Prepositions
Almut
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15/05/16
I guess the preposition (one of location! so "pour" wouldn't count anyway) is a good indicator that it is the intransitive version of the verb but the intransitive version of the verb does not necessarily demand a preposition. However the lack of a direct object shows that "retourner" is used intransitively here and therefore has to be conjugated with "être".
Aaron
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5/08/16
"Pour" is optional in this case, as far as I understand it. For the sake of translation, "le voir" is already equivalent to "to see it", but you could add "pour".
"Il vient nous sauver" = "il vient pour nous sauver".
There may be a slight nuance, but it's essentially the same.
Peter
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16/02/18
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Joakim
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8 May 2016
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Prepositions
"Marie est retournée le voir le lendemain" - how come there's no preposition ("pour", say) following retournée here, which the lesson says should always follow retourner when conjugated with être?
This relates to:
Retourner can be used with avoir or être in Le Passé Composé... and changes meaning -