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Je n'ai pas encore trouvé le trésor !

I haven't found the treasure yet!

It seems to me that "not yet" expresses something that's ongoing, so should always be in the present like the second example. In the first example I'm still searching for the treasure, so shouldn't it be in the present? Is it the "haven't" that changes the tense?

Thanks in advance.

How would you say - Paul should have had to leave earlier - is that the 2e form, il eut du?

Bonjour,

So i learn in the lesson regarding past "avoir" that the verb needs to accord with the COD.

So for example, how do i say "I liked my ice cream so i bought another one"?

A. J'ai aimé ma glace, donc j'en ai acheté une autre.

B. J'ai aimé ma glace, donc j'en ai achetée une autre.

So if I say "Je prends le train a la lycée. " this is correct ?

I have a couple of related questions about a couple of the passages that could be potentially confusing or misleading. 

First, "et mélangez-la avec l'oignon et l'ail finement hachés," ... it's clear in writing, but not necessarily in speech, that "finely chopped" refers to both the onion & the garlic.

Secondly, "le thym, le persil, l'ognon pays et une pincée de sel et de poivre.": I looked this up on the web, & apparently the "pinch of" refers to both the salt and the pepper. So, how do you know that? Because, would "a pinch of salt & some pepper" be expressed "une pincée de sel et du poivre"?