zesteryoo

[frail notch]

Please be patient

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[deep pagoda]

When the event is a noun, you omit the 'que':

Elle nous écoute pendant la conversation.
She listens to us during the conversation.
When it's a conjugation, you don't:
Elle nous écoute pendant que nous parlons.
She listens to us while we talk.

Pendant = during.
Pendant que = while.
(For the most part.)

[tardy badger]

ok...

yea, I can't unuderstand-

[hard coyote]

Just to add to Casca’s point. A lot of conjunctions have been « que » added when what follows is a clause.

« J’habite à Lyon depuis mon enfance. »
« J’habite à Lyon depuis que j’étais petit. »

« Après avoir pris la clé, James a ouvert la porte. »
« Après qu’il avait pris la clé, James a ouvert la porte. »

« Sans s’en rendre compte, elle part. »
« Sans qu’elle s’en rende compte, elle part. »

« Allan ramasse la clé pour ouvrir la porte. »
« Allan ramasse la clé pour qu’il ouvre la porte. »

Etc etc etc

[tardy badger]

enfance?

[hard coyote]

A clause being the smallest unit in language comprising of a subject and verb

[hard coyote]

Childhood

une enfance (a childhood)

[tardy badger]

ok wait, where do I learn all these basic nouns and yk the basic verbs

is there a website D;

[hard coyote]

No, you have to just read books/articles, watch films/videos

[tardy badger]

impossible, no website?

I'm ded.

[hard coyote]

You can probably look up the top 100 or 200 most common words in French online and I guess brute force memorising it but you’re unlikely to remember