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18 questions • 32,209 answers • 997,082 learners
Why is this not: Gabriel avait travaillé comme comptable pendant dix ans.
The hint indicates that he is no longer working as an accountant, so surely it should be past perfect tense.
1. Je trouve que tu joues bien.
2. Je te trouve jouer bien.
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to say "we missed you" = tu nous as manqué (sort of saying : you were missed by us)
so why is it "Paul a manqué son train," = straight translation "Paul missed his train," and not "son train a manqué à Paul" or "son train Paul a manqué"? Thank you.
For the expression "There are plenty of fish in the sea" the translation for the exercise is "Un de perdu, dix de retrouvés". Could you also use also use the expression "Le mer est plein des poissons".
Can you explain the different use of punctuation after the greeting in the following two sentences?
Bonjour Laura, installez-vous, je vous prie.
Bonjour Monsieur Lambert ! Dès que j'ai découvert votre offre d'emploi, j'ai su qu'il s'agissait d'une opportunité à ne pas manquer.
Is it simply that the first sentence is shorter?
The YouTube video is unavailable. I'm just reporting this in as an issue since I don't know if there is a report error function. Thanks!
Word Reference gives architecte paysagiste as the translation for landscape gardener. Should it be accepted as well?
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