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In the first sentence, "...if you ended up alone on a desert island, and (that) you could only take one thing with you..." the french verb prendre is not accepted for take. Yet in the third sentence, "OK, if I had to take one thing I can't do without...", prendre is in fact usedfor take. The context seems the same in both sentences. Should not prendre be acceptable in the first sentence as well ?
Interesting to read but I'm getting a bit stuck on "l'on" as in "il ne faut pas que l'on nous voie". Why is the "l' " necessary? What does it refer to?
Does the use of this phrase (When something has happened, something else will) automatically make the "something else" far enough in the future to use futur simple rather than present tense ? Certainly some of the examples here would likely be fairly soon in the future, but they all use futur simple !
In the summary translation at the end of the exercise, you propose 'elle ne cachait plus sa bouche' as opposed to 'la' bouche previously in Kwizbot's answer. Is this difference sometimes a matter of personal preference?
I know these lower level dictées are meant to be spoken slowly to suit beginners, but I find that with the over-enunciation, I often hear words that aren't there. Not sure whether this is a good thing or not?
For example:
-J'adore voyager
-C'est mon passe-temps favori
I hear :
-j'adore à voyager
-C'est mon passe au temps favori
why is verb avons montrés not avons montré?
Hi,
I was wondering with the pronunciation of the days of the week am I right that the J sounds like a Z in the audio? Do all J's have that same sound?
Thanks
Nicole
why do we use "lui" here in the sentence?
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