Is “courir dans les escaliers “ the expression for to run up the stairs? If so, how do you say to run down the stairs.
The verb courir (to run) is irregular in Présent indicatif, in that it doesn't follow the regular -IR verbs conjugation.
COURIR (to run)
| je cours |
| tu cours |
| il/elle/on court |
| nous courons |
| vous courez |
| ils/elles courent |
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Conjugate regular -ir verbs in Le Présent (present tense)
Conjugate partir, sortir and other -tir verbs in Le Présent (present tense)
Conjugate dormir and other -mir verbs in Le Présent (present tense)
Conjugate servir and other -vir verbs in Le Présent (present tense)
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Hi John,
I would say 'courir dans les escaliers' is how you would describe what children do when they are messing about on the stairs , to say to run down the stairs you would have to say -
Descendre les escaliers en courant
and you could use
'monter ....' to say running up the stairs.
Hope this helps!
John asked:View original
Running up stairs
Is “courir dans les escaliers “ the expression for to run up the stairs? If so, how do you say to run down the stairs.
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BrianKwiziq community member
ne pas
Why, in “Nous courons pour ne pas manquer notre train.”, do we have “ne pas manquer” and not “ne manquer pas”? I didn’t know that “ne pas” is valid.
Asked 7 months ago
Hi Brian,
It is because the verb manquer which is in the infinitive so 'ne pas' comes before the verb and is not separated in this case.
Je vous prie de ne pas parler en mangeant = Please do not speak while eating
Ne pas se pencher par la fenêtre = Please don't lean out of the window
take a look at the following Kwiziq lesson for more examples -
https://kwiziq.learnfrenchwithalexa.com/revision/grammar/negation-of-infinitives-indirect-speech
Hope this helps!
Brian asked:View original
ne pas
Why, in “Nous courons pour ne pas manquer notre train.”, do we have “ne pas manquer” and not “ne manquer pas”? I didn’t know that “ne pas” is valid.
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HarrietKwiziq community member
Theresa court dans les champs de blé
hahaha- a very useful phrase!
Asked 2 years ago
PekkaKwiziq community member
I think this sentence requires an adverb to make it meaningful: souvent.jamais etc. Otherwise it sounds a bit odd, don't you think, like I wash my face ? The present tense denotes repeated or habitual actions, so there should be some kind of time reference, when, how often, , etc.
Cheers,
Pekka Järvilehto
Helsinki
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