Grammar Queries (based on concepts)Bonjour Madame Cécile !
I am facing a few problems and am unable to understand the reasons behind them.
1. "He realizes you're cheating." -> Il réalise que vous êtes en train de tricher.
In this sentence, why one doesn’t use Le Subjonctif as the expression is followed by “que”?
2. I knocked at the door, but you were sleeping."
The correct answer was-> J'ai frappé à la porte, mais tu étais en train de dormir.
Though, I mentioned “ J'ai frappé à la porte, mais tu dormais. (L’Imparfait)
As I was sleeping in progression when someone knocked.
3. Ils ________ écouter.(They should listen.)
Why the accurate answer is -> devraient (Le Conditionnel Présent) and not ‘doivent’ ?
Merci Madame de m’aider encore.
Je vous souhaite une bonne journée !
I do understand the distinction between transitive and intransitive verbs, but for this English speaker there seems to a real difference between "tu as descendu le cadeau" or "j’ai descendu les boîtes" versus "j’ai descendu les escaliers". You don’t "do" anything (like carrying it down or getting it down) to the staircase/ladder/beanstalk! I’m not sure if the French view the two situations identically or whether it’s just idiomatic to descend something with steps or rungs using the transitive form ?
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 ?
In this text, "Serviette" qppears to be a beach blanket, though"napkin" is my dictionary definition. Similarly, "Rayures" are "scratches", "Glaciere"
On the section "et il adore les loisirs créatifs !"
- Did not hear ‘et’ at all.
On section: "pour donner à la famille et aux amis."
- She pronounces the ’s’ in ‘amis’, I thought you were not supposed to. That threw me and I got it wrong.
On the section "On va bien rigoler !"
- Far too fast! I replayed that about 10 times or more and could not get a word (as an A1 student)
I was under the impression that for the abstracts, we could use en... so when I wrote en besoin , I was marked wrong ... pls explain why?
Bonjour,
A quoi sert le « quoi » à la fin du quatrième paragraphe ?
Je vous remercie.
Diane
I thought that using 'quoi' was impolite, verging on downright rude. Is this no longer, or never was, the case?
Why is the first sentence in imparfait - he only went on one business trip?
Why is the second sentence in passe compose - she had tears in her eyes all day long?
quand Samuel était en voyage d'affaires à Bruxelles.
j'ai eu les larmes aux yeux toute la journée !
Bonjour Madame Cécile !
I am facing a few problems and am unable to understand the reasons behind them.
1. "He realizes you're cheating." -> Il réalise que vous êtes en train de tricher.
In this sentence, why one doesn’t use Le Subjonctif as the expression is followed by “que”?
2. I knocked at the door, but you were sleeping."
The correct answer was-> J'ai frappé à la porte, mais tu étais en train de dormir.
Though, I mentioned “ J'ai frappé à la porte, mais tu dormais. (L’Imparfait)
As I was sleeping in progression when someone knocked.
3. Ils ________ écouter.(They should listen.)
Why the accurate answer is -> devraient (Le Conditionnel Présent) and not ‘doivent’ ?
Merci Madame de m’aider encore.
Je vous souhaite une bonne journée !
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