CAS LF 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Wordpress.Com, Preposition And Postposition
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Le participe pr sent the present participle: used to say in, by, while, upon verbing , one can use le participe pr sent to indicate that 2 actions happen at the same time, done by the same person. * il pleure en parlant (il pleure et il parle en m me temps) * il parle en mangeant (il parle et il mange en m me temps: the two actions can be the opposite of each other: * tout en pleurant, elle riait. (elle riait et pleurait: the participe pr sent can also indicate how an action has happened or been achieved. *en vendant les maisons, il est devenu riche: the participe pr sent can describe the manner or way to do a thing. *il a ouvert la porte en donnant des coups de pied: the participe pr sent can imply a necessary condition to happen to make the main verb happen. *en travaillant mieux, tu pourrais avoir de bonnes notes.