Question

Can someone help me with French?

Answer 1

@bohotness do you know French? or someone that can help?

Answer 2

YES

Answer 3

okay... well can you check this sentence I wrote to see if it makes contextual and grammatical sense?

Answer 4

sureeee

Answer 5

Okay... I wrote Je fais des bêtises avec mes parents quand je les désobéis.

Answer 6

@bohotness sorry it took so long, I'm trying to multitask.

Answer 7

@bohotness

Answer 8

@bohotness

Answer 9

@bohotness is that correct? ^^

Answer 10

i can help

Answer 11

is it right?

Answer 12

"Je fais des bêtises avec mes parents quand je les désobéis."

Answer 13

@EnVyUs_Evil

Answer 14

@J.F

Answer 15

@cloudx

Answer 16

Sorry, your sentence is a bit wonky. What where you trying to say?

Answer 17

I get into trouble with my parents when I disobey them. @EmazingEm3399 but the thing is, I have to use one of the phrases in the chart I attached

Answer 18

Hmm, it's a bit weird grammatically, but I think you could get away with "Je fais des bêtises quand je désobéis à mes parents."

Answer 19

oh, okay XD wow, thanks.

Answer 20

can you help more? @EmazingEm3399

Answer 21

@EmazingEm3399

Answer 22

Sure!

Answer 23

how would I put that in the past and future?

Answer 24

I'm sorry, not this advanced yet.

Answer 25

oh, okay

Answer 26

Can you ask your teacher? normally they're lad to try to help.

Answer 27

I'm just not sure if I need to use passé compossé or l'imparfait for the past tense

Answer 28

I can help you, if you still need help :)

Answer 29

Yes, I do! @alfordabby

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@alfordabby

Answer 31

You'd better use imperfect for this sentence.

Answer 32

why? @Vincent-Lyon.Fr

Answer 33

If there is no context and no mention of a date in the sentence, then it is a general assessment which requires imparfait.

Answer 34

okay, so would this be correct @Vincent-Lyon.Fr? Je faisais des bêtises quand je désobéissais à mes parents.

Answer 35

Correct.

I would like to make a point here. EmazingEm3399 said your first sentence was a bit weird, which is true.
The reason why is a translation problem in your document.
Faire des bêtises can be understood, when used on its own as to get into trouble. But what it litterally means is to do 'mischief'. To get into trouble would be more correctly translated as avoir des ennuis.

You could write:
Quand elle est seule, ma petite soeur fait des bêtises dans la cuisine.
Quand elle était seule, ma petite soeur faisait des bêtises dans la cuisine.

Answer 36

Oh! okay. I didn't know that.. See, I go to an online school and the lessons aren't that great. Now, how would I put it in the future tense? le futur simple ou le futur proche?

Answer 37

@Vincent-Lyon.Fr

Answer 38

Here futur simple would be better.

Answer 39

oh, so would it be: Je ferai des bêtises quand je désobéirai à mes parents?

Answer 40

@Vincent-Lyon.Fr

Answer 41

Yes.

Answer 42

Correct !

Answer 43

Thank you so much! I can finally close this question XD