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Anne D.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

Grammatical description of immediate future

I’m interested to know if this common usage of "a present tense for the immediate future" has a snappier grammatical name in either English or French? Also just to check I have this right: it’s an informal way to talk about events that are both soon and definite.

Asked 3 years ago

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S. N.B2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

When ‘Tu aides moi’ becomes ‘aide-moi’, the ‘s’ in the verb ‘aide’ is lost, as in the other example sentences. Does that mean that in affirmative imperative sentences the verb is conjugated in the ‘il/elle/on’ form?

Thank you!

Asked 7 years ago

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BETHSAINA G.A0KwizIQ community member

do you have to pronounce it in french

what does this have to do with the way you pronounce the words in french? wouldn't you just say them the way you would in English

Asked 7 years ago

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Janet K.C1KwizIQ community member

Il sera impossible de s’en passer could not be heard on the audio.

Asked 7 years ago

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Patrick v.A2KwizIQ community member

a great exercise to train the ears, merci!

Asked 7 years ago

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Mark P.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

Confused again.. je suis monté par?

I am confused. J'ai monté les escaliers.. Why.. unless I am a carpenter and I have a set of escaliers on my shoulder, surely I remain the intransitive subject .. I am not doing anything to the stairs.. I am climbing using the stairs. I am carrying myself, not the stairs. Could you use je suis monté par les escaliers? to escape the trap?

Asked 6 years ago

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Rosmarie E.B1KwizIQ community member

Vous avez rendu visite à Paula

I do not understand this one. Rendre means "to return"? so this means "You returned to visit Paula" but it states "You visited Paula".

thanks for a clarification,

Rose

Asked 7 years ago

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Todd L.B1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

He's giving it to us.

Translate "He's giving it to us"

I thought the answer would be: Il le nous donne. But LawlessFrench said the answer was: Il nous le donne.

Isn't the direct object "it" or "le" and isn't the indirect object "us" or "nous"? Doesn't the direct object come before the indirect object?

Asked 5 years ago

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fiona K.B2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

This is the most confusing tense because it does even make sense. They will have been happy together? Or they would have been happy together?

Asked 7 years ago

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Brian B.C1KwizIQ community member

Or all three together - why not "ou tous les trois ensemble"?

Since the word "all" appears in English in the phrase "all three together", why can't a possible translation be "tous les trois ensemble"? I've commonly seen tous les deux used in French to mean both of them.

Thanks!

-Brian

Asked 6 years ago

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