"hello.
As George said :
The first sentence is perfect.
Ils le pensaient : "le" represents the first part of the sentence "Ils faisaient partie de la haute société" to avoid the repetition.
I think in…"
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EducatorGeorge Hunt replied to Billy Bosworth's discussion s'en penser ?
"Actually no,I feel it is OK to use se penser for "to think of themselves"
( like "se croire")
It is the "en" which seems meaningless ,unless there was some contrived context it would work in.
As a set…"
Billy Bosworth replied to Billy Bosworth's discussion s'en penser ?"Thanks George.
I have since checked with un Français, and ils le pensaient is the correct version, although he wasn't able to elaborate on why exactly.
It raised for me the question of reciprocal and reflexive verbs…"
EducatorGeorge Hunt replied to Billy Bosworth's discussion s'en penser ?
"I don't think your construction is correct.
S'en penser is not an expression I have come across to mean that.
You can have "se penser" to mean "to consider oneself something" (e.g. "se penser…"
alan gould posted a discussionvocab
pour faire valoir leur point de vueis this « to validate their point of view. »? « presser”Pls advise on its usage:To squeeze a sponge or fruitTu peux me presser un citron? Can you squeeze a lemon for me? I know “appuyer” for “push or press” an elevator or other button. I see “presser” is also used. Is it common?"presser qn de faire". the only time I’ve heard this is when americans learn about the war of 1812. britain was intercepting US ships and “pressing men into the british…See More
Billy Bosworth posted a discussions'en penser ?
I am trying to translate the following into French: They were part of high society, or rather they thought so.It's the bit at the end I'm really hung up on - the "penser" bit. Ils faisaient partie de la haute société, ou plutôt ils le pensaient or ... ils s'en pensaient?I would like to think that the second option (using "en") is correct, but it is correct to use "se penser"?Also can there be situations where "penser" takes a direct object. ie. je le pense...?It may be that I am trying to…See More
alan gould replied to alan gould's discussion vocab"I want to summarize this expression and b able to use it:
With a noun, u can either start w it or end w it – ce truc, a quoi ca sert? Or a quoi ca sert, ce truc?
I found in my notes “ca ne sert a rien d’insister”
I can simply…"
Chantal Savignat replied to alan gould's discussion vocab"Wouldn’t it b “il s’est remis sur pieds”? u have “il est remis”
theses two sentences are both okay.
"il est remis" means that the illness is ended, it's an kind of observation of the final …"
alan gould replied to alan gould's discussion vocab"i saw yesterday that i put the following sentence in my study book.
"a quoi bon partir si tot"
would "a quoi sa sert partir si tot" work as well? "
alan gould replied to alan gould's discussion vocab"“Je vas” was a typing mistake I didn’t catch.
Wouldn’t it b “il s’est remis sur pieds”? u have “il est remis”
I’m often seeing « au monde »…"
Chantal Savignat replied to alan gould's discussion vocab"« je vas faire le mise en place » would b correct when cooking
Je vais, tu vas...
LA mise en place
=> Je vais faire la mise en place.
il etait malade la semaine derniere mais hier il a remis sur pieds
"remis…"
alan gould replied to alan gould's discussion vocab"so, I’ll go over this to make sure I have it right:
« je vas faire le mise en place » would b correct when cooking
il etait malade la semaine derniere mais hier il a remis sur pieds
Maybe I can figure this one out…"
Chantal Savignat replied to alan gould's discussion vocab"It's "Mise à pieds"
and "Remis sur pieds"
Can mise en place b used as a noun ? yes, mise en place can be used as a noun because it's a noun. the verb is "Mettre en place"
I’m also wondering if…"
alan gould replied to alan gould's discussion vocab"In linguee for mise a pied, they gave the example “gross misconduct is cause for dismissal. Grounds for dismissal is more common.
mise sur pied would b someone” “back on his/her feet” if i'm understanding it…"
Chantal Savignat replied to alan gould's discussion vocab"Se donner l'air = to give an impression of being rich, but there are details that sound false."
Chantal Savignat replied to alan gould's discussion vocab"To pretend
I recently saw “Elle se donne l’aire d’une femme riche” -- She pretends to b rich
I had earlier learned “pretend” to b “faire semblant.” I’m thinking that maybe the English…"
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