Suggested additions and changes ?1. "In any case" - « en tout cas » is red-lined but should be accepted
https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/anglais-francais/case/568797
2. "I will soon be able to get by ..." - « bientôt » is red-lined, but is also correct here. It does not say "quickly/rapidly be able to get by...", - rapidement/vite are currently given as the preferred answers.
3. The previously, extensively discussed "heard that Isabelle IS going to try her luck ..." sentence needs to be changed. It should be, as has previously been noted, 'WAS going to try her luck'. This would then also fit with the lesson which only uses was/were examples to indicate the imparfait to be used here.
The English sentence in its current form is open to several interpretations - it is not French that is the issue here, it is the vagaries of English 'as it is spoke'.
J'allais + [infinitive] to express the near future in the past in French
For the first 2 options above, the suggestions agree with my wife's spontaneous first responses, and for the third, she immediately used imparfait but put a question mark over the use of 'is going to...' rather than 'was going to ... ' in the English sentence.
What is the negative of this sentence
Elle a cinq crayons
Is it possible to use à instead of 'en' when saying "Je suis à ville."?.....Thirza0
1. "In any case" - « en tout cas » is red-lined but should be accepted
https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/anglais-francais/case/568797
2. "I will soon be able to get by ..." - « bientôt » is red-lined, but is also correct here. It does not say "quickly/rapidly be able to get by...", - rapidement/vite are currently given as the preferred answers.
3. The previously, extensively discussed "heard that Isabelle IS going to try her luck ..." sentence needs to be changed. It should be, as has previously been noted, 'WAS going to try her luck'. This would then also fit with the lesson which only uses was/were examples to indicate the imparfait to be used here.
The English sentence in its current form is open to several interpretations - it is not French that is the issue here, it is the vagaries of English 'as it is spoke'.
J'allais + [infinitive] to express the near future in the past in French
For the first 2 options above, the suggestions agree with my wife's spontaneous first responses, and for the third, she immediately used imparfait but put a question mark over the use of 'is going to...' rather than 'was going to ... ' in the English sentence.
I really did not understand some of this. What does "Ainsi font, font, font" mean? Also, the meaning of "La taille courbée" and "le front penché". Finally, "s'en vont" confused me. Are they going somewhere? Help!
Dans le texte vous avez «les poèmes qui sont présentés» mais dans le fichier audio «les poètes qui sont présentés». De plus, le paragraphe 4, ligne 4, répète la ligne 3 dans une simple erreur de frappe ou de copier-coller.
In the above sentence, why is the correct answer "moins d'énergie que" and not "moins d'énergie que de"? I added the "de" based on this rule: "When expressing there are more/fewer/as many-much [thing/s] than/as [other thing/s], you need to add de after que".
When is enfin used instead of finalement?
Bonjour,
I was working on the verbs with à and De and I was looking over my A1 section I was wondering what I need to work on next? Should it be more prepositions by itself or stick with working with more verbs so I don't get confused?
Thanks
Nicole
I'm sorry, but I still don't quite understand the role of "en" in the sentence referred to. Is it a pronoun to refer to 'Les enquêteurs' ?
Pourquoi pas pluriel - avec leurs peaux dorées….
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