French language Q&A Forum

So if venir de + infinitive means to have just done something, why has ‘juste’ been introduced in the sentence “Je viens juste d’emménager”. It sounds a bit like “i’ve just just moved”.

These are the examples given:

- parler : nous parlons (we are talking) -> je parlais

- finir : nous finissons (we are finishing) -> je finissais

- faire : nous faisons (we are doing) -> je faisais

- prendre : nous prenons (we are taking) -> je prenais

All the verbs have the same ending despite the subject. Perhaps I'm missing something

I enjoyed this writing exercise but it could have been better if there were links to the necessary vocabulary. For example the "right size" was difficult to find just using a dictionary to look up words individually and I could not even find a word for sneakers!!

je suis Aref et je viens d'Iran.

Can someone explain to me what is a standalone adjective and give a few examples please?

Is 'Je vais au travail à vélo' correct?

the given possible answer was

 'en vélo' or 'à bicyclette'

In English, we can put the word 'only' almost anywhere in the sentence and mean different things. And, yes, you are right that in some places in can be ambiguous such as the example you provided, but that example shouldn't be ambiguous. Americans have gotten lazy.

1) Only he eats pasta on Sundays. (Not his sister.)

2) He only eats pasta on Sundays. (He doesn't buy it, play with it, make it,...)

3) He eats only pasta on Sunday. (He eats nothing else on Sunday.)

4) He eats pasta only on Sunday. (Not on any other day of the week. -or- similar to #3, just pasta on Sunday.)

5) He eats pasta on only Sunday. (needs more, "... on only one Sunday of the year.")

6) He eats pasta on Sunday only. (Not on any other day of the week.)