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Le dénouement d’une pièce de théâtre est-il toujours lié logiquement au dénouement des rapports de force ou peut-il représenter une surprise ?

Dans Don Juan de Molière, et Phèdre de Racine, les dénouements sont liés logiquement aux rapports de force ou viennent surprendre le public. L’œuvre de Racine est écrite en accord avec les règle des trois un...
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Answered by Sophie P. French tutor
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What are the different uses of the perfect and imperfect tense?

The perfect tense is used to describe actions that have been completed, or that happened a certain number of times. For example if you want to talk about something that you did at a specific time in the past...
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Answered by Lucy M. French tutor
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When do we use "ce qui", "ce que", "ce dont" ?

In French, there are three different ways to express "what" in a sentence; one can use ce qui , ce que , or ce dont . To understand when to use which one it is helpful to look at three examples. 1)...
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Answered by Tim D. French tutor
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When do I use the passe simple and when do I use the imparfait?

When deciding what verb tense to use between the passe simple and the passe compose, you need to think about the type of action that is being performed. Say you are telling a story about the past. To set the...
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Answered by Ellen O. French tutor
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Why does this past tense verb take être instead of avoir like the others?

There are two groups of verbs in French which use être in the passé composé rather than avoir. The first group are the reflexive verbs (think of the morning routine verbs se laver, se lever, se doucher) and ...
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Answered by Genevieve S. French tutor
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