French language Q&A Forum
Questions answered by our learning community with help from expert French teachers
14,911 questions • 32,385 answers • 1,011,120 learners
Getting that for you now...
Questions answered by our learning community with help from expert French teachers
14,911 questions • 32,385 answers • 1,011,120 learners
The text uses the infinitive for "je passerai la soiree a parler ..." and the gerund for "Geraldine s'ennuiera en ecoutant ..." Why is the infinitive used in the first part of the sentence and the gerund used in the second part?
The following quoted material appears at: https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/passe-compose-vs-imparfait/
All in the past vs Relevance to presentImparfait describes something that is entirely in the past.
Il voulait toujours être médecin. He always wanted (used to want) to be a doctor.J’y mangeais souvent. I often ate there / I used to eat there often (but never again).Passé composé explains something that started in the past and continues today.
Il a toujours voulu être médecin. He has always wanted to be a doctor.J’y ai souvent mangé. I have often eaten there (and might again).Are you sure you don't have this in reverse? It seems like the passé composé would be used for the finished actions in the quote above.
Hello,
I'm having trouble with my sentence structures. Specifically, after the first verb in a sentence, when i present the second verb I dont know when to use "a", "de" or "pour". I would love some clarification on this!
Some examples for clarification:
- J'ai beacoup a faire
- Je veux parler francais (none of those intermediate words mentioned)
- On disait que des trucs sympas sur lui
- J'essaie juste d'oublier
- Je suis venue pour gagner
- C'est important d'etre gentil
Sorry for these examples, these are phrases I pulled from a magazine!
"what is going to happen?" is translated as "que va-t-il se passer?" Why is "il" used here?
This is the first lesson I've run across that is confusing, so that's pretty darn good! There are no examples of third person plural except the irregular one, so a novice has no idea what the third person plural rule is for regular verbs. Please update so make it clear that aient is indeed the ending for regular as well as irregular verbs (maybe by using a regular verb as the example since this page is supposed to be about regular verbs). Thanks.
1) Je vais au cinéma le weekend? (I go to the cinema on weekends) .....is correct?
2) Le weekend, j'aime faire la fête. (On weekends, I like to party) .....is correct?
3) C'est lundi.... ou.... C'est le lundi? (It is Monday)
What do you mean by éXer verbs - you talk about them and then use "Completer" as an example -but completer doesn't end in éxer.
Can someone explain the use of "à" in these two sentences:
Elle se trouva confrontée aux limites de l'époque (why is it used to mean "with" in this sentence?)
Mais cette femme à la forte personnalité (also meaning with?)
Find your French level for FREE
And get your personalised Study Plan to improve it
Find your French level