Fish which Japanese people love (raffoler de) are becoming extinct.
Les poissons dont les japonais raffolent de sont en voie de disparition.
Why is the sont conjugated as well, I thought two verbs couldn't follow each other in conjugated form. I though that one needed to be in infinif form.
Hi Birdies,
The two verbs must be related to each other and apply to the same subject, ie, in the same clause.
This is the case for instance with modal verbs ( pouvoir -devoir- vouloir) but also verbs like - aimer, préférer, détester, penser, etc.
e.g.
Je voudrais aller au cinéma ce soir = I'd like to go the pictures tonight
Je ne pense pas pouvoir aller au cinéma avec toi ce soir = I don't thin I'll be able to go to the pictures with you tonight
Je sais faire ça sans aide = I know how to do this without help
Nous aimerions aller en vacances en Turquie, l'année prochaine = We would like to go to Turkey on holiday next year .
But here -
Les poissons (dont les japonais raffolent) sont en voie de disparition.
There are 2 separate clauses, (with 2 separate subjects) one you could put in brackets.
Hope this helps!
Salut Birdies,
Please could you provide a link to the Kwizik lesson or question so that your query can be dealt with in the correct context?
Merci
Jim
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