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The exercise recommends the translation 'table du dîner'.
Is it not more often spoken of as a 'table de dîner' ?
Qu'est-ce que "u jeu de société"?
Why "de Hong Kong" and not "d'Hong Kong" ? Is it because city name consists of two words ?
I answered the question "Elle a manqué le bus, donc elle doit ________." as aller a pied, but this was scored as incorrect. But the lesson tells me to use this when walking is CONTRASTED WITH ANOTHER MEANS OF TRANSPORT, which it seems to me is exactly the case here!
What am I missing????
The example I sighted uses Une tenue (not une chemise) and the correct answer was given as:
une tenue bleu marine.
I thought that "turc" referred to a Turkish man and that "turque" referred to a Turkish woman. The correct answer indicates that "turque" refers to a Turkish man. Please explain why my answer was marked as incorrect.
Harlan
Let's say I am discussing the Japanese in general (not some specific Japanese people) with my friend, and I think they are creative, should I say : Ce sont créatifs or Ils sont créatifs?
Complétez avec les prépositions
1. ………..l’hôpital, il y a un parc.
a. Derrière
b. Au-dessous
c. Sous
2. ……….. la maison, il y a des fenêtres.
a. Sur
b. Dans
c. Au-dessous
3. ………. la table, il y a un dossier rouge.
a. Au-dessus
b. Sur
c. Entre
4. …………… les chaises, il y a une table.
a. Sur
b. Entre
c. Au-dessous
5. Les chaises sont ……………….. le jardin.
a. dans
b. sur
c. sous
I understood from the lesson that one could say,
Qu'est-ce que c'est la Sorbonne? or Qu'est-ce que la Sorbonne? but the answer of the quiz gives the first answer as wrong and the second correct? Have I missed something or are they both correct?
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