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mild dustBOT Sep 12, 2024, 2:14 PM

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manic tundra Sep 12, 2024, 2:22 PM

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Exceptions? I don't think there are any?

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You should at least read this article first and report back if you have more questions: https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/negative-adverbs/

hearty crown Sep 12, 2024, 2:50 PM

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no like partitives are removed

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and then un/une/de/des/de la/de l' turn into de/d'

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@manic tundra

manic tundra Sep 12, 2024, 2:53 PM

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That's not really an exception, it's just the rule for what happens to partitives and indefinite articles after a negation

j'ai un chien -> je n'ai pas de chien
je mange des pâtes -> je ne mange pas de pâtes
il fait du sport -> il ne fait pas de sport
etc.

hearty crown Sep 12, 2024, 2:57 PM

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yeah so this rule

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also when ni ni is ued

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then the indefinite articles don't change

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into de/d' right

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also in est-ce qu'/que, if there's a proper noun and we have to convert in interrogation in that form what's the format

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is it like est-ce qu'elle, Sophie whatver

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@manic tundra

manic tundra Sep 12, 2024, 3:05 PM

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So you really ought to read basically all the lawless french articles on this subject first lol:

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For your "est-ce que" question you just add est-ce que in

Sophie est une avocate.
Est-ce que Sophie est une avocate ?

hearty crown Sep 12, 2024, 3:52 PM

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would this be right

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@manic tundra

manic tundra Sep 12, 2024, 4:08 PM

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hmmm that's weird to me

paper bay Sep 12, 2024, 4:11 PM

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That's so wrong.

hearty crown Sep 12, 2024, 4:12 PM

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it's written in my answer key of sample paper

manic tundra Sep 12, 2024, 4:14 PM

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Sophie, est-ce qu'elle va au cinéma ? vote_oui
Est-ce qu'elle va au cinéma, Sophie ?
Est-ce qu'elle, Sophie va au cinéma ? vote_non

hearty crown Sep 12, 2024, 4:14 PM

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ohk

manic tundra Sep 12, 2024, 4:14 PM

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French makes extensive use of dislocation where you repeat a pronoun for a noun and still use that noun in the sentence, but it happens either before or after, generally, not in the middle of grammatical structures

hearty crown Sep 12, 2024, 4:16 PM

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ohk

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this would be right as well if we put est-ce que behind only

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or not

paper bay Sep 12, 2024, 4:18 PM

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That is correct.

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You only need to add est-ce que to the affirmative sentence without changing it.

hearty crown Sep 12, 2024, 4:21 PM

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ok

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that's more convenient and easy

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also are there any changes in the sentence when using passe compose except adding avoir conjugation and changing the verb

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in any scenario

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@paper bay

paper bay Sep 12, 2024, 4:30 PM

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Any tense will stay that way when est-ce que is added to the sentence.
Sophie est allée au cinéma => est-ce que Sophie est allée au cinéma ?
Marie enverra la lettre à sa famille => est-ce que Marie enverra la lettre à sa famille ?

hearty crown Sep 12, 2024, 4:33 PM

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no i mean overall

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in any scenario

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@manic tundra

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@paper bay ?

manic tundra Sep 12, 2024, 5:06 PM

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Nameless already answered you, so I don't have anything I could add

hearty crown Sep 12, 2024, 6:06 PM

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so no change

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