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Isn´t Réveillon for New Year's Eve? Shouldn't it be Nöel?
Hi Jim,
Thanks very much for your response. My query was based on my understanding that, 'lui' referred to their invention- the hot air balloon, which is inanimate. Further clarification would be welcome.
It is my observation that a Frenchman will do almost anything to avoid double objective pronouns - for fear of making mistakes and because they sound fussy, awkward, and a bit snobbish. As they are used less and less frequently, the "correct" order is being lost even to the French. I have been encouraged by my teachers to reformulate to avoid this mare's nest. So
Je lui ai donné cela plutôt que je le lui ai donné.
Can i say ‘vous allez devoir trouver’ ?
Why is it les for his pockets? I understand it has to be les for hands as is a body part, but why not ses poches?
s'assoir is having a blue 'e' correction added, although both spellings - s'asseoir and s'assoir - are correct.
Je ne comprends pas comment la phrase, 'c'est la manière dont les Français cuisent leur viande', soit correcte.
Je pensais que 'dont' s'utilisait pour exprimer les propositions anglaises, 'about, of, etc'. Par exemple, dans la phrase 'la fille dont vous m'avez parlée hier'. Dans cet exemple je comprends l'usage parce que ça signifie la fille 'about whom' you spoke yesterday.
Mais dans le cas de, 'c'est la manière dont les Français cuisent leur viande', je ne vois pas le sens de 'about whom ni of', effectivement je ne vois aucune proposition après le verb 'cuisent', et c'est pour ça que je suis confus.
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Bonjour Kwiziq, je m'appelle Spencer et je viens d'Atlanta au Amérique.
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