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I thought you always used the "ne + subjonctif" construction after "avant que"

Pourquoi elle trouve Andrew charmant ? Pourquoi pas elle trouve qu'Andrew est charmant ?

So if venir de + infinitive means to have just done something, why has ‘juste’ been introduced in the sentence “Je viens juste d’emménager”. It sounds a bit like “i’ve just just moved”.

According to Cecile's response and Lawless French there should be an 'S' with quatre-vingts. If so, this lesson may need a tweak!

Bonjour,

I think I need more explanation about 'se balader' with more examples.

Ces questions, elles sont un peu sexistes, n'est-ce pas?

"Les femmes travaillent: les unes lavent et les autres cuisinent."

C'est ça que c'est travailler pour les femmes? O.o

Y en a d'autres... beaucoup d'autres...

How do we choose correctly between Être à ou Être de, like in the sentence above?

What is the rule governing whether or not the reflexive construction is used?  It seems clear with personal verbs like brushing ones teeth or cutting one’s hair, but not clear at all in the context of having sandals made. 

hi.  is there a subtle difference between the words 'pétantes' and 'pile'?  Should you use one in certain circumstances?

If you say the stem has to be the stem of the infinitive, then yes, you'll find lots of irregular verbs. But there's a much better rule, and I'd say the few verbs that don't follow it could be called irregular in the Subjonctif Présent.

- je/tu/il/elle/on/ils/elles: the stem is the Indicatif Présent third person plural, minus -ent

- nous/vous: the stem is the Indicatif Présent second/third first plural, minus -ons 

Examples:

aimer -> ils aiment -> aim-

venir -> ils viennent -> vienn-

tenir -> ils tiennent -> tienn-

prendre -> ils prennent -> prenn-

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There are not that many exceptions to this rule. Some important ones:

NOTE: where there are two stems, the second one is for nous/vous, the first one is for all others.