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Gilberts I.B2Kwiziq community member

Le Passé Antérieur?

Is there some reason you don't cover Le Passé Antérieur in your lessons? Although it's probably not common, I'd still like to understand the structure. Am I correct to translate "I left after I'd eaten" ... or ... "after I'd eaten I left" as

- Je fus parti aprés que j'eus mangé

- Aprés que j'eus mangé, je fus parti

And am I also correct to translate "you left after you'd eaten" ... or ... "after you'd eaten you left" as

- vous fûtes parti aprés que vous eûtes mangé

- Aprés que vous eûtes mangé, vous fûtes parti

In both cases I'm not sure if both verbs use antérieur form, or just the "after" verb?

Asked 3 years ago

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Kalpana S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Je ne l'aime pas vs Je n'aime pas ça

Je ne l'aime pas vs. Je n'aime pas ça

Why are these not inter-changeable?

Merci de clarifier! 😊

Kalpana

Asked 2 years ago

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Hasan D.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

je leur tous donne un pomme or je leur donne à tous un pomme??

How can I say "I give them all an apple and "I gave them all an apple"

"Je leur ai tous donnés une pomme" or je leur ai donnés à tous une pomme

" je leur tous donne une pomme or je leur donne à tous un pomme

I can not understand which of them are valid?

please help thank you in advance

Asked 5 years ago

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Janine D.A1Kwiziq community member

I realize that now, in france, the word "weekend" is used rather than "le fin semaine" weekend is an english word. Le fin semaine is no longer used?

Asked 5 years ago

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helena o.A1Kwiziq community member

Translation for ' je me ferais dorer la pilule'

what does 'je me ferais dorer la pilule' mean?

I tried google translate, DeepL Translate and bing translate, all gave me something about 'brown the pill', which just doesn't make sense. I am guessing, it means sunbathing.

Asked 5 years ago

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Josephine G.B2Kwiziq community member

Car/parce-que

Can these be used interchangeably for 'because', or is there a difference?

Asked 3 years ago

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Carol W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

There Are several versions in section three buti don't understand why

Why are there versions with que and some without

, sorry my keyboard keeps disappearing

Asked 4 years ago