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In another French course, some years ago, I was given the sentence :

"Ça fait trois ans que je l'ai, et je n'ai pour ainsi dire pas eu d'ennui avec."

This appears to end with a preposition.  Is it wrong?

In UK English this can also apply when someone agrees to come at a future time ("thanks for coming tomorrow") so it’s useful to remember you can’t do the same in French. Incidentally the only way I can fix "pour" and "de" in my brain is to think that you "pour" something concrete..

A male sheep is called a ram in English and I thought a male sheep in French was a bélier? Is it that people in France call male sheep "mouton"?

Thanks for clearing this up because I was a little confused...

Wrong: Personne n'

Correct: Aucune n'

Any Reason why?

Thank you for your help

I suspect the prepositions in this lesson don’t mean the same in US and British English.

As a Brit, I wouldn’t say either stop by or pop by somewhere. Pass by and go past mean the same as each other and don’t imply you stopped or went inside: for that, I’d use "go", "pop" or "drop" "into" or "in to" or another construction like "I went to see Laurent at his house".

So I’m not clear if "Elle est passée chez Laurent" means she went in to see him or went past his house without stopping?

 (Setting aside the usage of "place", as in "Laurent’s place")

Ne serait-il pas plus intéressant de se concentrer chaque semaine sur une région ou une ville française ? Cela inviterait également les apprenants à tirer le meilleur parti de leur expérience de voyage en France.

Thanks, Jim & Chris:

Could you use the present participle?  J'ai vu SS descendant(e?) d'une limo...

or would that require the english being:   I saw her... 'getting out of'  vs  'get out of'   ?    Or just be incorrect?

if ok, is it considered an adjective which needs to agree ?  (with ss)

more examples using infinitive, please....

thanks again

Alexis

Hello,

One question I have always been wondering is with the phrase "Comment vas-tu ?"

In this instance, would this be considered a formal or informal question? For example, would you use this phrase with friends? It seems conflicting that the use of "tu" would be formal in the inverse because the nature of "tu" from what I've understood to be quite formal. Could I get some clarification?

Thank you,

Eveline

Regardez les phrases suivante: Elle est à l'origin du groupe, et elle écrit la majorité des chansons. J'adore sa voix. Ce semble que "sa" dans ce dernière phrase réfère à Chantal Lauby, pas Jennifer. N'est-ce pas?