#gabriel

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hollow acornBOT
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molten sage
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The first one doesn't make sense - "Over two years ago I don't speak french"

The second does - "I haven't spoken french for over two years"

lament creek
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I've never heard this structure (il y a... que) before but apparently it exists

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mystic summit
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Interesting... so the second one then

mystic summit
devout gust
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ça fait means the same thing, and it's somewhat common

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i guess il y a is technically correct but rare, while i've seen ça fait in this context many times

hollow grove
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The first is right it’s just

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Like fquel said, not that common

rose spoke
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Albatros might’ve read it wrong but both sentences are wrong because they’re written in the present tense

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The same rule of present/positive vs passé composé/past applies to both

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Je parle le français depuis plus de deux ans
=> Ça fait plus de deux ans que je parle le français
=> Il y a plus de deux ans que je parle le français

Je n’ai pas parlé le français depuis plus de deux ans
=> Ça fait plus de deux ans que je n’ai pas parlé le français
=> Il y a plus de deux ans que je n’ai pas parlé le français

hollow grove
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oh

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that's true yeah

rose spoke
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That being said if it had been ne…plus it would’ve been right

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it’s an exception because of how this structure works

leaden meteor
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  1. "Ça fait plus de 2 ans que..."
leaden meteor
rose spoke
leaden meteor
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Ben le positif dans cette structure

rose spoke
leaden meteor
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Quand on dit "je parle pas depuis 2 ans" pour moi c'est qq chose qui se passe sur une durée donc ça marche aussi

leaden meteor
rose spoke