Owen

[scenic tangle]

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[spare sundial]

pretty sure ainsi que means "as well as"

[dusk knot]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[spare sundial]

and the en ascribes the quality vis-à-vis to the verb

[dusk knot]

i literally read that def and it just didnt register i guess

[dusk knot]

what do u mean

[spare sundial]

they were crouching/squatting face to face

[bleak dirge]

"en" describes a method, the way the action is being performed

[spare sundial]

accroupis en vis-à-vis

[dusk knot]

isnt vis-à-vis an adverb

[bleak dirge]

it's a noun

I mean it can be an adverb, but this isn't the case here

[dusk knot]

ah ok

thank you

[bleak dirge]

it's a noun meaning face to face, and introduced with the preposition "en" because it describes the way the people are sitting

[dusk knot]

s'étaient accroupis vis-à-vis still fine

just a bit diffo

[bleak dirge]

yes, but it would be an adverb here. Most nouns that are introduced with "en" can't