The question was to translate, "You will ask me for money...." but the correct answer was "vous demanderez DE...." not "vous demandez A". I thought when you ask someone for something it was "demander a"
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To form Le Futur (Simple) of regular -er or -ir verbs, you keep the infinitive form of the verb and then add the following endings: -ai, -as, -a, -ons, -ez, -ont
Verbs like jouer or crier become je jouerai ou je crierai.
Even though we don't pronounce the "e", it is still there as part of the infinitive:
See also Conjugate semi-regular -oyer, -ayer, -uyer verbs in Le Futur (future tense)
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Hi Joanne,
The correct expression is -
demander à quelqu'un de faire quelque chose = to ask someone to do something
so:
Il m'a demandé de lui donner de l'argent = He asked me to give him/her some money
Nous avons demandé aux enfants de se coucher tôt = We asked the children to go to be early
Hope this helps!
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Demander "a" or demande "de"
The question was to translate, "You will ask me for money...." but the correct answer was "vous demanderez DE...." not "vous demandez A". I thought when you ask someone for something it was "demander a"
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StewartKwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Pronunciation of jouer and crier in Le Futur
The lesson states that the e in, for example, 'joueront' is not pronounced.
Please explain why this is so when the verb in the following sentence, taken from the lesson, the e is pronounced.:
Nous volerons dans une heure.
Asked 10 months ago
Hi Stewart,
The "e" in "joueront" or "crieront" (inherited from the infinitive as explained in the lesson) are not pronounced because they are placed after a vowel. In "voleront", the "e" is placed after a consonant, and must be pronounced. Hope this helps!
Stewart asked:View original
Pronunciation of jouer and crier in Le Futur
The lesson states that the e in, for example, 'joueront' is not pronounced.
Please explain why this is so when the verb in the following sentence, taken from the lesson, the e is pronounced.:
Nous volerons dans une heure.
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Christopher Kwiziq community member
My question is with the future and the pronunciation of the
Asked 3 years ago
LauraKwiziq team member
Bonjour Christopher,
I'm not quite sure what you're asking - how to pronounce the future? Here's an example: Je parlerai = [zheu par leu ray]
You can hear verb conjugations pronounced here: https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/revision/grammar/verbs
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