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Example above we have used "Ils ont été" to mean "they were", however I learned elsewhere that to say one was, in the past, we always use imparfait, which in this case would have been "ils étaient". Please help me understand.
In the examples above we use tout in front of "heureuse" which is feminine and use toute in front of "hérissée ". We do the same for heureuses and honteuses.
What is the difference exactly for these two usages of tout and toute ?
2) Tous, veulent nous interviewer
2nd question: Can 'they all have all of them (eg. books)' be translated as: 'Ils les ont tous tous'?
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Why I was wrong with imparfait?
This was the sentence: Vous veniez me voir chaque semaine.
Two of the options for the answer are "You used to come and see me every week." and "You had come to see me every week."
Same idea with this sentence: Nous allions en Espagne tous les etes. (Sorry, don't know how to get the accents on my keyboard).
Two of the options for the answer are "We used to go to Spain every summer." and "We were going to Spain every summer."
For me, in both situations the two answers mean the same thing and were both correct but I had to pick one. l don't understand how they are different and why one is correct and the other isn't. I'm guessing it's a subtle nuance I'm missing. Can you please explain? Thanks!
Why not "en Afrique" rather than "pour l'Afrique"?
Hi why is subjonctif after "quelque chose que vous puissiez poser contre l'arbre". Is there any rule for that ?
Similarly, descendre d'un escalator or descendre un escalator?
Can we say go up/go down 1 floor in French:
Monter/descendre un étage
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Hello.. having problems getting the pronunciation of this phrase.. hearing it as sache and not getting the "iez" of the subjunctive
Il faut que vous sachiez vos leçonsWhy is étrange before the noun here? In the other example answers, it comes after.
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