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13,234 questions • 28,265 answers • 796,730 learners
Please: could someone please explain why the "de" is necessary in the following sentence:
"Il avait trop bu la veille de l'accident. "
I don't understand the need for the "de" following "la veille."
Thanks in advance!
Kalpana
on peut dire
la seule personne personne souriante le premier jour de retour
longtemps attendu
qui me séparent de retourner au bureau
à la place de
la seule personne à sourire le jour de la rentrée !
si attendu
qui me séparent de mon retour au bureau
merci !
J'ai vu cette phrase dans un des exercices:
Ça serait fantastique si j'en avais ras-le-bol de mon boulot
Et je ne comprends pas pourquoi je dois écrire "en" là. Je comprends que cet "en" prend le lieu du "mon boulot", (n'est-ce pas?) mais "mon boulot" est là, alors pourquoi devons-nous le répéter?
Est-ce que "Il soutient l'équipe de Paris..." est acceptable aussi? Quelle est la différence d'usage entre "soutenir" et "supporter" si il y en a un ?
All our lives, we'll have wanted to be together. Some things are simply not meant to be.(HINT: Conjugate "vouloir" in Le Futur Antérieur)aurons vouluavions vouluserons voulusaurions voulu
In this story, the writer is still waiting the response from the interviewers, thus I would assume he is still working. Hence shouldn't we use Je travaille tellement dur depuis quelques années ? I assume he is still working hard.... :)
Hi, in “Ce jour-là, tous les gens qui me connaissent le savent bien,” why are both connaître and savoir conjugated? There seems to be only one subject, so normally I find the second verb to be in the infinitive.
So, it's been sooo long since I have heard that song that I had to look it up.
Great mnemonic device!
Just one little suggestion:
Change the word "Shoulders" to "Pebbles" and you have all seven words which use an "x" to form the plural.
Jewels, Pebbles
Knees and Toys (repeat)
Ca-a-bba-age
Lice and owls
Jewels, pebbles
Knees and toys!!
Or: You could try it in French:
Bijoux, Cailloux
Genoux, Joujoux (repetez)
Chou-ou-ou-oux
Poux et hiboux
Bijoux, Cailloux
Genoux Joujoux
Merci et Bonne Continuation !
Dear Sir or Madame: The last line lists "quatre cent variétés de fromage français." Why is it quatre cent vs. quatre cents? The lesson on large numbers would lead me to believe this should be plural. Also, how would I write out this question as posed in French?
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