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It says standalone adjectives after c'est are always masculine.. what if the word is feminine, does it just not work ?? like c'est belle? or c'est fantastique??

I have read the lesson and the forum. At this level, is it really necessary to learn several (confusing) ways of asking these questions? Could we learn to use one, the commonest one, and then come back to another lesson later for all the variations. I cannot get past this test (but I can get what I want in a boulangerie!)  :)

In the sentence; J'avais oublié de finir mes devoirs; why the de?

Why is the music so loud? it's offputting!

Why is the reflexive form being used here?

Paul

How would you translate the sentence, "Wine, we don't drink much of it." I wasn't sure about "Le vin, ..." so I asked Google Translate, which said it should be "Du vin, ..." But Duolingo marked that wrong and said it should be, "Le vin, ..." Which is correct? "Du vin, ..." actually feels more correct to me, because what you're really saying is, "On the subject of wine, we..." And wouldn't that be, "Au sujet du vin, nous ..." ? (Sorry, I don't know how to classify this type of sentence.)

J'allais ecrire "de nombreux" mais j'ai change ma reponse a "beaucoup de". Ma question est tout simplement pourqoui pas "beaucoup de" ? Est-ce que la phrase "de nombreux" est meilleur dans ce cas ?

(A)Read and bullet point the lesson but DO NOT read ANY of the example sentences. So you are really benefitting from the 'NUTSHELL' information.

(B)Read your bullet points and and commit to memory..including  how to spell meilleures..etc do not gloss over!

      Your bullet points should include:

            (i) the guideline for all these 'terms' with  ETRE it  is the same throughout the lesson.

            (ii) Pire--the adjective-- is the comparative forms of MAUVAISE 

           (III) PIRE ---the adverb is only used with ETRE. 

           (1V) So 'pire' the adjective means 'worse' (la pire the worst) and PIRE the ADVERB is                               only found with ETRE.

(C)Now read the entire lesson again. including the example sentences, you should have a clearer grasp of the choices made. 

(D) Then go off in confidence and "soyez les meilleurs et faites bien vos comparatifs!!

"In the Languedoc region" was translated as "dans le Launguedoc".  I followed this example to translate "in the Gironde region" but it was marked wrong and the correct translation provided was "en Gironde".  In some cases a name is used with an article - as above, for example, or also in this exercise "la presqu'ile du Medoc" but "la plage.. de Port-Leucate".  Are there rules about how to refer to different places? Thank you.