The first assumes that the person is taking a trash can out (to the street) but the second (describing the situation in my house) assumes the person is taking (bagged) garbage out to the trash can.

If so shouldn't the excercise be updated?

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Brian H.C1Kwiziq community member

Ne...pas + le présent + depuis longtempsNous ne sommes pas arrivés depuis longtemps. We have not been here for long. My question is, that since the English translation appears to imply that the action continues into the present, why is the above French sentence in le passé composé and not le présent. Like the examples: Je ne vis pas en France depuis longtemps. I have not lived in France for long. Nous n'habitons pas ici depuis très longtemps. We haven't lived here very long. This is my third attempt to get an answer. The previous answers told me to read the lesson. I have read it many times. What am I missing?

Asked 7 years ago

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Sherry M.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

How do you say "within an hour"?"Dinner will be served within an hour" was the wrong choice on the test for "le dîner sera servi dans une heure". If I wanted to be less precise than "in an hour's time", how would I express that?

Asked 8 years ago

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William C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Ma tête ou la tête ?

What is the difference between "ma tête me fait mal" y

"la tête me fait mal". They seem the same to me.

Asked 6 years ago

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Shivani S.C1Kwiziq community member

Pas ou non ?Quand est-ce qu'on utilise "pas" et quand "non" ? La phrase ci-dessus est-elle correcte?

Asked 7 years ago

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S. H.C1Kwiziq community member

Why does this lesson show apparaître as an exception to the rule when the past particple is apparu?

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