have the same difficulty. I think what Cécile is saying is the name of the flower is "violette", not violet; and because the original name of the colour is "violet", not violette, the two are not the same. They look close, but they are not identical. If the name of the flower en français was "violet", the story would be different.

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