Grammatical construction of, "...nous étions parties"Hi,
I had written, "... nous étions partis" in lieu of the recommended, "... nous étions parties". I don't understand the recommendation:
So "étions" as auxiliary "être" in imperfect (indicative) tense, 1st person plural, added to the past participle "parti" so as to construct the compound past perfect tense.
I constructed the past particle as male gender plural so, "partis". This as we have two assumed female genders (Joséphine and the writer Amélie) as well as at least one other, gender unknown, as expressed through the larger sentence, "... et avec laquelle nous étions parties".
I thought the rule for French grammar was, choose the male gender when the gender is unknown...l don't want to support patriarchy. I do want to get my grammar straight. Thanks!
the last sentence: it is really difficult to understand the beginning.
et elle nous a même donné une chambre avec vue !
it sounds like " et y ...."
Why was my answer: " Je suis en retard cinq minutes"
marked wrong and the only correct answer was "J'ai cinq minutes de retard".
I thought that there were two ways to say "I was 5 minutes late"
Hi,
I had written, "... nous étions partis" in lieu of the recommended, "... nous étions parties". I don't understand the recommendation:
So "étions" as auxiliary "être" in imperfect (indicative) tense, 1st person plural, added to the past participle "parti" so as to construct the compound past perfect tense.
I constructed the past particle as male gender plural so, "partis". This as we have two assumed female genders (Joséphine and the writer Amélie) as well as at least one other, gender unknown, as expressed through the larger sentence, "... et avec laquelle nous étions parties".
I thought the rule for French grammar was, choose the male gender when the gender is unknown...l don't want to support patriarchy. I do want to get my grammar straight. Thanks!
Le soir, la ville se réveillée.
Le soir, la ville se réveillait.
This is in the context of a visit to this city, which came alive in the evening. Until then the shops were closed and the streets empty. The text book answer was NOT in the imparfait. What is the rationale applied here?
Dear Kwiziq team,
I would be grateful if you could explain how the past participle is formed, there is nothing about this in this lesson and I think that it would be useful to know it so to use the Passé Composé correctly. Could you please explain.
Merci,
Apostolos
Why is "à la" used and not "dans"?
She lives, physically, in the countryside.
It seems if she came "from the countryside" it would be "à la".
Is this just one of those "this is the way it is, and not subject to the dans/en rules"?
I have 2 questions
1-
can I use indirect object or direct object before the verb for "penser à" when I talk about people?
and what is the rule for
Je pense à Lui(tom)
je lui pense or je le pense?? (does it work with any of them?)
2-how can I inverted imperatif with penser à for people
pense à moi or pense moi (whicj one is true?)
I am confused as to which phrases are acceptable in current lingo. For examples, "bartoter dans le marché boursier" for dabble in the stock market. Is this completely wrong? If so, why?
Is "faire les classes" wrong for learn the ropes?
The dictionary that I looked at used "examiner" for review; others used "revoir"
Finally, I am mystified as to why "une hypothèque" is not given as an option for mortgage. This is a word I heard most often when I lived in France.
So in an earlier exercise, "I love swimming," you had a possible answer for fear of heights as "peur du vide" but not in this one. Is there a reason why?
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