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Hi just for further clarification, is it when the 'people' are anonymous and a group e.g les peuples, les gens, les acteurs etc etc can you use'en' to address them? And is it then only when people are named like Marie, ma mère etc etc that you have to use de + stress pronouns?
I put Ils me manquaient quand ils étaient partis but the answer given is Ils m'ont manqué quand ils étaient partis.
I thought it would be imparfait because I was in a state of missing them all the time they were absent.
As per this lesson, would it be wrong to use the passé composé in ALL positive sentences with DEPUIS??
For example - "Vous avez grossi depuis l'année dernière."? Is it incorrect? [You have gained weight since last year]. Is it a must to use present tense ONLY over here?
So, "Vous grossissez depuis l'année dernière." - (Present Tense) [You have been gaining weight since last year]
What is 'It is a short dress with pink roses'?
Is it 'C'est une robe courte avec des roses roses.' ?
Shouldn’t this be written as Elle pourrait voir son petit-fils?
My reflexive response to translation of 'We opened the windows out of fear there might be a gas leak.' was 'Nous avons ouvert les fenêtres de peur qu'il ne puisse y avoir une fuite de gaz.' given that there is a sense of conditional pouvoir in the translation ('there could be or 'might be', rather than the softer 'we're not sure' sense of avoir in the subjunctive. Any thoughts?
BUT in the lesson it states:-
In the following cases, you cannot use sur (on) in French, but you will instead use dans (in). Street Ils marchent dans la rue.
In the case of the street, we see the whole environment as 'the street' and you're situated in it.
It seems that avenue is treated differently to street, is there a reason for this?
I see that it accepts "Vous avez un bon d'achat?" but not "Avez-vous un bon d'achat?". Does the formation of the verb really dictate the usage of the noun, or is this an anomaly that slipped through the cracks? Thanks
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