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Unrelated but in the example "Elle est descendue à la cave chercher une bouteille de vin." Why wasn't "pour chercher" used rather than just "chercher"? Is there a difference in meaning?
= to expect / to wait for [someone] or [something] J'attends mon frère tous les jours à la même heure.I wait for my brother every day at the same time.
Elles ne connaitront jamais mon secret is the given answer. Why will savoir in the future not do? Various dictionaries suggest they are equivalent for this kind of statement.
Salut! Is it incorrect to say ils font aussi instead of ils font également? The alternate option was ils fabriquent aussi, but font aussi was marked incorrect. Wondering if there is a reason for that or is if acceptable?
Is the Passe Simplé more like Passé Composé in meaning, or more like Imparfait? Or is this comparison just not a useful way to think about it?
In the translation of 'it's not sufficient' why is 'cela' preferred over 'ce' in the phrase 'cela n'est pas suffisant' ?
What will be the formal of “Je suis d’accord avec toi”
I understand that what was wanted was, « Rien ne s’est passé », and that this is correct. But is it not also correct to say « Il ne s’est rien passé »? (I think I got this alternative from the Pimsleur program.)
I am not sure there should be an extra e at the end of je l'ai regardé as shown in the four options as offered.
I used the first person plural form of the verb for two reasons. Because the explanatory sentence used "we", not "one" or "people", and because although we may well know that everyone in our group is dying to meet her, we certainly cannot know that about the general public.
Why was this wrong?
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