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It is listed as adverb and I am confused.
can we say: "Baptiste est mon le plus mauvais ennemi." ?
Does this rule is valid when the object pronouns are me,te,nous,vous
il nous ai parlé or il nous ai parlés
Whic one is true?
I wish your helps thank you so much
Here we use Passé composé because the use of the negation ne ... pas insists on the fact that the action stopped happening at the specific time mentioned (since/for) in the past.
If we used Présent indicatif here, it would make it sound like the action "keeps on stopping" during the given length of time.
To say that a (recurring) action in the past has now stopped happening with depuis, you can also use Présent indicatif with ne ... plus (not any more) instead of ne ... pas:
Tu ne bois plus d'alcool depuis cinq ans.You haven't drunk alcohol for five years.What is the difference between these two?
NB... the hints can be misleading here... case in point:
the hint for the quiz says 'faire de nouvelles sandales'
but the answer is Je me fais de nouvelles...
Therefore, if the hint is to lead effectively, you should change it to read:
'se faire de nouvelles sandales'
Regarding Cathy's question, the two following answers were accepted as being correct with both là and y replacing 'dans une clairière'. The first was the answer given by KWIZIQ as the first choice.
1. je me repose là pendant quelques minutes.
2. je m'y repose pendant quelques minutes.
I understand that y can replace 'dans + place', and I often read that y and là have different meanings, but have never found a clear explanation as to when you 'can' use one or the other when referring to a place.
I would really appreciate someone explaining to me why both are correct.
Why is it "Nous faisons des progrès" instead of "le progrès?
Why is there a need to add "je suis" to "d'accord?" There are only 2 people in this conversation, so it would seem obvious that the one is agreeing with the other without identifying himself. It's a bit cumbersome and wordy, esp in spoken interaction. Do people actually talk like that in real life???
Je ne suis pas une mère, donc je n'ai pas des enfants.
On my computer the hints are shown on the phrase after they are needed - eg tout le monde. I have seen this on many of the excercises.
je me repose là pendant quelques minutes.
je m'y repose pendant quelques minutes.
je m'y relaxe durant quelques minutes.
May I know what the me y make the meaning different here from me only?
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