#ghost_agent141 ✱
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fallen vault
The correct version is
je peux, but
puis-je
@broken scaffold
quasiment and environ are synonymes, they mean basically the same thing, but we use them differently.
quasiment / presque -- almost
environ -- roughly, around, about
quasiment expresses that something is almost identical. It is like presque.
- la copie était quasiment parfaite.
- il était quasiment impossible de la reconnaître.
- j'étais quasiment sûr de ma réponse.
environ, is used to show an approximation of quantities.
- il y avait environ 200 personnes à la conférence.
- cela coûte environ 10 euros.
- le train arrive dans environ 30 minutes.
broken scaffold
Thanks bro
Now I know the diffrence between quasiment/presque and environ
What about puis-je can't I just say peux je?
And what about centaine what does it mean
dusky gazelle
What about puis-je can't I just say peux je?
This one is just an exception. You have to use "puis-je" when using inversion.
dusky gazelle
Mostly the second one. The most used verbs in a language tend to be very irregular and prone to exceptions due to heavy use. I believe "puis" is the historical conjugation for "pouvoir". It evolved with time but kept this form with inversion
broken scaffold
Alright
What about centaine
Whats the diffrence between centaine and environ cent
dusky gazelle
And what about centaine what does it mean
"centaine" is a group composed of a hundred of something.
In English, "a dozen" exists for a group of twelve ("une douzaine" in French). They have the same origin.
basically the same difference as "about twelve" vs "a dozen"
broken scaffold
So they are nearly the same thons?
Thing*
First time for me to know about dozen
I thought it means alot
Like there is a dozen more
Alot more
Dozen means a group of twelve?
dusky gazelle
dozen is mostly used for eggs, typically sold by groups of 12.
The thing about douzaine, centaine, millier, etc is that they focus on the fact that it's a group. Not individual parts that happen to be a certain number