à + verb or de/d' + verbThis isn't covered in fully in the lessons, but I would like to know: how do we know when to use à + verb as opposed to de + verb? Some lessons cover de + verb, for example to say 'before running' I can say 'avant de courir'. But I'm not sure about the other case, à + verb. Any answers? I haven't had much luck searching the web for this, so any help would be much appreciated.
This is the one specific to this exercise:
"qui consiste à appliquer de la peinture sur de l'eau". Why not "qui consiste d'appliquer ...?"
Here are other cases I've found on this website:
nous avons commencé à le faire il y a quelques années
quand tu auras fini de ranger ta chambre, tu m'aideras à faire la vaisselle.
on est toujours pressé d'oublier les moments délicats
le temps que je finisse de manger, ... j'aurai fini de vérifier ... le temps que ça lui prend de se préparer
I was wondering why "j'irai finir" is used instead of "je vais finir." Is there a subtle difference in meaning between them? Thanks!
In one of the writing exercises, I translated "I love my cousin Benjamin" to, "J'aime bien mon cousin Benjamin", but the system corrected this to "J'aime beaucoup mon cousin Benjamin". Why? It actually seems to me that "J'aime bien" is more appropriate than "J'aime beaucoup" (I like a lot).
The translation for "C'est deux anciennes maison..." is "There are two old houses."
According to the lesson "ancien=former/old," when "ancien" comes before the noun, it means "former."
Is there a situation when "ancien" comes before the noun, and it means "old"?
I am confused by the pronunciation given here for the sentence "Elle a cru que c'était Valentin, mais c'était quelqu'un d'autre." The recorded voice sounds as if there is an s at the end of the word "cru".
Hello,
If I were to say: I come from England, would it be
je viens d'Anglaterre
In which case, I would use 'de' instead of 'en'
It would be so helpful with exercises like this if we could slow the playback down. I play it 20 times and still struggle at times.
Does anyone know of any websites where you can paste the sentence in and adjust the playback?
Thanks
Your explanation says that where English points are used the French use commas, yet when I put commas in my last test, it was marked wrong. I give up on numbers and want to move on to something else please.
This isn't covered in fully in the lessons, but I would like to know: how do we know when to use à + verb as opposed to de + verb? Some lessons cover de + verb, for example to say 'before running' I can say 'avant de courir'. But I'm not sure about the other case, à + verb. Any answers? I haven't had much luck searching the web for this, so any help would be much appreciated.
This is the one specific to this exercise:
"qui consiste à appliquer de la peinture sur de l'eau". Why not "qui consiste d'appliquer ...?"
Here are other cases I've found on this website:
nous avons commencé à le faire il y a quelques années
quand tu auras fini de ranger ta chambre, tu m'aideras à faire la vaisselle.
on est toujours pressé d'oublier les moments délicats
le temps que je finisse de manger, ... j'aurai fini de vérifier ... le temps que ça lui prend de se préparer
Tu ________ beaucoup de cartes d’anniversaire.
Hey guys,
I know the correct answer is as eu ,but why not avais ?!
Isn't the sentence like describing something in the past as L'Imparfait?!
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