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I thought and had the same meaning and are both passive voice constructions. This comes up in a question asking for an active voice sentence to be turned into a passive. I used which sounds better to me than . So, are reflexive constructions passive voice or not? I was taught, like 50 years ago, that they were. C'est un peu tatillon, mais j'ai envie de savoir.
Why is it "je ne lis pas les journaux" and not "je ne lis pas de journaux"?
Why do we have Office de Tourisme, amateur de vin, Miroir d'Eau, amateurs d'histoire, protégé de France ( why not de La France?)
but, Cité du Vin, de l'histoire du vin, Fontaine des 3 Grâces?
"Ah, la voilà !"
Would "là voilà" be an acceptable alternative to la voilà in this context ?
I've checked reverso and it appears it might be a usable locution.
Thanks. Paul.
Can anyone explain why "rapidement" goes to the end of the sentence here. I placed it between "peux" and "regarder" as I thought adverbs went between an auxilliary/modal verb and the participle/infinitive. According to the solutions given this was the correct placing for "vite" but "rapidement" was placed at the end of the sentence.
Hi, there’s a typo in the hint “HINT: we = Bastien and his granddad”. It should be “grandad”.
While I got this sentence right, I wonder what the exact English translation is of "des vacances en amoureux"? Is this the same as "lune de miel" ?
Merci !
How would I say, " Reading is my favorite pass-time, it relaxes me"? Where "it" refers to reading.
The audio for WC sounds like “VC” instead of “double VC”. Is this an error, or is it in fact how it is said in that context in France?
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