present progressive

hela · 12-03-2004, 10:21 AM

Re-bonjour,

Pourriez-vous, SVP, m'expliquer le choix du present progressive dans le dernier verbe? Merci

It 1 was raining when I 2 woke up last Saturday. It 3 always rains when I 4 am not working. → pourquoi ne dit-on pas "when I do not work"?

Merci mille fois.
Hela

PS: Je me suis trompée dans l'intitulé (j'ai deux messages avec le même titre) mais je n'ai pas pu le changer. Comment faut-il faire? Comment faut-il faire aussi pour annuler un message?

A+

The_FD · 12-03-2004, 03:01 PM

Salut Hela

Je réponds juste rapidement à ton post scriptum, regarde ici ça devrait t'aider:
http://help.berberber.com/faq.php?fa..._vb_edit_posts

Sinon pour changer le titre d'une discussion entière, ce n'est possible que si tu as initié la discussion et si aucune réponse n'a encore été postée.

Si tu as toujours des doutes sur l'utilisation d'une foncrtion ou d'une autre n'hésite pas à poser des questions.

Briant · 12-03-2004, 03:59 PM

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbtenseintro.html

This webpage may help. This tense is called the present continuous on this web page. I don't know why it has to be used under the circumstance you describe. Although I have heard it both ways, I usually hear the former version, i.e., "It always rains when I am not working."

Briant · 12-03-2004, 04:02 PM

Btw, you would say "I do not work on sunny days." Not "I am not working on sunny days." (Unless you told you boss "I am not going to work on sunny days." LOL. You could say "I am not working on Christmas." Which is like saying "I am not going to work on Christmas." Maybe it depends on the cause-effect relationship. You could, for example, say "It is always sunny when I am not working."

This probably just confused the issue LOL.

12-03-2004, 10:21 AM	#1 (permalink)
hela Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 100 hela is an unknown character at this point	present progressive Re-bonjour, Pourriez-vous, SVP, m'expliquer le choix du present progressive dans le dernier verbe? Merci It 1 was raining when I 2 woke up last Saturday. It 3 always rains when I 4 am not working. → pourquoi ne dit-on pas "when I do not work"? Merci mille fois. Hela PS: Je me suis trompée dans l'intitulé (j'ai deux messages avec le même titre) mais je n'ai pas pu le changer. Comment faut-il faire? Comment faut-il faire aussi pour annuler un message? A+ Last edited by hela; 12-03-2004 at 10:30 AM.
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12-03-2004, 03:01 PM	#2 (permalink)
The_FD flying dancer Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Paris France Posts: 4,301 The_FD is a splendid one to behold The_FD is a splendid one to behold The_FD is a splendid one to behold	Salut Hela Je réponds juste rapidement à ton post scriptum, regarde ici ça devrait t'aider: http://help.berberber.com/faq.php?fa..._vb_edit_posts Sinon pour changer le titre d'une discussion entière, ce n'est possible que si tu as initié la discussion et si aucune réponse n'a encore été postée. Si tu as toujours des doutes sur l'utilisation d'une foncrtion ou d'une autre n'hésite pas à poser des questions. __________________ L'histoire de la famille Bourdillon Les fêtes d'Hébé The flying dancer dancing
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12-03-2004, 03:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
Briant Junior Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 29 Briant is an unknown character at this point	http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbtenseintro.html This webpage may help. This tense is called the present continuous on this web page. I don't know why it has to be used under the circumstance you describe. Although I have heard it both ways, I usually hear the former version, i.e., "It always rains when I am not working."
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12-03-2004, 04:02 PM	#4 (permalink)
Briant Junior Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 29 Briant is an unknown character at this point	Btw, you would say "I do not work on sunny days." Not "I am not working on sunny days." (Unless you told you boss "I am not going to work on sunny days." LOL. You could say "I am not working on Christmas." Which is like saying "I am not going to work on Christmas." Maybe it depends on the cause-effect relationship. You could, for example, say "It is always sunny when I am not working." This probably just confused the issue LOL. Last edited by Briant; 12-03-2004 at 04:06 PM.
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