I walk my dog
French translation: (student's answer correct)
| 07:21 Sep 10, 2000 |
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(student's answer correct) Explanation: "Je promène ma chienne" is right. But the word "chienne" is sometimes avoided because of its pejorative connotation. It is the same as if you said "I walk my bitch" in English. Even though grammatically and for all purposes the expression is correct, people usually use the expression "Je promène mon chien" regardless of whether the animal is male or female. |
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je fais promener ma chienne Explanation: "Je promène ma chienne." is fine (don't forget the accent grave on *promène*, but it would be prefererable to use the **causative** mode in French. The causatived? What's that? Here's a brief rundown, in case you've learned how to conjugate the verb faire: Faire (the part you are doing) + promener (what the dog is doing). French likes to make it clear that what *you* (as agent) are doing is to control the action of something/someone else (the subject of the action); to do this, it uses *faire*, giving it the right verb form for you (the agent), and adding the action that someone/something is actually doing (the action itself) as an *infinitive*, following faire. Notice the position of the person/thing that is doing the action in the two examples below--they come after the verb cluster: Je fais cuire la pizza (I am cooking the pizza) Nous faisons promener la chienne |
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je promène ma chienne Explanation: I agree with Dauphine. For chienne, it depends where you live. I am surrounded by dog owners and they have a chienne and when they talk about their dog, they say ma chienne. Je fais promener ma chienne does not have the same meaning. It means that someone else is walking the dog which is not the case here. So your student is right. HTH Pauline |
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