Friday, November 22, 2019
French Hyphens Dashes - Le Tiret et le trait dunion
French Hyphens Dashes - Le Tiret et le trait dunion Hyphens and m-dashes are important in both English and French, but they are considerably more common in the latter. This lesson explains when, why, and how to use hyphens and m-dashes in French. I. Trait dunionà -à Hyphen No space before or after A.à Rapport :à Indicate a link between words or parts of words. 1. Compound words grand-mre, couvre-lit, quatre-vingts 2. Hyphenated names Jean-Luc, Marie-Lise 3. Imperative + pronoun aide-moi, fais-le, allez-y 4. Inversion veux-tu, pouvez-vous, a-t-il 5. Prefixes non-fumeur, quasi-collision 6. Set expressions cestdire, visvis 7. Suffixes celui-ci, cet homme-l B.à Cà ©sure :à Link the parts of a word that breaks at the end of a line such asà Je veux aller la bou- tique. II. Tiretà - à M-dash Space before and after A. lments dune liste : deux bananes une pomme un kilo de fraises B. Incise : Emphasize a comment (aside, interjection, etc) Quand jtais la banque quelle horreur ! je lai vu.Paul mon meilleur ami va arriver demain. C. Dialogue : Indicate each change of speaker Jai vu Michel aujourdhui. Ah bon ? Oui, il tait avec sa fille.
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