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Report the time from 4-12 in half hours in french
Report the time from 4-12 in quarter past hours in french
Report the time from 4-12 in quarter to the next hour in french
Why is pas not used in this example? "...je ne le pensais pas"? What is the concept/rule that I'm missing here?
Tu parles moins que je ne le pensais.
Source - https://french.kwiziq.com/revision/glossary/grammatical-form/le-comparatif-comparative
It cuts out mid-way through.
Why is "bien" used in this sentence to say "we did say 7"?
Ça capte mal chez nous - How does this mean "bad reception"? why can't we use "réception"?
Les vampire ont des longues dents pointues. Il y a des adjectives avant et après le nom dents. Pourquoi?
je pense que c'est Costard et pas costar.
The text talks about shopping last weekend, not last week. Would it not be more precise to translate " last weekend" to "le week-end dernier" ? Why was this was not permitted ?
In each of the above sentence,
future time is indicated using - ce soir, dans duex secondes, tout de suite, plus tard, à dix heures demain matin, demain, dans une heure
And the context is implied in present tense.
What are these future time phrases called ? And where can i find more examples? Can someone share a lawless blog link?
I just asked my French son in law if he or his friends or family ever call it "Saint Sylvestre", and he says,
"non on ne dit jamais ca, on dit juste le nouvel an."Is it really very common to say Saint Sylvestre? Could that be regional, eg in Paris as opposed to southern part of the country where he's from?
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