Have you ever...

Paula B.C1Kwiziq community member

Have you ever...

Hi, I have just finished a B2 writing challenge where

'Had you ever had news of Tatania' was translated as

- Et ça t'arrive d'avoir des nouvelles de Tatiana ?

I cannot understand the sentence structure, and I cannot find an explanation of 'arriver de' on the site. Can you point me to the relevant grammar.

Thanks

Asked 4 years ago

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Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

Il m'arrive de faire qc -- It happens that I do something.
Ça t'arrive d'avoir des nouvelles de Tatiana. -- Does it happen to you to get news of Tatiana? (literally)

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Paula B.C1Kwiziq community member

Thanks.Chris. I had never come across arriver de before. Thats a great help

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Paula B. asked:

Have you ever...

Hi, I have just finished a B2 writing challenge where

'Had you ever had news of Tatania' was translated as

- Et ça t'arrive d'avoir des nouvelles de Tatiana ?

I cannot understand the sentence structure, and I cannot find an explanation of 'arriver de' on the site. Can you point me to the relevant grammar.

Thanks

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