Convenir dual conjugationFor some verbs like passer, monter etc there's a rule:
When a verb is followed immediately by a noun (as opposed to a preposition), it uses avoir as the auxiliary, like most verbs.
But in the book « Les verbes et leurs prépositions » (by Jean-Michel Robert, Isabelle Chollet) there's a note for the verb convenir:
Le verbe convenir se conjugue avec l’auxiliaire avoir lorsqu’il a le sens de « plaire, être approprié à », avec l’auxiliaire être lorsqu’il signifie « décider ensemble ».
So I'm confused. What would be the right choice in the following case?
1. La date que vous m’aviez proposée ne m’a pas convenu.
2. La date que vous m’aviez proposée ne m’est pas convenue.
From the one side, here convenir means « plaire, être approprié à », therefore it shoud be conjugated with avoir.
From the other side, there's no COD here: "La date" is the subject and "me" is COI, so être should be used.
Why is 'penser a' here, but not 'penser de' (opinion). Wouldn't it might be good to know that in addition to 'y' for a clause with 'a'; that 'en' for a clause with 'de' is appropriate (and, I think, clearer than just another 'le')?
[Sorry, I can't seem to do the accents, as needed.]
I just realized that qui is used for living things, trick question eh
For some verbs like passer, monter etc there's a rule:
When a verb is followed immediately by a noun (as opposed to a preposition), it uses avoir as the auxiliary, like most verbs.
But in the book « Les verbes et leurs prépositions » (by Jean-Michel Robert, Isabelle Chollet) there's a note for the verb convenir:
Le verbe convenir se conjugue avec l’auxiliaire avoir lorsqu’il a le sens de « plaire, être approprié à », avec l’auxiliaire être lorsqu’il signifie « décider ensemble ».
So I'm confused. What would be the right choice in the following case?
1. La date que vous m’aviez proposée ne m’a pas convenu.
2. La date que vous m’aviez proposée ne m’est pas convenue.
From the one side, here convenir means « plaire, être approprié à », therefore it shoud be conjugated with avoir.
From the other side, there's no COD here: "La date" is the subject and "me" is COI, so être should be used.
Why is it "la plus parlée *au* monde"? The relevant lesson says to use "de": Forming the superlative of French adjectives in complex cases
Quand La Premiere Guerre Mondial a-t-elle commence. This seems an awkward construction, but perhaps not. Could one say: La premiere Guerre Mondial quand a-t-elle commence? Please excuse the lack of punctuation.
The text reads “Tant mieux, car je n'ai même pas encore commencé à râper le fromage”, but there’s no “même” spoken in the audio (Cécile has confirmed this to be the case in the Q&A).
The text just needs a small correction.
How do you know 'lui' in the instance below is a woman?
Il n'avait jamais pu lui avouer la vérité?
Which is right and why?
ce sont des trains.
ou
ces sont des trains.
It seems a few of the hints (la peinture, etc.) were one past the audio extract where they were needed. Also, I find it unnecessary to correct punctuation, as where a comma should be placed is often not apparent from individual phrases unless you have the entire context.
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