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Why are we saying des before a noun followed by an adjective?
Elle est à New York
She is in New York
Why can we not say
Elle est dans New York
She is in New York
I am wondering why in some cases the futur proche (“Je vais …”) is not listed as a possibility.
What do you do in the case of "il faut que" such as "Il faut que j'aille faire les courses." On second reference, you wouldn't say, "il le faut?" Could you say "" Il faut que j'y aille" or "Je le dois?" Or, does this "le" rule not apply to Il faut que? Scrambled here!:)
On peut dire "pour l'eternité, mais pas "pour une heure". On doit dire "pendant une heure".
Comment utiliser ce mot "pour" et le mot "pendant" en context du temps?
Pendant longtemps, pour longtemps, ils se disent, tout les deux.
Bonjour,I started learning l'iparfait and I cannot understant why my answer in bold is worng, as far as I can imagine the other anwer in italics is wrong. Could you please explain??
"Tu sortais de la boulangerie quand ma mère t'a vu." means:You were coming out of the bakery when my mother saw you You came out of the bakery when my mother saw youHello -
For "We are leaving at 4", I chose, "Nous quittons à quatre heures" instead of "Nous partons à quatre heures", because the lesson says partir must be followed by de or pour when it is not used on its own. Why is "Nous partons à quatre heures" correct? And why is "Nous quittons à quatre heures" wrong?
Would "absent" work?
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