Translation and meaning of en/dans/d'ici ?The English is 'normally received WITHIN 10 days' - this seems to be a perfect situation for use of 'd'ici', but this was not indicated as correct.
This sentence in English means something along the lines of 'you may receive the article any time, but you can expect it by 10 days from now'. In other words, don't start ringing us to ask about it until after at least 10 days.
I am not convinced that either 'en' or 'dans' as described in the lessons are better fits. It is not a statement that delivery/receipt 'takes 10 days' to happen, or that delivery/receipt will occur on the 10th day.
By + [point in time] = d'ici [moment] in French
En vs Dans with time (French Prepositions of Time)
Lequel: d'accord ou pas ou d'accord ou non?
The problem here is not my knowledge of conjugating the verb, but being able to get the accent on the e from my windows keyboard. How do I do that please?
Bonjour,I started learning l'iparfait and I cannot understant why my answer in bold is worng, as far as I can imagine the other anwer in italics is wrong. Could you please explain??
"Tu sortais de la boulangerie quand ma mère t'a vu." means:You were coming out of the bakery when my mother saw you You came out of the bakery when my mother saw youThe English is 'normally received WITHIN 10 days' - this seems to be a perfect situation for use of 'd'ici', but this was not indicated as correct.
This sentence in English means something along the lines of 'you may receive the article any time, but you can expect it by 10 days from now'. In other words, don't start ringing us to ask about it until after at least 10 days.
I am not convinced that either 'en' or 'dans' as described in the lessons are better fits. It is not a statement that delivery/receipt 'takes 10 days' to happen, or that delivery/receipt will occur on the 10th day.
By + [point in time] = d'ici [moment] in French
En vs Dans with time (French Prepositions of Time)
Impossible concept! How bad can it sound to a native speaker if I get this wrong? They always ask if I speak English, anyway, every time I speak French.
In the second to last sentence, the audio sounds like you've added the word "slash" right after the word "ça." This is not in the text I see here. I did the rest about a week ago - and don't recall if it was there or not! What does it mean? And how is it spelled?
Personally, I think "quelques chevaux" is perfectly alright to say, whereas "un couple de chevaux" might be a little closer to "a pair of horses"?
But certainly, "quelques chevaux" is not wrong? Maybe using "couple" here is English creeping into the language? or even French Canadian?
Also "clôture" could be used instead of "barrière". I hear people saying "J'ai hâte de (faire ceci et cela)" all the time, in the sense "I am excited" (to do something), but I think one has be to be really careful and really sure of oneself before attempting "je suis excitée". And sure, maybe you could say a child or a dog is "surexcité" but would you say the L'homme est surexcité? Haha, not so sure about that!
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