à + verb or de/d' + verbThis isn't covered in fully in the lessons, but I would like to know: how do we know when to use à + verb as opposed to de + verb? Some lessons cover de + verb, for example to say 'before running' I can say 'avant de courir'. But I'm not sure about the other case, à + verb. Any answers? I haven't had much luck searching the web for this, so any help would be much appreciated.
This is the one specific to this exercise:
"qui consiste à appliquer de la peinture sur de l'eau". Why not "qui consiste d'appliquer ...?"
Here are other cases I've found on this website:
nous avons commencé à le faire il y a quelques années
quand tu auras fini de ranger ta chambre, tu m'aideras à faire la vaisselle.
on est toujours pressé d'oublier les moments délicats
le temps que je finisse de manger, ... j'aurai fini de vérifier ... le temps que ça lui prend de se préparer
“a dit Maman d'un ton admiratif en le voyant”
This seems such a strangely constructed sentence! Can anyone break it down?
(i) “admiratif” is an adjective (I think) but the possessive “ton” treats it like a noun.
(ii) “voyant” seems to be used as a present participle here (“the seeing”), but I’ve only seen these preceded by “en” before.
You gave a “hint” that the person dressing up was Daniel, a man, so checked up in my trusty Oxford dictionary if there is a male / female spelling, and it has a ‘le zombi’ for a male zombie, and ‘le zombie’ for a female zombie. You’ve used ‘zombie’ so why bother with the hint ?
Je ne comprende pas ce qu'il faut faire......
I've heard that both ceux(and all of its forms) and lesquels(and all of its forms) means the one. So, how do you differentiate? For example: Eva aime mes biscuits mais déteste ceux de sa tante.
I think I have this right, and this may have been stated before. I was confused by the two examples below, as were other people; the question being, why doesn't tout change to toute because it is modifying a feminine adjective? I realized that the whole point is to always ensure that the speaker says the "t" at the end of the word >. In these two examples, the speaker will automatically say the t sound because of the rules of liaison, so no gender modification is necessary. In speaking, we just need to know to always say tout with the hard t at the end, regardless of spelling. It would be easy to make a mistake in writing however. Did I get this right?
Sa sœur est tout heureuse de sa nouvelle maison.His sister is very happy with her new house.La Tour Eiffel est tout illuminée.The Eiffel Tower is completely lit up.«Vieux» might be considered an exception to this rule, as the adjective has 2 masculine singular forms, but the feminine singular form (vieille) always follows the form of «vieil» , regardless of whether followed by a vowel/mute h or a consonant. I don't know of any others - does anyone else?
Can we use ensuite here?
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This isn't covered in fully in the lessons, but I would like to know: how do we know when to use à + verb as opposed to de + verb? Some lessons cover de + verb, for example to say 'before running' I can say 'avant de courir'. But I'm not sure about the other case, à + verb. Any answers? I haven't had much luck searching the web for this, so any help would be much appreciated.
This is the one specific to this exercise:
"qui consiste à appliquer de la peinture sur de l'eau". Why not "qui consiste d'appliquer ...?"
Here are other cases I've found on this website:
nous avons commencé à le faire il y a quelques années
quand tu auras fini de ranger ta chambre, tu m'aideras à faire la vaisselle.
on est toujours pressé d'oublier les moments délicats
le temps que je finisse de manger, ... j'aurai fini de vérifier ... le temps que ça lui prend de se préparer
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