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I noticed that for the two verbs that have to do with thoughts croire and savoir, the example phrases are negated. Are you able to use these verbs in positive sentences with passé composé or is it more appropriate to use the imparfait since it’s hard to know how long and how many times something was thought or believed?
Your example: Elle aime sa nouvelle veste.
I understood from A1 lesson that with clothes (f) we use "la". I noted:
Tu as les mains dans les poches = You have your hands in your pockets
There were two examples of phrases where the French reversed the order of the adjectives as they appeared in English (autobiographical feminist manifesto = manifeste féministe autobiographique; unforgettable literary experience = expérience littéraire inoubliable). Is there any kind of rule to this sequencing?
But how can you know which country a person comes from even when they do not give they just ask the person
can you please explain because i do not understand
please, thanks
i am waiting
Why is this phrase conjugated with être instead of avoir? "Jusqu'à ce que nous soyons réouvert l'appétit" en place de "jusqu'à ce que nous ayons réouvert l'appétit."
I answered "Nous avons peiné a" rather than "avions du mal à". I think struggle is the better translation.
I read somewhere that ne ... pas and ne ...point were the first negative constructions in the evolution of the French language. I can just imagine someone trekking through the woods in Old French times and saying, "Not another step." Or a tired monk in some scriptorium copying over an illegible text and saying, "Not another period."
two rows of white teeth.
I wrote
"deux rangées des dents blanche"
but the answer is
"deux rangées de dents blanche"
Why is "de dents" instead of "des dents"?
Est-ce qu'on peut utiliser le voisinage au lieu de quartier dans ce contexte ?
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