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Bonjour,
I have a question about saying pouvoir + infinitive of a verb. For example: Je peux parler Francais. Why does this translate to "I can speak French" when the verb Parker means TO speak? Wouldn't it translate to "I can to speak French"? Or do we always use the infinitive to express capabilities? What else would we use the infinitive form for? Merci beacoup!
Why must I have a circumflex on the i for quoi?
Why are you devient? As in, elle devient une star... Devient seems to be the present tense of devenir; shouldn't you be using the imparfait?
Merci
Tracy
I used “de laquelle” in the last sentence instead of “dont”. Is this unacceptable?
your example above looks wrong... Martin n’est pas arrivé depuis longtemps should mean Martin hasn’t been here in a long time. the past tense implies the action is completed. right???
It would be great to see these all used in sentences to show the relation!!
What is the difference in meaning between 1. La fille à qui je sense
and
La fille à laquelle je pense.
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