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14,541 questions • 31,476 answers • 943,611 learners
HI,
I have been reading the responses to the questions below. Am I correct to assume that the way to use the indefinite articles with negation is if it's a general statement?
For example.
J'aime ni le café ni le thé
Je veux ni fromage ni oignon
Merci
Nicole
à jamais was new for me. jamais I only knew as "never" But I see as an adjective it can be "for ever" ! Is it always used with à in this context?
so jamais = never
à jamais = for ever
Why is it "Mes pieds sont gelés" rather than "Les pieds sont gelés"? I understood that you could use la, le, l' when referring to your own body parts. How can you tell which to use?
Est-ce que tu des sous vetements dans ce magasin ou seulement des legumes?
I'm not sure where to ask this, as the fill-ins do not have a comment section. But I recently completed the test and was marked incorrect for an answer of:
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The correction provided was:
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Can someone explain why this is the case? Why the "on" form for "nous"? Thanks!
I am confused. Sometimes Ayez is used sometimes Ayons is used.
For example "Ayez confiance mes amis" I was corrected from Ayons
But here is one example Ayons foi en notre force .
Is there a rule or we just have to know, like vocabulary
The correct response to :
popular French TV host Guy Lux
was given as:
populaire animateur télé Guy Lux
….was the ‘French’ adjective left off or not required?
Also the correct response to:
1,500 privileged French households
was given as:
1500 foyers français
….no translation for privileged was given
"Papaoutai" = "Papa où t'es"?
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