"conjugated verb exclusion"I spent many dejected days trying to understand the following rule in this lesson. "the main difficulty here is that in French you cannot use a conjugated verb after la veille or le lendemain, unlike in English: the day after he left / the day before you were born.
Instead you will use de + noun, as such:'
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The imperative appeared out of the blue. (I am not using imperative here in the grammar sense by the way but as a prohibitory order) It also seemed contradictory, because the sentence, 'The day after, I was enrolling at university/ Le lendemain, j'allais m'inscrire à l'université. came right before it. ...a conjugated verb 'j allais' following lendemarin.
What seems to be the case is that 'le lendemain' or 'la veille' CANNOT be 'conjoined' with a descriptive clause or phrase for associated events WITHOUT punctuation. You identify the day using le lendemain or la veille but to add associated actions you must express them with a separate punctuated clause/phrase or use 'de + noun".
Examples:
the day after i was enrolling at university.../ le lendemain de mon inscription à l'université
the day after, I was enrolling at university...Le lendemain, je m'inscrivais à l'université.
Is teh below wrong?
Quand est-ce qu'on va arrivés ?
Quite often my written answer is marked wrong simply because I failed to insert a space before punctuation. I am trying to train myself to add the space, but it does not come naturally for me when I write in English. Why do you insert a space before certain punctuation marks, notably exclamation, colon and question mark? For example: This sentence ! and This list : and This question ?
It seems you do not insert a space before other punctuation marks, such as period or comma, for example:
Like this, or Like that.
Why ?
Hello,
As I read this sentence over and over again I think their is a word missing at the end.
Les garçons ont passé leur examen et tous l'ont eu. Shouldn't the word passé be at the end of eu?
Thanks
Nicole
Bonjour! I have not studied For over 20 years, and I'm trying to learn the things that I have forgotten, as well as to expand my ability. Could you please answer my question about inverting the subject and the verb when asking questions? I was taught that one would say "Faites-vous vos devoirs?" Or "Fais-tu tes devoirs?" When asking questions. Even asking someone their name I've always known that to be Comment vous appelez-vous? In the formal and Comment t'appelles-tu? In the familiar. Why is this method not followed here in the studies? It has me very confused about what I've learned in highschool and I feel like I'm learning a totally different language. Thank you for letting me ask this question here. I don't know where else to ask it.
You hinted I should use ‘he would study’. I used ‘il étudierait’ but you translated: il allait étudier. Why?
The "preferred" translation indicates that their son fell asleep "a poings fermes," indicating that he was deeply asleep. I dispute this -- kids may fall asleep with their fists closed, but not tightly unless they are under severe stress. I would suggest that a better indication of deep sleep would be the other suggestion - "il dormait profondement." This is from years of watching a number of sleeping children -- mine and others'. Just a thought....
I spent many dejected days trying to understand the following rule in this lesson. "the main difficulty here is that in French you cannot use a conjugated verb after la veille or le lendemain, unlike in English: the day after he left / the day before you were born.
Instead you will use de + noun, as such:'
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The imperative appeared out of the blue. (I am not using imperative here in the grammar sense by the way but as a prohibitory order) It also seemed contradictory, because the sentence, 'The day after, I was enrolling at university/ Le lendemain, j'allais m'inscrire à l'université. came right before it. ...a conjugated verb 'j allais' following lendemarin.
What seems to be the case is that 'le lendemain' or 'la veille' CANNOT be 'conjoined' with a descriptive clause or phrase for associated events WITHOUT punctuation. You identify the day using le lendemain or la veille but to add associated actions you must express them with a separate punctuated clause/phrase or use 'de + noun".
Examples:
the day after i was enrolling at university.../ le lendemain de mon inscription à l'université
the day after, I was enrolling at university...Le lendemain, je m'inscrivais à l'université.
Le père de Michel travaille dans un hôtel.
Will the un change to d' in the negative form?
The model provides this sentence:
Nous mangerons dans une heure.
But a quiz corrected my response of
Nous mangerons dans trente minute seulement.
With
Nous mangerons en trente minute seulement.
My understanding was that "will" was the cue for "dans", but evidently not. Any clarification will help. Thanks.
I'm thinking there may be a mistake in the translation of this phrase:
"mais la Tour Eiffel s'incline face au vent"
The translation is given as "the Eiffel Tower tilts into the wind" but this doesn't make sense from a scientific point of view!
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