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Lincoln H.C1KwizIQ community member

Gerund vs infinitive

For the last sentence "je les ai vus descendre de leur voiture", I wanted to say "je les ai vus en descendant". Would my version basically mean "I saw them while I was getting out of the car"? Or can you use en descendant to refer to the aunt and uncle in this case? Thanks in advance.

Asked 6 years ago

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Angela D.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

From now on

Désormais is not given as an option. Is there a reason for that ?

Asked 4 years ago

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Chris T.C1KwizIQ community member

je battrais ou je batterais

In thé answers " batterais' in the final text 'battrais'

Asked 6 years ago

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Virginia Y.B2KwizIQ community member

English Tenses

I'll be right there in English is actually the use of the future continuous tense, as is I'll be there in two seconds. I'll is a contraction of I WILL.
Not a good example for using the present tense in English.
English teacher speaking here.

Asked 3 years ago

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Leah V.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

dropping the "s" from des if it precedes an adjective

"l'hombre de grands arbres" was my answer and it was wrong because I had omitted the "s" from des. Can anyone explain why in this case one should keept the "s" on des?

Asked 5 years ago

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Todd L.B1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Did you see them?

Let me know if this is correct: in the passé composé, the past participle agrees with the direct object? The answer was "Tu les as vues" - the direct object was feminine plural - thus the -es to the past participle "vu." I experimented with Google translate, and this seems to be the rule but I haven't found it on Progress with Lawless French, so I wanted to double check.

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Ann H.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

In the last sentence, would it also make sense to use the conditional as in..."mais je sais que le jour viendra bientôt où j'aurais enfin le

le courage de me jeter dans le vide!

Asked 7 years ago

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Hasan D.A1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

How can I compare verbs in compound tenses? what are their position?

elle a plus mangé que moi or elle a mangé plus que moi
Blandine a joué plus au tennis que toi. (is it valid?)

Blandine a joué au tennis plus que toi. (is it valid?)

Blandine a plus joué au tennis que toi. (is it valid?)

which ones of them are valid?

Asked 5 years ago

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steve i.C1KwizIQ community member

Is the root 'prenn' irregular?

In the lesson it mentions 'the irregular root prenn-' but I think it is in fact regular. The present 3rd person indicative plural is Ils prennent and that leads to prenn- as the subjunctive stem. Isn't it only irregular in the 1st and 2nd person plural where the prenn- becomes pren- as in prenions and preniez?

Asked 5 years ago

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helen d.C1KwizIQ community member

imperfect v perfect

in my gcse book the english - i wanted to buy some trousers but they didn't suit me is translated as

j'ai voulu acheté un pantalon mais il ne m'allait pas .

As this is a one off occasion why is the imperfect of aller used and not the perfect

thanks

Asked 6 years ago

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