TRA 3190 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Preposition And Postposition, State Agency For National Security, Gerund
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Interchange (review: they crawled into the cave. Ils p n tr rent dans la caverne quatres pattes: he walked over to the window. Il s"est approch de la fen tre: several trees were blown down. Le vent a fait tomber quelques arbres: the fish swam across the lake. He hit back: elle s"est tu la t che. She worked herself to death: elles entr rent dans la pi ce. Translators have the tendency to use the gerund for the mode of action in french. Il a ouvert la porte et s"est gliss l"int rieur. Supplementation is the process of strengthening a word which is inadequate on its own and therefore needs to be supported by others (vinay and darbelnet) French does not seem to like free-standing demonstrative pronouns either, which leads. Translate the following: direction de la gare, elle s"est arr t e au bureau pour prendre son courrier, une des fen tres qui s"ouvraient au-dessus du magasin.