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Please could you explain to me when past participles must agree when using the passé composé? (NB in my experience, this was an issue for A-Level students of French too)

There are two cases when the past participle must agree in both gender and number in French. The first is when we use être as the 'auxiliary verb'. If we were to say, 'this man died', in French we would s...

Answered by Chris C. French tutor
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Reading paper: Your little brother has received a message from his French pen friend and he has asked you to translate it into English for him. Translate the following into English.

(Question continued) Sentences to translate for higher tier: Récemment, j’ai décidé de prendre une année sabbatique après le lycée puisque je voudrais avoir un peu de liberté. J'étudie des langues vivante...

Answered by Lizzie P. French tutor
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Il y a un centre commercial dans ma ville. Le samedi j’aime faire les magasins avec ma copine. Récemment j’ai acheté un nouveau portable. C’était trop cher. Je ne sais pas si on va sortir la semaine prochaine. Translate this extract.

There is a shopping/commercial centre/mall in my town /city. On/Every Saturdays/Saturday, I like to go/going to the shops/shopping with my (girl)friend. Recently, I bought a new mobile (phone)/smartphone/...

Answered by French tutor
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When and how would I use the conditional mood in French?

The conditional mood is used in order to demonstrate that a particular verb/action is only valid upon some condition.E.g. "I would go to the park but it is raining."en français: «j'...

Answered by Yusuf R. French tutor
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How is the conditional used in French?

To conjugate in the conditional, you use the same verb stem as the future and add the following endings: -ais ,-ais , -ait, -ions,-iez, -aientThe conditional in French is very similar to the English equiv...

Answered by Victoria F. French tutor
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