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Hello,
I have a tiny question. If I want to say "I thought about her", should I use:
a) Je lui ai pensée
b) J'ai pensé à lui
c) J'ai pensé à elle
Because I notice that for verb + de, we can use "penser d'elle" (think of her), so for the case verb + à, can we use à + pronouns as well (option b,c)? Can we use "elle" instead of "lui" for such case? Finally, can we use option b) instead of a)?
I've seen the word weekend spelled with () & without () the hyphen in different French publications. As this is an adopted English word is there actually any guidance for how to correctly spell this or is it just a matter of style?
-Bonjour ! Comment tu t'applles ?
-Je suis Laila.
-Tu n'es pas français James, j'entends un accent. D'où viens-tu?
-Je parlais anglais. Je suis de Géorgie.
-As-tu des frères et soeurs ?
- Oui j'ai une Soeur plus âgée
-j'habite dans le nord
-C'est super ! Tu parles très bien français.
-Je suppose
-Non, vraiment !
-Merci, vous êtes très gentil.
-Et tu aimes bien Bordeaux?
-Oui c'est très sympa !
-Haha ! Oui, en effet. Merci pour cette interview.
-Merci, ce fut un plaisir !
why for past we use - j'avais du mal
But future we don't use - j'aurai du mal
and uses - je vais avoir du mal ?
Est-ce que je peux écrire
baisser la température
a la place de
faire descendre la temperature
Merci
I'm sorry, but this is a terrible example sentence. Who on earth would refer to walking their dog as "taking a walk with" their dog? The dog has no independence. It doesn't join you for a walk the same way your friend Julie might.
The example sentence should be changed to:
Anne et Antoine promènent leur chien.
You can have the same answer choices, but the correct answer would be "Anne and Antoine are walking their dog." Which is a sentence you might say in real life, as opposed to "They're taking a walk with their dog" which no one said ever.
What is the difference between polluer and faire polluer?
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