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Bonjour Kwiziq, je m'appelle Spencer et je viens d'Atlanta au Amérique.
Not directly related to the question of when to use the subjunctive, but is it correct that you would say "c'est ennuyeux qu'il soit parti" but, on the other hand, "il est important qu'il soit parti"? If so why the difference?
Could clouer and enfoncer be used interchangeably here or is there a subtle difference ?
est on peut utiliser quiconque dans le phrase "je pourrais forcer n'importe qui à dire la vérité,"- je pourrais forcer quiconque à dire la vérité,
Est-ce la phrase "Dans la serre, il y a plus de sept-cent papillons exotiques" correcte ? on n'écrit pas sept-cents ?
I understand both are used to indicate my, however, I’m not sure when to use one over the other
Bonjour. J'ai une question. La lettre t en huit est muette lorsqu'on prononce un chiffre, par exemple 800. est-ce la même chose pour août par exemple le 10 août 2021 ?
Dear Team,
Suggestion for the page
Avoir in Futur Simple + voulu / pu / dû [past participles]
As I can see with all the examples the formula seems to be
Avoir in Futur Simple + voulu / pu / dû [past participles] + infinitive
Unless there is a context where an infinitive doesn't follow vouloir, pouvoir & devoir.
Thanks for all your lesson. Keep up the great work.
Regards
Ignatius
One of the possible answers for the end of the last sentence was I believe "...dès que je peux" for the translation of "as soon as I can". I chose pourrais instead of peux because I thought the sentenced implied an action in the future. I was a bit surprised to see a present tense used here. Can you explain why present is preferable to future?
I'm guessing example 1 uses the imparfait since it's a "continuing action", but isn't example 2 also a "continuing action" even with the fullstop separating the two?
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