use of diff prepositions and meaning intended by "colloquially"—from lesson
To express in those days in French, you won't colloquially use ces jours-là, but rather à cette époque-là or en ce temps-là.
À cette époque-là, les femmes n'avaient pas le droit de vote.
In those days, women didn't have the right to vote.
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In the first sentence, which I copy from the lesson, what is “colloquially” meant to convey? That “ces jours-là” is wrong but it’s used anyway? Or?
When a preposition is used, are there particular rules for using à vs. en vs. dans? Would “en cette époque-là” be incorrect? Likewise for “en ce temps-là” ? Or “dans ce temps-là”?
I came across this sentence recently:
Dans ce temps-là, ajoute Gaétan, il n’y avait pas de lampe électrique. Juste des bougies. Brrrrrr !
It is from Le trésor du vieux moulin p. 101.
https://beq.ebooksgratuits.com/contemporain/Boucher-moulin.pdf
Hence, my questions. THX
In the 5th segment of the dialogue, the text reads:
"- Je voudrais une boule à la vanille, une boule au chocolat et une boule à la fraise s'il vous plaît."
But the audio says:
" - Je voudrais une boule à la vanille, et(?) une boule au chocolat et une boule à la fraise s'il vous plaît." I'm not sure if that word is actually "et" as it almost sounds like "y a", as though somebody is saying "il y a" too fast.
This is in both the lesson and the end-of-lesson full text.
"He's thinking of his holidays. He's thinking of it."
Can I suggest that "He's thinking of his holidays. He's thinking of them." would be better?
—from lesson
To express in those days in French, you won't colloquially use ces jours-là, but rather à cette époque-là or en ce temps-là.
À cette époque-là, les femmes n'avaient pas le droit de vote.
In those days, women didn't have the right to vote.
—
In the first sentence, which I copy from the lesson, what is “colloquially” meant to convey? That “ces jours-là” is wrong but it’s used anyway? Or?
When a preposition is used, are there particular rules for using à vs. en vs. dans? Would “en cette époque-là” be incorrect? Likewise for “en ce temps-là” ? Or “dans ce temps-là”?
I came across this sentence recently:
Dans ce temps-là, ajoute Gaétan, il n’y avait pas de lampe électrique. Juste des bougies. Brrrrrr !
It is from Le trésor du vieux moulin p. 101.
https://beq.ebooksgratuits.com/contemporain/Boucher-moulin.pdf
Hence, my questions. THX
Why is it "d'une" and "de boire" ?
... I hear “parapluie”. However, in “et j'achèterai un parapluie robuste” I hear “paraplu”. Is there really a difference there, and if so, why?
In the second sentence, the conversation has "lui" although it is hard to distinguish "lui" from "leur" with the speaker's intonation. For the remainder of the conversation, the conversation has "leur" when referring to the recipient(s) of the gift. While I can get the difference after listening for multiple times, I still find it strange that the two are not consistent.
The speech for "parmi lesquelles un quiz de l'année qui vient de s'écouler, " is extremely unclear, and I was unable to figure it out. I played it to someone who is a native French speaker, and she couldn't figure it out either. It's the "quiz de l'année" part that is really bad.
Why isn't "je lui ai fabriqué un album photo" not "j'ai fabriqué pour lui un album photo"? The grammar section on lui v le focuses exclusively on verbs followed by à such as plaire and téléphoner.
Google Translate says "I made an album for him" = "J'ai fait un album pour lui" (but weirdly, "I made a photo album for him" = "Je lui ai fait un album photo").
I found this exercise too easy to be a B2 level.
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