rmansoor91 Newbie Canada Joined 4841 days ago 3 posts - 3 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin, Korean, Japanese
| Message 1 of 8 03 January 2014 at 5:53am | IP Logged |
Hello everyone! I am on the search for a long list of French questions - ranging from "What do you like to do in your spare time" to "What is your personal life philosophy".
If anyone can point me in the right direction, that would be much appreciated! Google hasn't given me anything useful so far.
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nj24 Diglot Groupie United States Joined 4668 days ago 56 posts - 106 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Italian, French
| Message 2 of 8 03 January 2014 at 6:00am | IP Logged |
Does this help? Had it in my bookmarks.
http://lingolex.com/questions_fr.php
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rmansoor91 Newbie Canada Joined 4841 days ago 3 posts - 3 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin, Korean, Japanese
| Message 3 of 8 07 January 2014 at 10:52pm | IP Logged |
Thank you - yes, that is what I was looking for!
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Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4914 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German
| Message 4 of 8 10 January 2014 at 8:17am | IP Logged |
I have a question about the third question on that list. It says:
Combien de pays avez-vous visites?
I would have put avez vous visité. Why do they use visites?
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Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5852 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map
| Message 5 of 8 10 January 2014 at 8:59am | IP Logged |
Jeffers wrote:
I have a question about the third question on that list. It says:
Combien de pays avez-vous visites?
I would have put avez vous visité. Why do they use visites? |
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This is indeed a mistake! It should be:
Combien de pays avez-vous visité?
Fasulye
Edited by Fasulye on 10 January 2014 at 9:01am
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1e4e6 Octoglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4295 days ago 1013 posts - 1588 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Norwegian, Dutch, Swedish, Italian Studies: German, Danish, Russian, Catalan
| Message 6 of 8 10 January 2014 at 9:02am | IP Logged |
When a noun, either proper or improper, or a pronoun precedes the verb in any perfect
tense (passé composé, pluparfait, passé du subjonctif, etc.), the past participle
(participe passé) must agree in gender and number (singular or plural) with the noun or
pronoun antedecent:
Masculine singular:
Il a vendu son ordinateur.
Il l'a vendu.
Feminine singular:
J'ai compris la voiture.
Je l'ai comprise.
Masculine plural:
Il a vendu ses ordinateurs.
Il les a vendus.
Feminine plural:
J'ai compris les voitures.
Je les ai comprises.
Someone already wrote it above though, that the participle does not agree.
Edited by 1e4e6 on 10 January 2014 at 9:04am
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josepablo Tetraglot Senior Member Portugal Joined 3995 days ago 123 posts - 141 votes Speaks: German, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese Studies: Russian, Mandarin, Turkish
| Message 7 of 8 10 January 2014 at 11:58am | IP Logged |
The original version was correct, except that there was a little typo, a forgotten accent aigu. Can happen to anybody.
The correct version: Combien de pays avez-vous visités?
1e4e6 wrote:
Feminine singular:
J'ai compris la voiture.
Je l'ai comprise.
Feminine plural:
J'ai compris les voitures.
Je les ai comprises.
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Do you really mean that you "understand" the cars? Or are you confusing Spanish 'comprar' and French 'comprendre?
I personally would have written "achetée" and "achetées"
Edited by josepablo on 10 January 2014 at 12:00pm
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1e4e6 Octoglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4295 days ago 1013 posts - 1588 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Norwegian, Dutch, Swedish, Italian Studies: German, Danish, Russian, Catalan
| Message 8 of 8 10 January 2014 at 10:50pm | IP Logged |
Right, it should be achetée and achetées, respectively. I probably should stop staying up
until 10h00 or 11h00...
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