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Venir de + infinitive

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Venir de + infinitive

So if venir de + infinitive means to have just done something, why has ‘juste’ been introduced in the sentence “Je viens juste d’emménager”. It sounds a bit like “i’ve just just moved”.

This question relates to:French writing exercise "Moving in: Calling the electric company"

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Farid M.C1Kwiziq community memberCorrect answer

As I understand, it's optional. Using it simply provides an emphasis, but not needed to convey this concept of immediacy. 

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Venir de + infinitive

So if venir de + infinitive means to have just done something, why has ‘juste’ been introduced in the sentence “Je viens juste d’emménager”. It sounds a bit like “i’ve just just moved”.

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