1. How a french Speaker Uses English as their Second Language
... continually used the verb to be instead of to have and vica versa. However, in this case it is unexplainable why she has done it. As the direct translation from French would use I have' as it is J'ai beaucoup de . So, I cannot understand why she has use 'I am'. 2. Target Utterance - I ... spent my birthday at my friends What she wrote - I passed my birthday at my friends Now, this is a direct translation. J'ai passé would be translated correctly as I spent because it is in the past tense. However, the dictionary states that under passer' that it could mean ... make instead of three. 3....
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- Grade Level: High School