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The correct kwiz answers indicate "Bien sûr qu'on se déteste!" translates to both "Of course we hate each other!" and "Of course we hate ourselves!"
These English translations have different meanings -- i.e., "I hate you and you hate me" versus "I hate myself and you hate yourself."
My question: does the French sentence also imply these two distinctly different meanings?
to help me remember which demonstrative pronoun to use. I'm surprised i haven't come across this somewhere else because now it seems obvious to me.
Anyway, thought i'd share in case it can help others.
Think of them like this:
ce-lui
c-eux
c-elle
c-elles
of course, just remove the hyphen and you have your correct demonstrative pronoun!
After studying these lessons I don’t understand why, for example,
Vous vous aimez promener ici? Is wrong!?
And
Vous aimez vous promener ici? Is correct.
https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/passe-compose-vs-imparfait/
I found this posting below on Lawless French and I am still confused because they sound contradictory.It says that Imparfait describes an ongoing state yet entirely in the past and Passé Composé indicates a change still continues today.
When you say J’aimais l’école, does it mean that you liked it but not anymore or that you still like it?
Imparfait means that something was true for an uncertain period of time but no longer valid?
Passé Composé is for something that has become true and is still valid?
Has anybody seen the subtítles in the video ?
Why "mais elle,elle veut ..." not" mais elle veut ..."
Bonjour Madame,
What does the phrase “Qu’est-ce que vous avez de bon aujourd’hui?” mean ?
I am unable to get the meaning in the dictionary.
Merci d’avance.
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