Is this lesson incomplete? I've been struggling with this lesson for a while now and keep getting the answers wrong in tests. I think I have it now but the additional research I've had to do suggests there are issues with this lesson.
(1) The heading is a bit misleading, causing me to think for a long time that "if" made the phrase conditional, whereas of course it's "would" that does that. This caused me to think the phrase order was "Si [le conditionnel] (then) [L'imparfait]", whereas it's the opposite for most of the examples. The true order, I realise know, is "Si [l'imparfait] (then) [le conditionnel]", or "[le conditionnel], si [l'imparfait]".
(2) More importantly, the lesson does not mention that the tense of the "if" phrase can vary depending on the likelihood of the "result" phrase. This lesson is focused only on the unlikely outcome and does not discuss or even mention the likely or impossible outcomes as far as I can see. Is there a reason for this?
I've been struggling with this lesson for a while now and keep getting the answers wrong in tests. I think I have it now but the additional research I've had to do suggests there are issues with this lesson.
(1) The heading is a bit misleading, causing me to think for a long time that "if" made the phrase conditional, whereas of course it's "would" that does that. This caused me to think the phrase order was "Si [le conditionnel] (then) [L'imparfait]", whereas it's the opposite for most of the examples. The true order, I realise know, is "Si [l'imparfait] (then) [le conditionnel]", or "[le conditionnel], si [l'imparfait]".
(2) More importantly, the lesson does not mention that the tense of the "if" phrase can vary depending on the likelihood of the "result" phrase. This lesson is focused only on the unlikely outcome and does not discuss or even mention the likely or impossible outcomes as far as I can see. Is there a reason for this?
I'll be right there in English is actually the use of the future continuous tense, as is I'll be there in two seconds. I'll is a contraction of I WILL.
Not a good example for using the present tense in English.
English teacher speaking here.
in the phrase 'avec son architecture colorée.' Why is the adjective feminine when the subject is masculine ?
I listened to the video for this construction (the first video), and it sounds to me like the speaker uses liaison for every person except the 2nd person singular (tu serais aller). Do you know what rule he is following, if there is one? I have to admit, it sounds better to NOT use liaison in that particular case.
Line 11: on which professionals or amateurs can buy or sell.....
is being corrected to:
sur laquelle professionnels et amateurs peuvent acheter ou vendre........
Bonjour. Je voudrais savoir pourquoi, spécialmente dans le journaux, de temps en temps il y a en la troisieme personne singuliere ce construction (existe-t-il, a-t-il...).
I know that this is not a question related to grammar or vocabulary, but I don't see where else to address the problem since there is no link to report an issue.
While doing this exercise it skipped forward before I could give myself a grade. Because of this, my score was five points lower. Not a big deal, but a little discouraging, since I would have given myself a close to perfect score. Just wondering why this happens sometimes?
I'm wondering why the verb tense here doesn't match the English sentence that was given : "We **had wanted** you so much for so long... ".
I've seen quite a few cricket matches and have always found them to be somewhat boring as the game is so slow compared to baseball, (no offense to my British counterparts, here). But, that may be because I never have really understood what was going on.
I liked this exercise and learned a new expression: "donner les grandes lignes" - "to give an outline". And, now that I have "les grande lignes" for cricket, I might enjoy watching a match more!
Just a note: "le batteur" sounds more like, "le batere"
Merci !
Vais sounds an awful lot like veut to me.
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