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I hope it’s OK to pose a vocabulary question - at first I took this to mean the dog has taken the person’s food, but today I came across a module in Duolingo (apologies...) translating "croquettes" as "kibble", ie dog food. Is that the intended meaning?
Why is the reflexive form being used here?
Paul
In the phrase, '"ce qui m'a enfin permis de m'ouvrir" why isn't there an "e" at the end of "permis", since the direct object, "m", is a woman?
Pour quoi il faut utiliser "bonnet" dans cette histoire? Est-ce que le mot "touque" et aussi acceptable? Je crois que "touque" est le propre mot pour un chapeau d'hiver en Canada.
Complétez avec les prépositions
1. ………..l’hôpital, il y a un parc.
a. Derrière
b. Au-dessous
c. Sous
2. ……….. la maison, il y a des fenêtres.
a. Sur
b. Dans
c. Au-dessous
3. ………. la table, il y a un dossier rouge.
a. Au-dessus
b. Sur
c. Entre
4. …………… les chaises, il y a une table.
a. Sur
b. Entre
c. Au-dessous
5. Les chaises sont ……………….. le jardin.
a. dans
b. sur
c. sous
Hello!
Just a question regarding the usage of venir vs. être when saying where one is from:
This lesson notes " To say which city you are from in French, you will use the following expression: Je viens de + [city]". One example given is "Je viens de Londres / I am from London". (And no alternative to "venir de" is mentioned in the lesson).
However, a related lesson (À = To/in and De = From/of with cities in French (French Prepositions of Location)) gives an example using "être" to say where one is from: Je suis de La Rochelle / I'm from La Rochelle.
It seems there is a subtle difference in meaning (I am from vs. I come from), however in both of the above cases the translation given is "I am from".
Could someone clarify if venir and être are interchangeable in this context, or if there are specific uses for each?
Pourquoi on utilise comme elle ne doit pas sortir. Pourquoi pas ainsi que où pour que ?
Salut a tous.
Ma question concerne l'utilisation du pronom "dont" ici. La phrase ci-dessus peut traduire comme soit "The books I think of are remarkable" soit "the books i'm thinking about are remarkable." étant donné que penser peut prendre la préposition 'de', cette dernière formulation permet l'utilisation de "dont", n'est-ce pas ? S'il vous plaît donnez votre avis. Merci en avance.
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