Faire a + infinitive"Ce soir, je fais à dîner." When I first read this example, I read the word, "diner" as a noun, (As in "Ce soir je fais le diner").
But after reading through the questions and seeing the example, "Je fais a manger", I suspect that it is really the infinitve form of the verb, "diner" = "to eat dinner".
This is a new expression for me. Am I understanding correctly that one can say, for example:
"Je fais a coudre" = I am sewing.
"Il fait a dessiner" = He is drawing.
"Nous faisons a dejeuner" = We are making lunch.
"Les enfants font a nettoyer leur chambre" = The children are cleaning up their room"
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And, I suspect that this expression would only be used when there is a concrete or tangible result of the action, ie."Vous faites a nager" might not work.
Thanks in advance for any explanation.
Is there a lesson on this? If not, it might be helpful to add one.
très difficile, je ne comprends pas Jean-François
An observation
When I leave the dashboard to do a Kwiz, I then get the option to do another Kwiz.. (Test recommended again) and continuing without going back to the dashboard and often find that there are new questions coming up on subjects that I have not studied.. then when I go back to the dashboard, I discover that there are a whole load of new lessons.
Any chance of indicating next to the Kwiz again box that there are new lessons on the dashboard?
Example:
Protège d'une muraille épaisse and not
Par une muraille épaisse
This appeared in a test question on Laura's site.
(If I was rich, I could travel a lot.).
Is this grammatically correct? No!
Shame!!!
Utter nonsense. Both those statements (ie, "speak Spanish fuently: or "speak fluent Spanish" are 100% interchangeable. If anyone tells you different, they're not native English speakers (or they're very poorly educated).
I'm getting the impression that the people who are setting these tests are not fluent English speakers.
Hi forum,
What is the correct way of writing English "2,148.20". I thought the thousands separator in French is space, but have two correct answers "2.148,20" "2 148,20"?
Bonjour! Je m'appelle Sandré et je viens de Texas en Les États Unis.
Your website continues not to work. Once I make a written response, it will not show me what I have wrong or correct and it will not score my attempts correctly
"Ce soir, je fais à dîner." When I first read this example, I read the word, "diner" as a noun, (As in "Ce soir je fais le diner").
But after reading through the questions and seeing the example, "Je fais a manger", I suspect that it is really the infinitve form of the verb, "diner" = "to eat dinner".
This is a new expression for me. Am I understanding correctly that one can say, for example:
"Je fais a coudre" = I am sewing.
"Il fait a dessiner" = He is drawing.
"Nous faisons a dejeuner" = We are making lunch.
"Les enfants font a nettoyer leur chambre" = The children are cleaning up their room"
-?
And, I suspect that this expression would only be used when there is a concrete or tangible result of the action, ie."Vous faites a nager" might not work.
Thanks in advance for any explanation.
Is there a lesson on this? If not, it might be helpful to add one.
Why not simply : J’ai peur qu’il soit à l’heure ? Why is « ne » necessary ?
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