BHV: after the hearing, a decision expected on 2 November

La tenue de l’audience ne signifie pas que le redressement est déjà ouvert.

Normally ne and pas wrap the verb. Before a vowel, ne becomes n’. Check which part of the sentence the negation covers. Ne … plus means “no longer”.

Selon l’AFP, le tribunal des activités économiques de Paris a examiné les finances du BHV le 30 octobre.

Selon means “according to”. Put a person or organisation after it as the source. It separates facts the writer checked directly from what another body or report said. Citing a source does not turn a forecast into an accomplished fact.

On ne peut pas en déduire une fermeture déjà décidée.

Put a base-form verb after pouvoir. Peut means “can” or “may”; the conditional pourrait gives a more reserved possibility, “might”. It does not necessarily mean implementation is settled.

L’AFP précise finalement que la direction s’est tournée vers Paris.

Est is third-person singular and sont third-person plural of être. They express “is / are” — a state or description. If a past participle follows, it is a different structure such as the passive, so check the words that follow.

L’AFP rapporte le 30 octobre une décision attendue lundi.

Le 15 octobre means “on 15 October”. Distinguish the le before a date from the le that marks a weekly habit like a weekday. Du is de + le and au is à + le, so decide the meaning from the verb and period expressions around them. Their role depends on the group: a range of dates, the date of a bulletin or another complement.

Une annonce initiale et la procédure effectivement engagée ne sont pas toujours identiques.

Et joins not only words but also groups of nouns and whole clauses. Spot the two elements playing the same role to break up a long sentence. Et does not necessarily express cause and effect.

AFPによると、パリの経済活動裁判所は30日にBHVの財務状況を審理しました。

As in “LCPによると”, it shows where the information comes from. What that source reported follows. It is used differently from “私にとって”, which gives one’s own opinion.

経営側と従業員側の弁護士は、判断が11月2日月曜日の15時に示される予定だと説明しました。

In “発表しました”, ました makes a verb polite past. The negative is “ませんでした”. Read the actual date together with the date and time in the text.

週の初めにはリヨンでの申請が伝えられましたが、AFPの続報は、経営側が最終的にパリの裁判所へ向かったと説明しています。

と takes the content that is reported or explained. In “改定する方針だと報じました”, “改定する方針だ” is what the report said. Separating the content from who said it and how makes long sentences easier to read.

決定前に「閉店が決まった」と言い換えることはできません。

“〜すること” treats an action or content like a noun. The particle after it (が・を・は…) shows its role in the sentence. “ことができる” is a fixed combination meaning “can”.

決定前に「閉店が決まった」と言い換えることはできません。

できる is the basic verb for ability. The potential form of 受ける is 受けられる. The same られる can also be passive or honorific, so decide from the meaning of the sentence.

最初の発表と、その後に確認された手続きは、区別して読む必要があります。

The て-form links actions in a series, in order or as a reason. In “確認して、出発する” the relation is judged from the content. In “〜ている” it can show an action in progress or a continuing state.