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Hello,
This is the sentence I'm talking about: He was sick all day yesterday.
This is why I'm confused:
a) It could be imparfait because I believe that when you talk about health, you use the imparfait.
b) It could be passé composé because you know the time-frame of when it (him being sick) took place: all day yesterday.
In English, the word 'between' is used when there is a choice between two items. If the choice is more than two, the word 'among' is used. Is this different in French? Or in this case, does 'entre' have the same meaning as 'among'. Merci!
C's at biença
The sentence asks how one would translate: "If she could fly, she would go to the moon." ?
My sense is that this is misleading because "if she could fly" is conditional not past continuous. Shouldn't it read "If she flew, she would go to the moon" to avoid confusion?
Thanks, Kalpana
Why is this marked wrong?
When is "le" omitted from "le français"? Is it only with "parler", or is there a general rule? I ask in relation to this Q&A:
"He will study either French or Italian" = "Il étudiera soit le français soit l'italien".
Why is "à la" used and not "dans"?
She lives, physically, in the countryside.
It seems if she came "from the countryside" it would be "à la".
Is this just one of those "this is the way it is, and not subject to the dans/en rules"?
The title of this exercise is "En segway dans le parc", but I was wondering why it was not "À segway dans le parc", as I understood "en" is used with forms of transport we get inside like en train, en bus, en voiture, en kayak and en avion; but "à" is usually used for forms of transport that we ride or walk without physically entering first e.g. à pied, à vélo, à moto and à cheval; and I thought segways would logically fit into the latter category?
How would you say "Ben will sit at that desk until after he's finished his homework." ?Ben restera assis à ce bureau jusqu'à ce qu'il ait fini ses devoirs.Ben restera assis à ce bureau jusqu'à ce qu'il finisse ses devoirs.
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