Use of être and avoir vs. faire I'm not sure where to put these questions. I did read the discussion about Darbeinet's text, which gives examples of measurements. Three examples used avoir and one used être. It did not use faire. (I am not familiar with Darbeinet, just trying to make sense of the discussions.)
The answer was "that Darbeinet's text is a bit out of date and to native speakers (members of the language team and relatives ;-) ), 'faire' is definitely the verb to use here."
The example that used être (from Darbeinet) was "Ce bâtiment est long de trente mètres." I don't see how this differs in construction from "La porte est large d'un mètre", one of two correct answers in a Kwiz.
So être is out of date? But we are being taught être as well as faire? Quoi?
Of the three examples using avoir (from Darbeinet) one is "Ce bâtiment a trente mètres de long." Larousse online has the example "ici la rivière a 2 km de large-- here the river is 2 km wide". (in definition of large) Those two examples seem similar to each other in construction.
A question about "Ce gouffre a trente mètres de profondeur" from a month ago was answered with ---
/Bonjour Tecla,
This question has already been discussed : "faire" is definitely the verb to use./
So, Larousse, also, is wrong/out of date in using avoir as the verb here?
I am truly confused. Reading the linked discussion was part of that confusion.
As 'they' say, halp!
What is the meaning of 400 coups?
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Megan
Est-ce que c'est necessaire pour repèter "dois" apres "dernière"? C'est une structure parallel in cui la premiere "fois" est assume. Comme en anglais:. It was the first time, but will probably be the last. Sans "fois" encore. Merci beaucoup.
Could "rosâtre" be used to translate "pinkish" in the phrase "une douce teinte rosée"?
In the sentence: Tu ne peux rien mettre dans ce placard. Why is rien before mettre and not after?
I did miserably on this exercise. Seems that in progressing from B1 to B2 one faces quite a chasm. Without a bridge.
While I am aware this question relates to the compound verb, I am unclear about why the "beaucoup" is not between the auxiliary and past participle as per this lesson? Can you advise?
So, formally, il faut ranger ta chambre can also be written as il te faut ranger la/ta chambre, right?
According to the article, to express the previous time - we could use la dernière fois + the clause of the sentence. (la dernière fois is used interchangeably with la fois dernière if without a clause)
We can also use the same to express the last (final) time - la dernière fois + the clause.
How do I know which one this refers to? It could mean both the final time, or the previous time in the above sentence.
I'm not sure where to put these questions. I did read the discussion about Darbeinet's text, which gives examples of measurements. Three examples used avoir and one used être. It did not use faire. (I am not familiar with Darbeinet, just trying to make sense of the discussions.)
The answer was "that Darbeinet's text is a bit out of date and to native speakers (members of the language team and relatives ;-) ), 'faire' is definitely the verb to use here."
The example that used être (from Darbeinet) was "Ce bâtiment est long de trente mètres." I don't see how this differs in construction from "La porte est large d'un mètre", one of two correct answers in a Kwiz.
So être is out of date? But we are being taught être as well as faire? Quoi?
Of the three examples using avoir (from Darbeinet) one is "Ce bâtiment a trente mètres de long." Larousse online has the example "ici la rivière a 2 km de large-- here the river is 2 km wide". (in definition of large) Those two examples seem similar to each other in construction.
A question about "Ce gouffre a trente mètres de profondeur" from a month ago was answered with ---
/Bonjour Tecla,
This question has already been discussed : "faire" is definitely the verb to use./
So, Larousse, also, is wrong/out of date in using avoir as the verb here?
I am truly confused. Reading the linked discussion was part of that confusion.
As 'they' say, halp!
I sometimes see references to "des" as being a plural partitive article.
This relates to uncountable/mass nouns. So my query is:-
How is it possible to have a plural uncountable noun?
and then to try to express "some" of this uncountable/mass noun?
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