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"Re your first question: the word incendie usually refers to an unintended fire, e.g.…"

Neil Coffey replied Jan 22, 2012 to [help] translation of "sky fire" in french & use of passé simple

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"Just to expand slightly on what Erwan was saying: in what I'll call the 'simple' cas…"

Neil Coffey replied Jan 22, 2012 to the son of whom / dont le fils

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"In its strictest sense, "peoples" in English would refer to "peuples/populations". A…"

Neil Coffey replied Jan 20, 2012 to Imperfective? plrease...

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"Stu -- I would take the view that it's not. I would say that in the case of e.g. "if…"

Neil Coffey replied Jan 20, 2012 to Complicated subjunctive question? or is it simpler than I think?

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"P.S. If you want a "French" way to say "snowboard", you can also say "faire de la pl…"

Neil Coffey replied Jan 19, 2012 to Help translating some phrases for an email

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"Your suggestions are generally fine. To fill in your gaps: "This will give them a c…"

Neil Coffey replied Jan 19, 2012 to Help translating some phrases for an email

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"P.S. It occurs to me that this would make a good vocab topic for the vocab (French "…"

Neil Coffey replied Jan 17, 2012 to Social media / internet vocab help

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"Jervon -- this is not true in all French-speaking regions. As far as I'm aware, for…"

Neil Coffey replied Jan 17, 2012 to Prenons & Dinons

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"The imperative form ("partagez") would tend to be used when you're directing an actu…"

Neil Coffey replied Jan 17, 2012 to Social media / internet vocab help

 8 Jan 17, 2012
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"P.S. If you DO want to draw a parallel with English, subjunctive forms are much more…"

Neil Coffey replied Jan 16, 2012 to Complicated subjunctive question? or is it simpler than I think?

 10 Jan 20, 2012
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