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To go, come, climb down something. I don’t understand why a descendu doesn’t work for Jack climbing down the giant. The lesson seems to allow for it. Very confusing but not a phrase I’m likely to be using!
In the short quiz, the sentence was 'Nous craignons qu'il ne change d'avis". The correct answer given was : 'We fear that he would change his mind'. Because of the 'ne', should the answer be " We fear that he would NOT change his mind? I also want to know whether 'change d'avis' is an expression? Thanks.
Salut,
J'ai une question à propros de l'usage du subjonctif dans la phrase suivante:
"... malgré le fait que sa technique puisse encore s'améliorer..."
Pourquoi est-ce qu'on l'utilise dans ce cas?
Isn't the rule that it's l' if it sounds like it starts with a vowel, not that it actually does?
For instance, «dans l'Hérault» is the correct form, but the rules in this lesson incorrectly state «dans le Hérault».
The answer provided is "C'est Marc Dupré."
Why? I would have thought the answer should have been "Il est Marc Dupré."
Is this a special case when using c'est? Use it for stating a person's name?
In the lesson it says: In French, you use pour + [durée] only to express a duration in the future., however in Lawless French:
https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/depuis-vs-il-y-a/?fbclid=IwAR2Yy7q_glAFPUv54NKv_xYP9EW4oqW84FTg9NIggZZ3CBgjSxE3JPbHAbc
SynonymsPour and pendant can replace depuis only when the verb is in the past tense.
J’étudiais pour / pendant quatre heures quand il a téléphoné. I’d been studying for four hours when he called.J’étais anxieux pour / pendant deux semaines. I’d been anxious for two weeks.It seems to contradict this. So I am confused. Can someone clarify please.
Pierre joue mal, Louis joue encore plus mal que lui, mais c'est Karl qui joue le plus mal. Can 'pire' be used instead of the 2nd and 3rd highlighted adverbs? Also is pire=le pire? "the worst"? E.g. C'est le pire film. (Its the worst film.) Thanks in advance.
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