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Hello,
I'm having trouble with my sentence structures. Specifically, after the first verb in a sentence, when i present the second verb I dont know when to use "a", "de" or "pour". I would love some clarification on this!
Some examples for clarification:
- J'ai beacoup a faire
- Je veux parler francais (none of those intermediate words mentioned)
- On disait que des trucs sympas sur lui
- J'essaie juste d'oublier
- Je suis venue pour gagner
- C'est important d'etre gentil
Sorry for these examples, these are phrases I pulled from a magazine!
I think sentence was "Vous _________ y retourne ......." I automatically selected "etes" but then noticed the past participle was singular but the subject was "vous" so there should have been an "s" for agreement with the plural. I thought I must have forgotten some other rule. Was this just a typo or did I miss something?"
Why isn’t it chère when describing the cost of the PlayStation which is feminine?
So instead of using Je I have to use J'ai ? Am I understanding this correctly?
in the fillin the blank quiz for the plus-que -parfait, my answer was marked as nearly correct yet i do not understand why
This idea also exists in English ie 'He's selling his motorbike' can mean is is actually in the act of selling it in the present moment OR it can mean that he intends to sell it in the future.
1/ Nous avons froid quand vient l'hiver
2/ Nous avons froid quand l'hiver vient
I am a bit confused about when an extra pronoun comes in to inverted question forms. I thought that "What does Paul want?" would be "Que Paul veut-il?". Similarly with "What are the children drawing?", I was expecting "Que les enfants dessinent-ils?
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