Breakdown of Il travaille de façon continue.
il
he
travailler
to work
la façon
the way, the manner
continu
continuous, unbroken
Questions & Answers about Il travaille de façon continue.
Why didn't we use être en train de here since the lesson is about the progressive aspect?
The phrase être en train de focuses on an action happening at this exact moment, like 'He is currently in the middle of working.' However, de façon continue (continuously) describes how he works in general over a long period. French uses the standard present tense (il travaille) for ongoing habits, saving the progressive form for right-now actions.
Could I just use an adverb like continuellement instead of de façon continue?
Why does continue have an extra 'e' at the end if the subject Il is masculine?
Do the masculine continu and the feminine continue sound different when spoken?