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Hello,
One question I have always been wondering is with the phrase "Comment vas-tu ?"
In this instance, would this be considered a formal or informal question? For example, would you use this phrase with friends? It seems conflicting that the use of "tu" would be formal in the inverse because the nature of "tu" from what I've understood to be quite formal. Could I get some clarification?
Thank you,
Eveline
Hi Team,
For clarity, I would suggest a sentence change:
Original: With the "above 12 o'clock" times (13h, 14h, ...), you don't use et quart, et demie, moins le quart ...
Suggested: When using the 24-hour clock (13h, 14h, ...), you don't use et quart, et demie, moins le quart ....
Presumably ‘soi-même’ can also be used for ‘itself’ ?
Hi , the point I was trying to make in my question immediately below was that the lesson states that the subjunctive applies after 'vouloir que' where a desire for "someone else" to do something is involved. In the sentence that I quote it is 'something else' that is involved i. e. son film, and not "someone else".
Could you please clarify.
Thank you
Hello, I've just done the question
How would you say "By the time he came, I had fixed the machine." ?
for which the correct answer was...
Le temps qu'il vienne, j'avais réparé la machine.And not ‘le temps qu’il soit venu, j’avais réparé la machine’ ?
For me, this is a past event and ‘came’ is the past tense but in French you actually need to say « by the time he comes, I had fixed the machine » in English (speaking, at least)?
Thanks :-)
But when in my study plan quiz I answered:
‘Write "We're having a walk in Central Park": Nous ________ dans Central Park’ with (Nous) nous baladons (dans Central Park.) it was marked wrong.
I realise it’s informal but I can’t see anything in the question to suggest that informality would be in appropriate. What’s the problem? I checked the conjugation with Lawless French.
Hello everyone,
I was wondering if this sentence must always be written in this Order:
François, dont j'ai rencontré la femme le mois dernier.
The lesson says that there are cases in which we find the possession separated by a verb, but there is no explanation about whether that is a rule that must always followed or is another way of expressing things.
Is it correct to write it like this?
François, dont la femme j'ai rencontré le mois dernier.
Thanks!
I couldn't tell the difference among 'Je suis allé '(mas) et 'je suis allée'(fem) ou 'nous sommes allés' et 'nous sommes allées' from the audio. In everyday speech, is there any change in pronunciation?
The exercise gave two possibilities: passer prendre et venir chercher. My dictionary adds aller chercher, which is what I chose. Is this not a possibility? Is it a question of perspective in this case? The speaker is the one being picked up, hence venir. If the speaker was asking what time he should pick someone up, then perhaps aller is preferred over venir.
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