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By the time you were ready, the bus was already gone.
The given answer is: Le temps que tu sois prête, le bus était déjà parti.
But both clauses of his sentence seem to be in the past, so is it okay (even better) to write:
Le temps que tu aies été prête, le bus était déjà parti. ?
Why doesn't the article change for médecin (Il y a un médecin et un médecin femme), when it does so for professeur (Le professeur s'appelle Eric. La professeur s'appelle Noémie)?
above was marked correct but next question what is a gendarme required qu'est-ce que c'est;
ive gone through to c1 and come back to revise and practise but still dont understand this topic, its obviously a mental block on my behalf but can any one make it simpler please?
quelques (plural)
Used with countable things it means a couple of, some, a few.
Il a quelques livres à lire.He has a few books to read.and peu de means little, not much of, few
Nous avons peu d'argent.We have little money.We don't have much money.Elle a peu d'amis.
Can you say "on avait décidé de se réunir après le travail"?
Also, why is it "emmené dans un bar" instead of "emmené à un bar"?
Can ensuite be replaced with puis in this sentence? Are the two interchangeable or is there a slight difference in usage?
Vous pourrez également explorer la diversité culturelle des pays francophones en assistant notamment à nos rencontres littéraires, et en discuter les enjeux lors de nos conférences et débats d'idées.
In this sentence, I'm thinking that in English, there would be parallel construction between "en assistant" and "en discuter." We would say "in attending" and "discussing," but I'm noticing that in French, "discuter" is the infinitive form of the verb rather than the gerund (as in "assistant"). Are the verb forms that were chosen in French optional? And in French, is the lack of parallel construction perfectly acceptable? Could this sentence have also used:
both "en assistant" and "en discutant" as the verb forms
OR both "en assister" and "en discuter?"
Thanks for your thoughts on this!
j'habite en Cairo
Am struggling to understand why the answer uses the present subjunctive of etre.
Thanks for any help!
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