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So you only use va/vont? And do you conjugate with the person or the object?
Eg la rose va a ma sœur - is it la rose or ma sœur that is triggering these use of va?
In the same way, how would you say the rose suits us?
The following appears for translation: I'm happy she got her exam.
I am 72 year-old English speaker since birth and living in the US. I have no idea what this sentence means. Does the question writer mean to say "I'm happy she took her exam" or maybe "I am happy that she received her exam (perhaps in mail?)".
Ok, maybe I'm being a little facetious. It's January in Indiana and I'm going stir crazy....
Be that as it may, no native English speaker would ever say this. I think this calls for some rethinking. Maybe the question writer is going quietly mad in Vermont, or worse, Chicago.....
I seems to me that in most circumstances "attendre que + subjunctive" means "to wait until" and "jusqu'à ce que" is unnecessary. I asked this a few days ago and stil have not had a reply, so I checked in both Grevisse & Wartburg/Zumthor. They agree with me and even say the simple "que" is better.
https://french.kwiziq.com/my-languages/french/tests/3091633
Mon rêve pour cette année (Le Conditionnel)
A question bout the above linked quiz:- the sentence to be translated is "the first flight that appeals to us!"
- I put in "le premier vol qui nous plairions!", but the answer is marked incorrect, and the one given is "le premier vol qui nous plairait!"
- The linked lesson is "Lesson: Conjugate regular verbs in Le Conditionnel Présent (conditional mood)"
So I'm not sure what I've done wrong here? Thanks!
Pourquoi on dit" il vient à la canne" pas " au canne"?
how can I pronounce "dont" correctly, I can't differentiate between it and "dans"?
In this sentence can't we use des amis Why d'amis
<< Mais en 1969, André Malraux le classera enfin au titre des monuments historiques >>
I'm interested in the use of the future tense for classer here. I can't find any rule about it anywhere.
Clearly this event took place in the past. Is this a mistake ? Shouldn't this have been in the passé simple to give it a literary/formal feeling ? i.e. classa
<< Mais en 1969, André Malraux le classa enfin au titre des monuments historiques >>
Any thoughts welcome. Thanks, Paul.
I used Nous ne pouvions pas être plus heureux...why is this wrong?
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