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Bonjour,
Could someone please explain why the auxiliary before apparu is était rather than avait ? The whole sentence is:
Je me souviens encore distinctement de la manière dont j'étais restée bouche bée lorsque cette belle dame, qui avait l'air d'être faite de paillettes, était apparue gracieusement sur cet étrange engin.
Merci, Matthew :-)
Why does she say le nom des plants, but not les noms as plural?
Laquel est une pomme que tu as choisis
Laquel est une pomme as-tu choisis
what are the differences in that two sentences.will you please help me? merci beaucoup
Because of the 'hint' that 'the action was completed' I changed my initial answer from 'Ce Noel etait' to 'Ce Noel a ete' - but I find it's 'etait' in the above version.
I also had used the word 'etincelantes' but this was scored out and replaced with 'brillantes'.
This is by no means the first time that similar things have happened and I'm a bit peeved that I've had to mark myself down needlessly.
Would an alternative translation to the above be: "It was nice yesterday" ?
I have a question about when subjects are going somewhere. Sometimes we use "à____". why is this different?
"on naviguerait jusqu'en Martinique "
Why jusqu'en?
Thanks
Questions on ‘partir, sortir, quitter’ which comprise one, some or all answers are so inconsistent, I find it very irritating. Sometimes when I choose all three (excluding ‘laisser’ of course), only ‘partir’ is the answer deemed acceptable. sometimes, when I select ‘partir’ only, all three are given as correct. More context please.
Can you use "des sièges" ?
We are asked to use the historic present for one small section and then revert to the past tenses. I’m not clear why there is that change. Whenever I have seen the historic present used at various sites, they maintain it all the way through.
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