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How would you say: "It is hot and sunny?"
Il fait chaud et il y a du soleil?
NB I don't understand why in French hot is an adjective and sunny is a noun...
Two simple questions:i
I retook the exercise and used 'observer' instead of 'regarder' as I think it would work just fine in this case, but it was marked wrong. From the dictionary entry it seems that observer would apply equally well in this case.
I also used 'le Moyen Age' instead of 'l'epoque medievale'. I realise that the latter is a more direct translation, but I am much more familiar with 'le Moyen Age'. Is there a general preference for one experession over the other?
Merci a tous !
Could "elle s'y est installée" be used to translate "she moved there"?
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j'aime 'ramasser' instead of 'collectionner'
Is it right?
Ceclie wrote:
La France est dotée d'un territoire aux climats et aux reliefs variés grâce ___ sa production agricole est très diversifiée = France has a territory with varied climates and landscapes thanks to which its agricultural production is very diversified.
The clue was in the hint = 'which' refers to 'le territoire".
Is it possible to use "grâce à quoi" without this clue ? I didn't pay attention to the clue below the sentence and my 1st thought (and the answer as well) was "grâce à quoi". I wonder if it also makes a sense here ?
Why did the quiz ask only one question, yet the results show 2 questions, one unanswered?
'Si vous regardez derrière moi, sur l'ancien mur de la ville..'. Does this mean the 'former' wall or the 'ancient' wall?
The English text said, 'If you look behind me, on the ancient wall of the city'. But when ancien means 'ancient' doesn't it go after the noun?
"by punching a wall" - how does this translate to the above and why? the phrase is "donner un coup de poing" so why is it "un" replaced with "des" here? and why is "dans le mur" when it says "punching A wall"?
Bonjour,
We know that indefinite articles "un/une/des" become "de" in negative form with the exception of verb être and verbs of states. But, does this rule also apply to the negative of interrogative sentence?
For example:
Il mange une pomme. -> Il ne mange pas de pomme.
Is the following also true?
Est-ce qu'il mange une pomme ? -> Est-ce qu'il ne mange pas de pomme ? and
Mange-t-il une pomme ? -> Ne mange-t-il pas de pomme ?
I didn't find any reference about negative interrogative and indefinite articles so have to ask to clear my doubt. Also, please confirm the case with negative interrogative and partitive articles.
merci beaucoup.
A little unclear re the use of the above. What is the difference, if any, between the following ?:
J'ai peu d'amis and J'ai quelques amis
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