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I wonder why Le Passé Composé is used as 'adorer' is a state of mind.
I try to modify the sentence: 'Les invités sont arrivés vers dix-neuf-heures, et tout le monde a adoré les décorations et était heureux '. Is l'imparfait used correctly?
At least in American English, we'd say "Pope Benedict the sixteenth resigned" or "The pope resigned" but never "The pope Benedict the sixteenth resigned."
1)I just did a quiz on futur proche. One answer was: Demain, j'y verrai plus clair. (Tomorrow, I will see more clearly.) What does y represent here?
2) Ils sont vus des animaux en Afrique? Oui, ils y en a vus. If only a single adverbial pronoun is acceptable, which one do I select?
Thanks in advance
Relatedly, in an inverted question like "La fille a-t-elle un chat ?" , is the placement of the subject at the beginning done solely for emphasis? If so, would it be uncommon for a comma to appear after it?
[Edit] As usual, I found the answer after posting the question...
Apparently, when the subject is a noun or name, that subject remains in place and is repeated in the form of a subject pronoun.
I am trying to understand the word, cachet, which I found in another exercise where it meant tablet. I thought it had an additional meaning as a kind of wax seal. Is it not appropriate in this passage as a synonym for sceau ?
Should “demanda” be capitalised (“Demanda”) as it begins a new sentence?
Eux and nous was the answer but stress pronoun should not be 1st?
I am a little confused
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