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In the quiz above, there was a question about the sentence:
Après manger, les filles feront leurs devoirs
I was slightly confused as I would have written this sentences as "apres avoir mange" (with appropriate accents) at the beginning and not apres manger. In this lesson it seems to imply that to write apres+infinitive is wrong: Après avoir fait = After doing in French (auxiliary avoir)
I think I may be missing something and would appreciate some help. Is manger being used as a noun here maybe?
When does one use the word "menage" to mean "household"? And when is "bizarre" the right word for "weird"
I understand that, as a general rule, in French, we add definite articles before a country’s name. E.g.: J’aime la France. However, I also understand that if the country’s name comes after “de”, and the country is feminine, then, we omit the definite article. E.g.: Je viens de France. However, I am terribly confused by the phrase “Au service de la France” - why is there a definite article after “de” in this phrase?
Bonjour. I read the lesson. The lesson does not seem to advise when it is appropriate or better to use être or faire. Does it absolutely not matter? Or are there situations where être may be better to use than faire, or vice versa? Merci.
"D'abord, nous apprenons les mots de Pâques"
would it be acceptable to say
"D'abord, on apprend les mots de Pâques"
would translate as: mes mains were not stopping trembling. I get very confused over this particular usage. Most of the use of imparfait that I get wrong are due to this rule. Could you explain it better?
Hi, the text seems to sometimes, but not that often, use the Passé Simple (e.g. from the text: adoptèrent, acceptèrent).
I know that this tense is used almost exclusively in written, as opposed to spoken, French. Do you have any other guidelines on when this tense is invoked, as it seems to be used only occasionally even in a single piece of written French.
Hi,
I have a question about conjugating the verb in the sentence when you have two subject pronouns.
The sentence is below
Je doute que vous comprendre______ l'importance de cet evenement.
Do you use the pronoun that's closest to the verb? Because the answer is
Je doute que vous comprendriez l'importance de cet événement.
Thank you for help
Nicole
I have never seen 14.052 in English. I missed this one but still don't understand what it means. The French is
14 052.
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