Very difficult parts to hearIt seems the speaker is saying "l'impact de gigantesque." I understand that a "de" here would be incorrect, but that is what I hear. I presume this is because she is actually emphasizing the end of the word as in "l'impACT gigantesque." Nevertheless, the emphasis on the end of the word seems over done.
Later, it sounds as if she is saying "cette décision était facile." I understand, too, that this would be incorrect grammatically, but nevertheless it is almost impossible for me to here clearly "ait été."
Perhaps the lesson here is that one should not go by what one thinks one hears, but figure out what would be grammatically correct. I guess that is probably what we do when listening to English. We "sort of" listen but actually are just following the flow of the idea being transmitted and fill in the precise details only as needed.
I believe that “I arrived the day he left” refers to a non-specific timeframe and therefore should use the feminine form, but it was marked wrong on my test and the masculine “la jour” was said to be correct instead. Can someone explain to me why this would be the case, or if it’s an error?
For "And I've worked in the same town...", I put "J'ai travaillé dans the la même ville..." but the correct answer is given as "Et je travaille dans la même ville...".
Why is the present conjugation of travailler used instead of the compound tense?
could you use lit matrimonial instead of lit double?
It seems the speaker is saying "l'impact de gigantesque." I understand that a "de" here would be incorrect, but that is what I hear. I presume this is because she is actually emphasizing the end of the word as in "l'impACT gigantesque." Nevertheless, the emphasis on the end of the word seems over done.
Later, it sounds as if she is saying "cette décision était facile." I understand, too, that this would be incorrect grammatically, but nevertheless it is almost impossible for me to here clearly "ait été."
Perhaps the lesson here is that one should not go by what one thinks one hears, but figure out what would be grammatically correct. I guess that is probably what we do when listening to English. We "sort of" listen but actually are just following the flow of the idea being transmitted and fill in the precise details only as needed.
In “et je ne connais pas bien la ville.” it sounds like “bien a ville”. There is no hint of an “l” sound. At least to my ears. This might also be what Jean meant.
I don't have the best ears, but I do not hear beaucoup after t-shirt. I hear "au contre" instead.
J'ai mangé trois mangues.
If ' trois mangues ' is underlined >> Je l'ai mangée.
If only ' mangues ' is underlined >> J'en ai mangé trois.
Is this correct? Or do we always use en whether the number is underlined or not.
Is there a logical explanation for why we don't say "rendre visite aux"? For example, we can say "Je rendre visite à mes parents" but we can't say "Je rends visite aux mes parents"?
In this sentence - I can hear "impatient" - without the e.
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