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Why “Il ne faut pas confondre” as opposed to “Il faut ne pas confondre”?
How can I use ni...ni to make this sentence negative: 'L'eleve a compris et a appris'?
Does it become 'l'eleve n'a ni compris ni appris'?
Thanks for any help
Why can't I write it Madame Lepic instead of Mme?
In a phrase like vous vous appelez, why is vous repeated twice
The phrase 'Don’t let it get you down' is generally translated into French as 'Ne te laisse pas abattre'. But, literally, the phrase appears to mean 'Don't let yourself cut down'. Wouldn't better ways to say it in French be 'Ne le laisse pas t'abattre' or 'Ne te laisse pas être abattu'?
Are there any other phrases like this, where the active voice is translated as passive?
[And why is my question suddenly centre justified?]
Hi,
I'm wondering why we would say 'on a dégusté des spécialités lyonnaises' rather than 'on dégustait des spécialités lyonnaises'. I thought that we would use the imperfect in this case as it happened over an extended period of time?
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