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why is partir right ans sortir wrong pleas. i thought sortir is to go out so would be acceptable here, but isn't
is for same question as below, will you have left by 4 oclock
In an exercise you say the future of devenir is
tu devenra
but in the Explain this you say it's
Futur SimplejeviendraituviendrasIn the phrase 'vous receviez des amis à déjeuner' is 'déjeuner' a verb or a noun?
What do you do in the case of "il faut que" such as "Il faut que j'aille faire les courses." On second reference, you wouldn't say, "il le faut?" Could you say "" Il faut que j'y aille" or "Je le dois?" Or, does this "le" rule not apply to Il faut que? Scrambled here!:)
Why is the subjunctive in this case not used with ‘ne'
This sentence in English should be either "next year I'm going to the Alps with you", or "next year I'm coming to the Alps with you" (depending on the speaker's location at the time of speaking). There are structures which use 'in' but I suspect they are more complex than wanted for this exercise.
Suggest change the English, with a clue such as "French - in the Alps". This ensures better English, and reinforces that preposition use is different between French and English.
(As always, there may be regional English usage differences, but I am not aware of that being the case here)
Hi.
In the recent subjunctive test one of the ‘blanks’ involved an answer to be inserted after ‘à moins que’.
I filled in the ‘blank’ to include ‘ne’ before the verb . ie ‘ne soit’.
I was taught that after ‘à moins que’ you must add ‘ne’ before the subjunctive verb.
My test result marked my answer as incorrect.
The answer did not include ‘ne’. Which is correct please ?
Why is the first sentence, "I've always loved school." translated in the Passé Composé instead of Imparfait: "J'ai toujours adoré l'école" ? This seems to fit the pattern of giving a description (of me in my past), and since it's "always", it doesn't seem to have a clear beginning and end in the past.
I have seen that the verb retourner is used with "Y
Nous y retournons demain.
We go back there tomorrow
"Il n'a pas pu retourner de la guerre.
He couldn't return from the war.
Can I say
il n'en a pas pu retourner
He couldn't return from there
Does it work like that?
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