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If the expression is "faire exprès DE", why is the contraction "ne l'ont pas and not n'en ont pas'?
The question in the quiz read: Le DJ est insupportable. Tout le monde ______ pense. Fill in the blank with y en le, etc. So the answer is le. As I understand you use le when it replaces a phrase that starts with que or and infinitive. Where is the indication that I should use le? Thanks.
It's a small point, but do French people write Ier with a capital I or 1er with a 1 ? Or either ?
Why is it not "Je fais du diner" or "je fais le diner"? Why is it "a" instead?
Based on the lesson ¨Using depuis (since/for) with Le Present and NOT let Passé Composé (prepositions of time)" In a related kwiz I translated the phrase: The Woman in Black has haunted this house for centuries, into : La Dame en Noir hante cette maison depuis des siècles which was incorrect although I used the present tense as stated in the lesson.
The correct form should have been: La Dame en Noir a hanté cette maison depuis des siècles which is using le Passé Composé.
Can someone explain this to me please?
I understand how they are formed but I don't understand when they should be used and when they shouldn't be used. I don't understand how to determine whether the verb should be reflexive or not and in what type of sentences you should use it, could you please clarify this for me. Thanks in advance.
Why is the first sentence in imparfait - he only went on one business trip?
Why is the second sentence in passe compose - she had tears in her eyes all day long?
quand Samuel était en voyage d'affaires à Bruxelles.
j'ai eu les larmes aux yeux toute la journée !
It would be great to see these all used in sentences to show the relation!!
This answer appears in the writing challemge: "Pre-date stress".
The question was "All afternoon, he'd rehearsed in his head"
Why would the answer not end in "la tête"? Or at least allow both la and sa?
Isn't this a similar case to "il s'est gratté la tête" (He scatched his head) where the body part belongs to the subject of the verb.
Will you please continue this story? What happens next day, week, month?
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