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Q1) Isn't this correct?
Vous m'y avez parlé. [You spoke to me there.] (Parler à)
Q2) Isn't the scenario of Indirect Object Pronoun/COI with Adverbial Y possible? If not, why??
Q3) And similarly, vice-versa the scenario of Direct Object Pronoun/COD with Adverbial En is also not possible?? Hence, is it a rule that it will always be [COD + y] and [COI + en] in Double Pronouns??
Are they correct depending on whether 'en' means it (singular) or them (plural)?
1. Pierre m'en a offert. / Pierre m'en a offerte. [Pierre offered some of it/them to me.](If COD/Direct Object - 'en' - it/them)
2. J'ai mangé des chocolats. --> J'en ai mangés. [I ate them.]
Are agreement rules applicable in Passé Composé for 'en' when it is a Direct Object Pronoun ?
Why does this sentence change to the vous form of you?
I’m wondering what pesant is grammatically in the sentence "Ces informations valent leur pesant d'or !" - a gerund? Or is pesant d’or a fixed expression?
Why is it "Mes fils ont toujours adoré cette tradition" ? If the tradition is ongoing with no start and finish should not the 'imparfait' be used here?
I learnt about the inverted question form and the inverted verb forms of quoi and how they work. Quoi becomes que or qu'. Additionally, I learnt about est-ce que and it uses the question word first and then the inverted verb and then the subject.
Why is the answer to this: Sarah ________ la salade à Michel.
se passe as opposed to passe?
Isn't this a simple act of passing something, as in the first example, "passer quelque chose"? I understood that it only needed the reflexive pronoun for something happening or someone doing without something. Can you enlighten me?
Thanks.
I can’t find anything in this lesson or links about third person plural verbs. It would be useful to have examples of this as well as the situation of il/ elle + inversion for verbs ending -ter (which is mentioned in a question below). Am I right in thinking the inverted forms are eg achètent-ils and achète-t-il?
Complète avec pourquoi ou parce que. Puis associe les questions et les réponses.
a ... tu ne manges pas à la cantine?
b nous avons des copains et des copines.
c'est jeudi, on n'a pas cours de français le jeudi!
d est-ce que nous n'avons pas cours de français ?
e est-ce que vous aimez le collège?
... je mange avec mes parents le midi.
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