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"Yes ,a pity.There used to be a lot of students asking to be helped (way back now)  but either they go elsewhere or they can get most of the answers  with online translators,language apps  or some such."

"Hi Michael. No I don't think this forum is active any more (unless someone pops in again ) You can also  say ,commonly "Je n'en veux plus" (also "non plus" ="je ne sais(pas)  non plus" as "I…"

"If you saw the phrase in a reputable book then I am sure it must exist, even if it may  not be commonplace It doesn't feel "logical " to me  but that is not an impediment  to its use. "Eux deux" sounds…"

"Sorry to see your question  this late. 1 is right 2 leur l'as-tu donné 3ne le  leur  as-tu pas donné maybe.That was a bit of a word twister Maybe use the "est-ce que"construction  to make it a bit…"

"I would say  "nous  deux sommes allés" ( not "nous deux sont allés" Not sure about your construction  in(3) .How would you translate that to english? Again "nous trois" sounds a bit…"

"Actually no,I feel it is OK to use se penser for "to think of themselves" ( like "se  croire") It is the "en" which  seems meaningless ,unless there was some contrived context it would work in. As a set…"

"I don't think your construction is correct. S'en penser is not an expression  I have come across to mean that. You can have "se penser"  to mean "to consider oneself something" (e.g. "se penser…"

"Aha,I think we've been here before http://www.forum.french-linguistics.co.uk/forum/topics/n-est-pas-si-facile-qu-il-n-y-para-t?xg_source=activity Seems it is the pleonastic  "ne" and it can be triggered  by the…"

"I am waiting for Chantal to drop in as I expect you are . The best I can suggest is to try using this "ne" in a few random sentences and to see if it "sounds right" I enjoy the usage but cannot work out the rationale for it,but…"

"There is also this example I  found . Not with "avec" at the end of the sentence but "hanging" ,as it were https://communaute.mariages.net/forum/nom-du-conjoint-et-pas-les-enfants--t542091"

"Fairly sure I have heard  "Voulez-vous venir avec?" ie Do you want to come along? I suppose "avec nous" is understood and not explicitly stated. Are you sure that recommendation you have heard applies to the English…"

"No shortage here. https://www.linguee.com/french-english/translation/perdre+pied.html"