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Please help me how to use 'la voilà' le, les voilà etc. Is it an expression or something else? Thank you.
Why is laisser included in the following? : -
ATTENTION:Verbs in -ETTER, -ELLER and -E(xx)ER (errer, blesser, laisser etc.) are not included in this rule: they follow the regular pattern.
can we use the verbs which can be inverted with je in the future ?
For example devrai-je?(is this correct?)
I haven't had an answer to my query re Chris' explanation, I last wrote ' The English version of this sentence is 'By the time he packed' so the answer should be 'ait fait' or the english should be 'by the time he packs' in which case the french should be ' she will already be gone' ' I now have a further query about 'By the time you were ready, the bus had already gone'. Surely 'By the time you were ready' is in the past? Is this an example of the difficulty of translating English into French? Do we not have an equivalent tense?
How would you rank the above-mentioned 5 alternatives in order to ask someone politely to do something?
For example:
1. Veuillez laisser un message.
2. Laissez un message.
3. Laisser/ez un message, s'il vous plaît.
4. Merci de laisser un message.
5. Nous vous invitons à laisser un message.
Sorry, but I have absolutely no idea what "for a usage" actually means in the context of an adjective. Can someone very kindly clarify ?
I thought "gâter" already had a nice sound for to spoil, but then I discover 'chouchouter' in this lesson, and my wife mentions 'dorloter'. They all just sound so 'right' for the sentiment to me. « Ma belle-sœur me chouchoute toujours avec une bonne choucroute. » Can't wait to hit her with that on the next Skype !
On a more grounded note: 'goes and walk the dog', would be either 'goes to walk the dog' (which is fine for the translation) or 'goes and walks the dog', at least in my part of the world.
Also, "la TV" is actually listed in both wordreference and Larousse (to my surprise) - TV is currently not accepted in translation, although it was used in the English script.
Why is this in the past tense? I thought it was ongoing and background information, and so used imparfait (which was incorrect). Thanks in advance.
Is there a difference between "c'est" and "c'était" ? It seems like people use them interchangeably.
I think the translation should be “charm your jury”, not “seduce your jury”, as the latter has a sexual meaning.
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