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Mon père doit soit réparer le toit soit tondre la pelouse.Un this soit is placed before infinitive
Where soit should be placed
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In a recent test, the answer required was "mes parent aimeraient ce qu'on se marie" and the response "'voudraient'' was not accepted. Aren't either regularly used to mean "'would like?" I think technically the former is would like and the latter is would want, but that seems pretty subtle. For example, in ordering food "'Je voudrais avoir . . . .''
Are you saying qui can’t be used unless it’s in the inverted form? Here’s the lesson question and I used qui vs qui est-ce que: Qui vous avez envie de revoir ? I know you can’t use the longer version with inverted questions. Thanks for your help.
These are the examples given:
- parler : nous parlons (we are talking) -> je parlais
- finir : nous finissons (we are finishing) -> je finissais
- faire : nous faisons (we are doing) -> je faisais
- prendre : nous prenons (we are taking) -> je prenais
All the verbs have the same ending despite the subject. Perhaps I'm missing something
Hi, Just to inform you that you have two copies of the same video clipping in this lesson.
This sentence in the english translation doesn't sound right to me. The inclusion of the words "and that" aren't needed.
Though you might have never heard her name before, Olympe de Gouges played an essential part in the women's right struggle, and that long before the term "feminist" made an appearance.Bonjour à tous, je ne comprend pas ce phrase: "Il découvre en Juliette"? Pourquoi il y a "un" après le verbe "découvre"?
Merci beaucoup à l'avance!
Why is the Imparfait used here instead of the Passe Compose?
Cyril m'a dit que ton SMS disait dix-neuf heures ...
Does this sentence imply that Sarah trusts Thomas now? If I hear someone say 'Sarah does not use to trust Thomas.' in English, I would think that she trusts him now. Not sure about it in French.
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