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How do you determine which conjugated form of the verb do you use in sentences such as "Jean et moi sommes allés au cinéma.". It appears the conjugated form of the verb with nous has been used. I cannot understand why this is.
In my experience, ''fin de semaine'' is used in Quebec much more than ''weekend''. Are they interchangeable in France?
< Il va rester dedans > is being red-lined for "he is going to stay inside", but it is correct too.
Does effort refer to the skiing activity or to the production of the raclette ? The sentence seems a bit ambiguous.
I did miserably on this exercise. Seems that in progressing from B1 to B2 one faces quite a chasm. Without a bridge.
< Frapper dans ses (les) mains > is acceptable, but is getting the red line currently.
< ramper > also got the red line but is acceptable for 'to crawl', as used by Pampers :
https://www.pampers.fr/bebe/developpement/article/bebe-a-8-mois-ca-bouge
Advised by Cecile: "But the construction you suggest ending with a pronoun might be used by a very young French child but isn't correct French."
I have never seen it so pointedly stated anywhere. Seems to me once you 'learn' that faux pas you are halfway through the struggles of using pronouns....where to put them.
I find this advice so clarifying. I may be making too much of a big deal abut it...but it hit me like a lightbulb.
Do you think, modified a little, it is advisable to adopt as rote? Would it hold up universally enough.
Do not put your object pronouns at the end of a sentence (after the verb) UNLESS it is the STRESS VERSION OF THE PRONOUN.
I prefer to listen to speakers with expression. It helps to understand the meaning (although I realize this wasn't a dictée)
If I were to say: I spend my holidays relaxing, would the translation be “j’ai passé mes vacances” “en relaxant” or “à relaxer”?
Thanks!
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