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Why, in “Nous courons pour ne pas manquer notre train.”, do we have “ne pas manquer” and not “ne manquer pas”? I didn’t know that “ne pas” is valid.
No, I am not the Queen! but I am trying to translate this "precious" mode of speech while preserving the original's register but I am confused by the use of possesive pronouns when translating sentences using the English neuter pronoun "one". e.g.
"One is happy to accept this recognition of one's efforts."
I would translate this as :
"On est heureux d'accepter cette reconnaissance de ses efforts."
A previous reply has indicated that the use of "ses" here is non-sensical.
How should this English sentence be translated (in register)?
....compared to most other languages.
I wrote:
.....comparée à la majorité D'autres langues.
Why is it DES autres langues?
Also
........so my mother tongue would have prepared me.....
I wrote:
.....que ma langue maternelle m'aurait préparéE
I thought an extra 'e' was required because of la langue?
Ce qui est essentiel, c'est ça ! / Quel est essentiael What is essential is this!Why is the 2nd sentence wrong ?
It's a small point, but do French people write Ier with a capital I or 1er with a 1 ? Or either ?
Wondering why it is bourgeons éclore rather than éclorent
Merci pour votre réponse
In "nos premières vacances toute seules", why is it "toute" and not "toutes", to go with "seules"?
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