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In the 4th sentence: entre chercher les œufs et les manger, why are these verbs in the infinitive form. I thought they would be in the gerund. Thank you!
It is the 'like' that confuses me there is no 'like' eg ça sent comme du chocolate. I cannot grasp 'who' is smelling or 'what' is smelling and I get it wrong each time!!!
Or how to send this quesiton!!!!! Caroline
Is the word "en" necessary in the above sentence?
Bonjour Madame Cécile !
I wanted to ask a query I came up while attempting this dictée ->
“Par chance, personne n'a été blessé”
Madame, why has the verb “être” been conjugated in Le Passé Composé ? However, Être is a verb of state and generally takes L’Imparfait.
Now, Madame, if a sentence is given -> The film was great.
There are two possibilities-
1. Le film a été merveilleux. 2. Le film était merveilleux.
How to judge whether a Verb of State takes Passé Composé / Imparfait ?
Merci encore Madame pour votre aide.
Je vous souhaite une bonne journée!
Marie était (l'imparfait, être) réveillée (past participle, singular, fem)par les oiseaux tous les matins. Why not use the infinitive rather than past participle? or should it be passe compose?
In this exercise, there is the line "Le dimanche, comme il faisait beau..." which I assume is intended to mean "On Sunday (specific day), as the weather was nice..." but does not correspond to the teaching of the below lesson which states that "Le dimanche" means "On Sundays" (plural) and that "Le" needs to be omitted if you want to talk about a specific day.
Can you please clarify the discrepancy. Merci d'avance :)
Lesson link here: Using "le" with days of the week + the weekend (French Definite Articles)
ATTENTION:You will NOT use le when talking about weekdays in a specific context (on Monday):
Mercredi, tu iras à l'école.On Wednesday, you will go to school.
Mardi, je vais au théâtre.
On Tuesday, I'm going to the theatre.
I am confused. Sometimes Ayez is used sometimes Ayons is used.
For example "Ayez confiance mes amis" I was corrected from Ayons
But here is one example Ayons foi en notre force .
Is there a rule or we just have to know, like vocabulary
Je ne comprends pas la raison que vous avez écrit "C'est très ennuyeux". Est-ce que "C'est très ennuyant" est aussi correcte?
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