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La grammaire est l'étude systématique des éléments constitutifs d'une langue.
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What does this line mean?
Le plaisir de l'amour est d'aimer, et l'on est plus heureux par la passion que l'on a que par celle que l'on donne.
What does it mean? I'm a bit lost in
What does d'aimer mean, "the love ", "b …
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How to understand this paragraph?
Une autre cause accentue le noircissement pour certains cidres: il existe toujours dans le cidre des sels de fer qui, comme on le sait, précipitent le tanin en noir; il en résulte une coloration be …
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Questions on translation
I'm learning French by myself reading Karl C. Sandburg's book French for Reading , and get lost on this line:
Econome, elle mangeait avec lenteur, et recueillait du doigt sur la table les miettes …
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Dans quels pays les coureurs se rendent ils?
I'm reading "Assimil New French with Ease", and in lesson 90 it goes:
Quand le Tour de France a-t-il été créé?
Combien y avait-il d'étapes à l'origine?
Combien y en a-t-il aujourd'hui?
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I haven’t done something since Christmas
From my previous post, it’s explained that
I haven't made a film for ten years... until now I made this one.
, can be said as
Je n'ai pas tourné un seul film depuis dix ans.
; while
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Why “le” behind?
I’m reading Assimil New French with Ease, where its last lesson says
Reprenez le livre tous les jours et feuilletez-le.
, which means “Take the book again everyday and flip through it”.
But why …
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“n'ai pas” vs “n’ai plus”
“I have no money” could be either
Je n'ai pas d'argent.
Or
Je n'ai plus d'argent.
I wonder, is there any difference between the two?
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Difference between The Past Definite, Imperfect, and Past Indefinite tenses [closed]
I'm trying to learn French by myself (now reading Karl C. Sandburg's book French for Reading), and got confused in the three "past time" tenses: Past Definite (PD), Imperfect (I), and Past Indefinite …
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How to understand "Des situations difficiles il se tire par son charme."?
I'm reading a novel, here's part of it
Son neveu le prince Fouad lui ressemble : une même soif de vivre, mais avec en plus un sens aigu des réalités. Très conscient de ses intérêts, il sait céder …
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Why “de types” instead of “des types”?
There’s a book named “Recueil de Types de Ponts Pour Routes...”
I’m confused here that, if “types” is in plural form, shouldn’t “des” be used instead of “de”?
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Syllables with e caduc
I'm reading L'Albatros by Charles Baudelaire and got confused at the syllables.
Wiki page says:
It is built with four alexandrins quatrains with crossed Rhymes (ABAB
type), alternating feminine and m …
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Clairs fanaux, vivantes opales -- where is the 8th syllable?
I'm reading poem Le chat by Charles Baudelaire, I'm a bit confused at the line
Clairs fanaux, vivantes opales
as it sounds only have 7 syllables? -- I interpret it as
Clairs · fa · naux, · vi · v …
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les sardines -- is it plural or singular?
I'm reading Le Poisson-scie et sa cousine by Pierre Béarn and got confused on what the first stanza (literally) means.
I suppose " Un poisson-scie s'encolérait d'avoir perdu chez les sardines, une cou …
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Is there a verb in this sentence?
I hit this line:
Plaisir multiplié par la découverte d'étonnants rapports entre ces mondes éloignés de nous par la distance ou le temps, et celui où nous vivions.
Seems to me there's no verb there, …
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What does "mise" mean in "la mise en marche"?
I'm learning French myself using Karl C. Sandburg's French for Reading and met this line:
A l'occasion de la mise en marche de ce nouveau laboratoire, M. Louis l-Ringuet, professeur de physique à …
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