March 15, Yes, they're good, thanks, I will add them in the links. March 13, MargLam3 Plus September 14, I can't understand why people struggle with this.
Its so easy. Amy July 24, Please see my comments for you above. Very good suggestion! I will add a part explaning when to use "they". May 8, August 9, September 3, November 17, Unfortunately, flashcards are not a very good tool when dealing with homographs or polysemy January 17, March 18, September 7, November 2, So why did a duo lingo lesson use les pommes sont rouge?
I'm a bit confused.. November 26, January 5, July 19, July 28, The above does not explain why " the dresses are red" means " les robes sont rouges" does it mean except for vous and nous , all other plurals ; sont is used? March 24, April 4, Nous sommes! Got it! May 9, October 30, Didn't someone already answer this question? Ok Gnite. December 9, Thank you - I just need to commit the two to memory , instead to measuring around English. September 28, Related Discussions The striking difference between the French and normal forums.
Learn French in just 5 minutes a day. For free. In the rare cases where ambiguity could be possible, French needs more than just a tense change to clarify the implied meaning.
Thus the hypothetical English sentence: "I drink wine, but I'm not drinking wine " , which is understandable if unlikely, would become in French: " Je bois le vin mais je ne bois pas de vin , " which is confusing to say the least.
See below. Examples: He likes wine but doesn't drink champagne. The car is making a strange noise. In order to stress that an action is progressive i. So to stress the progressive aspect that is conveyed through tense usage in the English expression " He's swimming against the current ", a French speaker will say : " Il nage contre le courant ", or " Il est en train de nager contre le courant ". Another alternative is to add an adverb of duration, such as " actuellement " meaning " currently " , which will give: "Il nage actuellement contre le courant".
However, there is often no need to stress the progressive aspect of a statement; most often, the context will be sufficiently explicit, so the aspect of the verb does not need to be indicated. Sites like leconjugueur gives you all the forms of a verb according to person, time and tense. When at school, I commonly used the Bescherelle , which is still a reference book for conjugation. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top.
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