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Saying "to act like".....

Thank you very much, Marc. This has been a lot of help :)

Tagged: act, conjugation, verb

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Help with a translation, please?
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I've had a bit of trouble translating the following, so could someone please help me? Alexandre Gustave Eiffel est née a le cinqze décembre, dix-huit cent trente-deux. Il est tres malin, mais il ne…

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Writing dates in French
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How would you say the 31st of March, 1887 in French?

Tagged: translation, March, date

Started this discussion. Last reply by Frank Nov. 11, 2009.

Saying "to act like".....
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Does anyone know how to say someone is acting something? The actual sentence is "she always acts very weak and frail".

Tagged: act, conjugation, verb

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Jemma Mortimer replied to Geish's discussion 'Help with a translation, please?'

mdr dsl :)

January 8

Geish replied to Geish's discussion 'Saying "to act like".....'

Thank you very much, Marc. This has been a lot of help :)

November 12, 2009

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Help with a translation, please?

November 12, 2009

Frank replied to Geish's discussion 'Writing dates in French'

From http://j.poitou.free.fr/pro/html/typ/date.html : Les trois chiffres sont le plus souvent séparés par des barres obliques (8/11/2006). Mais d'autres conventions existent. L'Imprimerie nationale prescrit l'usage du trait d'union (8-11-2006). Le…

November 11, 2009

Crack1 replied to Geish's discussion 'Writing dates in French'

Frank Aujourd'hui nous sommes le 10.11.2009 ou 10/11/2009 Do you write both of the above forms in French? For me the fullstop looks odd.

November 11, 2009

Frank replied to Geish's discussion 'Writing dates in French'

Aujourd'hui nous sommes le 10.11.2009 ou 10/11/2009

November 10, 2009

Crack1 replied to Geish's discussion 'Writing dates in French'

Today we write, specially AmE, 31/03/87 31st March 1887 AD ( Gregorian) [ There is nothing wrong with this format.] Today is ' 10/11/09' OR 10th of November 2009 AD (Gregorian)

November 10, 2009

Frank replied to Geish's discussion 'Writing dates in French'

And dates, when they aren't part of a sentence, and never followed by a full stop. Le 31 mars 1887 :)

November 10, 2009

Marc Vonhalmen replied to Geish's discussion 'Writing dates in French'

Le 31 mars 1887. (Months in French don't have capital letters)

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Marc Vonhalmen replied to Geish's discussion 'Saying "to act like".....'

There is not a general way of saying "someone is acting something" in French. It depends on the sentence, on the context, etc. In your sentence, you could translate as "Elle donne toujours l'impression d'être faible et fragile." Other examples: she…

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