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Ce jour-là, tu me fis le plus beau cadeau. That day, you gave me the most beautiful gift.(HINT: Use le Passé Simple of 'faire') I'm very surprised that faire is used in this here, I thought probably donner. Is faire correct in this context?
Hello, here : que j'ai toujours voulu voir. We do not have precise finished action, we do not have the dream that actually stopped in the past. We have either description/habit, or we have something in uncertain past/present. Why not imparfait? Thank you
This subject prompted a memory game taught to me at school regarding the “pronoun” order before the verb : me , te, se, nous, vous / le, la, les / lui, leur / y, en - before verb
We learned it like parrots and it has been useful.
I'm trying to work out what to do when the two subjects are a person and something inanimate. Basically I want to say "I miss you and Paris" - and can only come up with "Toi et Paris me manquent" which doesn't seem right, or "Toi et Paris me manquez" -which definitely seems wrong! Maybe this is something you just can't say in French?
What is the differ between notre, no circumflex accent, and nôtre, with accent.
Please can someone help. I have just had « Il est neuf heures quinze » marked as incorrect, the correct answer being « Il est neuf heures et quart ». I had thought either would be OK. Thanks.
Why is. ´Mardi 6 janvier, j'étais malade.´ wrong?
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