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Why is it "J'ai du mal à (verb)", instead of "J'ai du mal a (verb)"?
I only know we use it for locations, such as "Je suis à Paris"
Can you please explain when 'de' is used before a number in French?
- Le nombre de décès a été de 54600. (Does it mean 'was at' or ' was about'?)- La population a augmenté l'année dernière de 3,46,000 personnes. (Does it mean 'increased to' or 'increased by' here?)
- Le prix est de 500 dollars.
And, is there a general rule about using "de" before numbers? Please explain?
Selon Lawless French dans le petit quiz C-1 que je prends en ce moment, pour « By the time you were ready, the bus had left, » c’est correct dire, « Le temps que tu sois prête, le bus était déjà parti, » mais à mon avis ça devrait être plutôt, « Le temps que tu aies étée prête, le bus était déjà parti.»
Hi, in the line “nous avons développé des intérêts communs” I believe I’m hearing a short connecting word/syllable between “intérêts” and “communs”. Am I imagining this?
I had other mistakes in the sentence about the river Alzette, but the translation didn't include the word beautiful. Was there a reason to leave that out?
Bonjour,
J’espère que vous allez bien !
I am desperate to find out a fact!
Please help!
According to your site, penser may require the subjunctive, depending on whether it is used affirmatively, negatively, or interrogatively.
So, I use the subjunctive for an interrogative sentence.
However, when I did a petit quiz on the subjonctive, my answer was wrong.
“Tu penses qu’il soit capable de réussir ?”
The correct answer is “est”!
But why? Because this question is informal, not “Penses-tu qu’il…”?
I appreciate your information.
Merci d’avance.
Could someone explain the rule for describing who someone is; i.e. why does 'she is my wife' translate as c'est ma femme? - "it is my wife'!
Thanks.
Why is the correct answer ‘preservation’ not ‘conservation ‘?
Hello,
I don't see any mention of how to conjugate verbs with these pronouns? Do you always assume they are singular + masculin ? Or are there any special cases (I can't think of one so I'm asking in case somebody knows)?
Thank you.
Imo, it should be "par carte", not "en carte". Isn't it?
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