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In the sentence: donc je me suis baignée tous les jours.
I used imparfait, since it is an ongoing activity - every day - and Juliette is describing what she is doing.
donc je me baignais tous les jours.
Why is passé composé being used here?
Rafraichir has not been updated to accept 'rectified' spelling yet - still correcting to rafraîchir.
Why is the past subjunctive called for here?:
Je me souviens de cet hiver-là comme l'un des plus rudes que j'aie vécus
Not exactly related to the lesson but one of my quizzes had the sentence: “Je mangeais une nourriture très riche.”
I’m wondering why “une” was used here and not the partitive article “de la”, especially since it’s an unquantified amount of food? This was confusing to me.
After eighteen months of study I still can't really understand this. 'Les Français mangeaient les escargots' seems to be ok as an alternative to 'des escargots'. But 'Tout ce qui ressemble à la viande rouge' as an alternative to 'de la viande rouge' is not. To me it's the same kind of statement; and to have to say 'ressemble à de la viande rouge' sounds like 'resembles some red meat'...
why is (make us do our homework)translated as "faire faire"
Why is the imperfect used in the phrase "si je pouvais remonter le temps" rather than the conditional?
I love the use of the colors ! You might consider using them in all the examples as well. Finally, for even greater clarity - select a color for the subject of the verb (that which is doing the "bringing to mind"). Again, the colors are so powerful. Thank you for all the great lessons.
Yet, "un vrai nom" can mean a person's real name, correct?
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