Thursday, November 7, 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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