October 9, 2009 | Posted by profanglais
In the Video, Alex is explaining how to use these two words. In general, ‘already’ is ‘déjà’ in French, and ‘yet’ is either ‘déjà’ or ‘encore’ depending on the context. ‘Yet’ is most commonly used in negative sentences and questions, with the present perfect: I haven’t finished yet: Je n’ai pas encore fini Have you [...]
Categories: present perfect | 
Tags: already, yet | 
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February 16, 2009 | Posted by profanglais
Here is a question concerning the video on the present perfect: Can I translate the preterit (simple past) instead of the present perfect? For example, “I did my homework” or “I have done my homework” To answer your question, you can substitute the preterit (simple past) for the present perfect when it is not important [...]
Categories: passé, présent parfait, present perfect, prétérit | Tags: grammaire | 2 Comments »