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Please confirm are these Adverbial Affirmative Imperatives correct?
- Donne-lui-en! [Give him some!]
- Emmenez-m’y! [Take me there!]
- Emmenez-nous-y! [Take us there!]
- Amuse-t’y! / Amusez-t'y! [Have fun there!]
And what about the Negations of the examples given in this lesson? Are these correct for the Negative Imperative with Adverbial Double Pronoun -
With En -
- Ne t'en donnons pas! [Let's not give you any.]
- Ne m’en parle pas! [Don’t tell me about it.]
- Ne nous en parlez pas. [Don't tell us about it.]
With Y -
- Ne m’y emmenez pas! [Don't take me there.]
- Ne t'y amusez pas! [Don't have fun there.]
With Others -
- Ne me les donne pas. [Don't give them to me.]
- Ne nous l'envoie pas. [Don't send it to us.]
I notice that the preferred translation of 'which makes him the first Frenchman to be in charge of the ISS' is 'ce qui fait de lui le premier Français en charge de la SSI' rather than 'ce qui en fait le premier ...'. All the grammar books I look at say that en can stand for 'de' plus a person - but I can see that in practice 'en fait' for 'makes him' is almost never said in French. Is it just too literary for this kind of phrase?
When combining conjugations like ne jamais and ne nulle part, do we keep the nulle part rule of going at the end of the clause?
Example:
Je n'ai jamais nulle part allé
Ou
Je n'ai jamais allé nulle part
I never went anywhere
Salut tout le monde! Yesterday and today I used my cellphone to do the quizzes because I can put the accents on the vowels. Unfortunately, I don't know how to put the accents when I use my laptop and I've been called my attention for not putting the accents when I get the results of my quizzes.
Today I noticed that when I used my cellphone I was able to do the "My recommendations" quiz, but I couldn't find the one called "Kwiz now" (Kwiziq score). Both quizzes are different.
Can somebody tell me where I can find the Kwiz now (Kwiziq score) when I am using the cellphone?
Merci beaucoup.
Bonne nuit!
Today, I got the same question: "Sarah ________ la salade à Michel," but this time the answer was "passe," with no reflexive pronoun!
The same question can NOT have different answers. Please explain, this is driving me crazy!
Q1) Isn't this correct?
Vous m'y avez parlé. [You spoke to me there.] (Parler à)
Q2) Isn't the scenario of Indirect Object Pronoun/COI with Adverbial Y possible? If not, why??
Q3) And similarly, vice-versa the scenario of Direct Object Pronoun/COD with Adverbial En is also not possible?? Hence, is it a rule that it will always be [COD + y] and [COI + en] in Double Pronouns??
Are they correct depending on whether 'en' means it (singular) or them (plural)?
1. Pierre m'en a offert. / Pierre m'en a offerte. [Pierre offered some of it/them to me.](If COD/Direct Object - 'en' - it/them)
2. J'ai mangé des chocolats. --> J'en ai mangés. [I ate them.]
Are agreement rules applicable in Passé Composé for 'en' when it is a Direct Object Pronoun ?
Why does this sentence change to the vous form of you?
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