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I have a question for a team member. The above sentence can translate as 1 One can’t park here (impersonal, general) 2 You can’t park here (also impersonal and general but less formal) or 3 We can’t park here (personal, specific)
In English, the general sense of the first two is similar but the meaning of the third differs. Is that true in French as well, or are the various senses of "on" closer? Presumably it’s clear from context which one is meant.
I answered this question with attends que and was marked wrong. In the notes on attendre que it says "to wait for [someone] i.e. Frank to do [something] i.e. not to come" why is my answer wrong?
I cannot here the "de" in this sentence: on a même échangé nos numéros de téléphone !
Could anyone please tell me if there are any rules on if and when you can/cannot replace inanimate nouns with subject pronouns? I read the lesson c'est versus il est/elle est and thought you use c'est with nouns while il/elle est is used with adjectives.
But I have encountered situations where the writer/speaker uses il/elle est with a noun.
For example, if you are referring to (or pointing at) "une lettre", can you say "Elle est une lettre"? Or can you only say "C'est une lettre."?
Or, if you are referring to "une conversation", can you say "Elle va bien" or can you only say "Ça va bien."?
Thank you for any clarification.
When to use one of the other
Brief explanation on how to know when w verb is followed by à, de or pour
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Je ne comprends pas pourquoi parfois quand je donne une réponse, le Quizbot dit que ma réponse n'est pas correcte mais dans le "pourrais aussi dire" il me donne exactement la même réponse que je l'ai écrite ?
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