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Tina K.C1Kwiziq community member

Do you use 'de' after a negative when there are 2 verbs?Do you use 'de' after a negative when there are 2 verbs? e.g. 'I don't like doing judo = Je n'aime pas faire de judo' or 'I don't like eating meat = Je n'aime pas manger de viande' or 'I don't like doing sport = Je n'aime pas faire de sport'.I thought you did but the only translation I could find was in Google translate and they put 'du' or 'de la'."

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Cheryl N.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

passé composé or imparfait?

Bonjour!

How best to translate this sentence please? : "Were you there before?" - Etais-tu là avant? (or) As-tu été là avant?

and the same sentence in the negative: "Weren't you there before?" - N'étais-tu pas là avant? (or) N'as-tu pas été là avant?

Thanks.

Cheryl

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Stewart H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

être + entré OR être + rentré

In the above example of 'to go/come in(to)'
'Vous êtes rentrés dans la pharmacie à six heures.' You came into the pharmacy at six o'clock. ... Could you also convey the same meaning with: -

'Vous êtes entrés dans la pharmacie à six heures.'

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Janet H.B1Kwiziq community member

Puzzling translation

Mes amis pèlent tous les étés !
My friends' skin peels every summer

Should this be "My friends peel every summer" as the French seems to imply more than one friend ?

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Ron F.C1Kwiziq community member

Your answer leaves me confused when you refer to an advanced change in the rule concerning the agreement when using “avoir”. Also that it “can” agree.

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Ron F.C1Kwiziq community member

Aurelie,

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H. H.A1Kwiziq community member

Why isn’t Brazil masculine, it’s a country, ends in a letter other than e, not mentioned as an exception....

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Donald H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Il voudrait que tu sachesJe me demande que je puisse dire <Il voudrait que tu saches à quel point tu l'aime? Ou est-ce qu'il a une autre façon que je pourrais dire <how much> dans cette phrase?

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Joan C.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

why we don't "Je bois du vin rouge avez tous les repas"? Since the translation of "with" is "avez"

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Joan C.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

why we don't "Je bois du vin rouge à tous les repas"

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