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grammaire
Joined: 30 Jun 2007 Posts: 30
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Post subject: should/supposed to en francais |
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Bonjour a tout le monde:
Pouvez-vouz me dites si cets frases sont bien ecrites, s'il vous plait?
What should we do?/What are we supposed to do?=Qu'est-ce que nous devons farie?
How long is it supposed to be?=Combien de pages est-ce qu'il doit être?
Please correct all my mistakes
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Fri Jul 20, 2007 3:22 am
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Marcus
Joined: 31 Mar 2006 Posts: 121 Location: Lyon VII
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Hi grammaire ... (can't i use another name ?)
>>Pouvez-vouz me dites si ces phrases sont bien ecrites, s'il vous plait?
Mais très certainement...
>>What should we do?/What are we supposed to do?=Qu'est-ce que nous devons farie?
"Qu'est ce que" is a few heavy here. I'd rather say "Que devons nous faire ?" or - if you want to be very close to English, but it's not the best way i think - "Que sommes nous supposé faire". It means that there is someone that is wanting us to do something.
>> How long is it supposed to be?=Combien de pages est-ce qu'il doit être?
It's true to think the answear will give you the length, but it's not the question
You sould say "Quelle doit être sa longueur".
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Fri Jul 20, 2007 9:30 am
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grammaire
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Thank you very much
Regards |
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Fri Jul 20, 2007 5:11 pm
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