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Just completely thrown by the imparfait/passé composé choices in this one. Before I started this course, I would have translated without hesitation "This has always been my favourite..." using the passé composé. However, mindful of "continuing activity in the past", I used the imparfait... and, as a result of that being wrong, thought, ok, I'll use the passé compose again at "I really wanted to see it on stage" (completed action in the past, surely?) - and of course that was wrong too. I'm really struggling to see what the logic is for using the particular tenses used here. The irony is, that if I'd followed my gut instincts and not thought about it, I'd almost certainly have got them the right way round!

Bonjour,

I was wondering when it is a good time to learn the adverbs? I am in A1 and was hoping someone can tell me if there's a beginning lesson for adverbs or should I wait?

Thanks

Nicole

The sentence to be translated:

And then, after taking a deep breath,

The correct response given is:

Et là, après avoir respiré un grand coup

Why is là used? I wanted to use puis but it wasn’t given as an option. 

Would puis work?

Why not "de petits morceaux," as there's nothing to designate a specific tomato? 

And why not "la carapace" as we're talking about the same animal subject?

"La tradition veut que..." and "Puis la coutume veut que..." does the use of avoir vs être hold a special/unique translation? Or is it simply "is"?

I do not understand this lesson either. I ask, too, that it be written.  I also ask that the columns in the tables be labeled.  I don't know what they are trying to say.

Bonjour,

I was doing this sentence and since there are two verbs croire and aller I know that you look at the second verb which is aller to determine whether to use peux or puisse and aller is Subjonctif so you use the puisse am I correct?

Maman, papa , croyez- vous que je_____ aller seule au concert samedi sour.