Attendre que vs. S'attendre a ce queI, too, have a question concerning "s'attendre a ce que..." vs. "attendre que..."
The Kwiz gave this sentence: "Alain expected the situation to resolve itself."
Two of the translations were simply incorrect and could be immediately ruled out. Of the remaining two:
"Alain s'attendait à ce que cette situation se résolve d'elle-même" was in the end the correct answer, but I ruled that out too, since the lesson states that this is used with a situation where the expectation is negative.
There is nothing negative about, "Alain expected the situation to resolve itself." If anything, it is a hopeful statement.
"Alain attendait que cette situation se résolve d'elle-même" was then, the only choice that fits the given phrase. Especially since the lesson states concerning "Attendre que + subjunctive clause":
"This structure is used when you wait for [someone/something else] to do something. Here the waiting is neutral, carrying no connotation of dread or expectation.
It is Certain that Alain is waiting "for [someone/something else] to do something. " And his waiting carries no connotation of dread or expectation. If anything, his waiting is Positive.
Why then, was the answer the one using "s'attendre a ce que + subjunctive clause" ?
I have read the other question about this very same sentence, but I am still not clear about this lesson.
I agree with everyone that the lesson desperately needs to be rewritten or split up into more than one lesson. I found the first part explaining the difference between, "attendre..." and "s'attendre a..." to be very easily understood. After that, things just kept getting more and more confusing.
Thank you for your help.
Merci beaucoup
Est-ce qu' il n' y pas les bandes dessinees et les chaussettes sales de Pierre sous son lit
Are any of these alternative answers possible?
1. Je me souviens toujours de la première fois ... (In place of encore - I often have trouble with encore and toujours in this context of still, but in some cases I believe they can both be equally correct?)
2. Elle a passé la plupart de sa carrière ... (in place of la majorité or l’essentiel)
3. ... dont elle a souffert pendant toute sa vie (in place of ... don’t elle a souffert tout au long de sa vie)
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I was wondering how this expression would be used for sentences where the main action is accounted for by faire already. In other words where the expression is not modifying another verb. For example, if I wanted to say that "all lies are done on purpose", would it be "tout mensonges a fait exprès" or "tout mensonges a fait exprès de faire"?? Thanks, am having trouble transforming this sentence grammatically.
For the translation of 'thin, clean' does it matter which order the adjectives appear in French ?
I, too, have a question concerning "s'attendre a ce que..." vs. "attendre que..."
The Kwiz gave this sentence: "Alain expected the situation to resolve itself."
Two of the translations were simply incorrect and could be immediately ruled out. Of the remaining two:
"Alain s'attendait à ce que cette situation se résolve d'elle-même" was in the end the correct answer, but I ruled that out too, since the lesson states that this is used with a situation where the expectation is negative.
There is nothing negative about, "Alain expected the situation to resolve itself." If anything, it is a hopeful statement.
"Alain attendait que cette situation se résolve d'elle-même" was then, the only choice that fits the given phrase. Especially since the lesson states concerning "Attendre que + subjunctive clause":
"This structure is used when you wait for [someone/something else] to do something. Here the waiting is neutral, carrying no connotation of dread or expectation.
It is Certain that Alain is waiting "for [someone/something else] to do something. " And his waiting carries no connotation of dread or expectation. If anything, his waiting is Positive.
Why then, was the answer the one using "s'attendre a ce que + subjunctive clause" ?
I have read the other question about this very same sentence, but I am still not clear about this lesson.
I agree with everyone that the lesson desperately needs to be rewritten or split up into more than one lesson. I found the first part explaining the difference between, "attendre..." and "s'attendre a..." to be very easily understood. After that, things just kept getting more and more confusing.
Thank you for your help.
Merci beaucoup
I wrote out « dix-septième siècle » instead of « XVIIe siècle », but was counted off for that. Is it not correct to spell out the ordinal numbers?
Thank you
Bonjour
In the video where it states that amour is masculine and amours is feminine there is an example ... de grandes amours.
Why is de and not des
What is 'It is a short dress with pink roses'?
Is it 'C'est une robe courte avec des roses roses.' ?
I wouldn't have thought the very last sentence would be a question, so I had a guess and got it wrong of course.
Should it have ended more better?
Why does the first word have its final “e”? Is is agreeing with the feminine noun “fin”?
Also, is the first word best considered as an adjective or as a past participle in this sentence?
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