. Complete French course . o you prefer ? 13. Do you like it betterthan yellow? 14. When you are in France next summer,shall you speak French? 15. Will they answer you inEnglish ? Lesson 72: Duration of Time. Qui ne dit mot, consent. — Silence gives consent. (1) An action or state which began some time ago and isstill going on, is expressed in French by the present such cases, hoio long = depuis quand (literally, since when). Depuis quand êtes-vous ici, how long have you been here? Je suis ici depuis trois mois, I have been here three months. Depuis quand travaille-t-elle, how long ha
. Complete French course . o you prefer ? 13. Do you like it betterthan yellow? 14. When you are in France next summer,shall you speak French? 15. Will they answer you inEnglish ? Lesson 72: Duration of Time. Qui ne dit mot, consent. — Silence gives consent. (1) An action or state which began some time ago and isstill going on, is expressed in French by the present such cases, hoio long = depuis quand (literally, since when). Depuis quand êtes-vous ici, how long have you been here? Je suis ici depuis trois mois, I have been here three months. Depuis quand travaille-t-elle, how long has she been working? Elle travaille depuis une demi-heure, she has been working a half hour. The same idea may also be expressed by another idiom : Combien (de temps) y a-t-il que vous êtes ici ?Il y a trois mois que je suis y a-t-il (de temps) quelle travaille ?n y a une demi-heure quelle travaille. (2) If the action or state is entirely past, how long = com-bien de temps with the past indefinite (perfect).. <D 4)V X ^ o ^ ^ > x> oq Ou Duration of Time 149 Combien de temps êtes-vous resté ici, how long did you stay here?Je suis resté ici (pendant) trois mois, I stayed here three de temps a-t-elle travaillé, how long did she work?Elle a travaillé une demi-heure, she worked half an hour. Combien de temps may not be used with the simple imperfect todenote length of time. Pendant expresses the whole duration of an action or state from begin-ning to end. In this sense it may generally be omitted. Compare withdepuis quand, which denotes action still going on. (3) If the action or state is future, how long = combiende temps with the future tense. Combien de temps serez-vous ici, how long shall you he here?Je serai ici trois mois, I shall be here three de temps travaillera-t-elle, how long will she xoorkfElle travaillera une demi-heure, she will work half an hour. Exercise. 1. Je demeure à Glasgow depuis quinze ou seize ans.
Size: 1132px × 2207px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, booksubjectfrenchlanguage, booky
