Is there a difference between “may I sit here?” and “can I sit here?”?They mean the same thing, but one is more polite that the other. In French, this corresponds to: “may I sit here?” puis-je m’asseoir ici?“can I sit here?” est-ce que je peux m’asseoir ici?
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As we saw in my last lesson, have to and must are used for an obligation. The opposite of obligation is prohibition You must go now (tu dois aller maintenant) = obligation You mustn’t go now (tu ne dois pas aller maintenant = prohibition But ‘don’t have to’ is NOT the opposite of ‘have to’ [...]
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