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Why didn't we use '..nous allions au sud de la France'? When do we use 'au sud' and when do we use 'dans le sud'? Or 'au nord'/ 'dans le nord'?
https://www.lawlessfrench.com/vocabulary/directions/
The following sentence has the verb following 'que'. Is this OK?
C'est ainsi que se termine cette histoire.That's how this story ends.
Shouldn't it be:C'est ainsi que cette histoire se termine.
It would be useful to have a quiz in order to practise all the places and buildings in a town. This would help us to consolidate what is actually quite a long list, but very useful vocabulary when one is visiting France.
Is this tense more commonly used in French than in English? I hardly ever speak like this in English and I find it to be a strange tense to learn since it doesn't seem likely that we learners will be reminiscing in French. That seems to be it's only use.
activités culturelles est-ce que vous préférez ?
sport est-ce que vous préférez : le ski ou le ski nautique ?
sont vos projets de vacances pour cette année ?
est votre destination préférée : la campagne ou la montagne ?
- Can I use "chez la teinturerie" instead of "au pressing"?
- Can I use "ce n'est pas grand-chose" instead of "ce n'est pas grave"?
- Can I use "de nouveau" instead of "encore"? Please walk me through this.
- Can I use "de secours" instead of "en réserve or de côté"?
I would like to particularly congratulate the person who gave us this piece. Not only was it enlightening for me, but it was also a perfect B2 listening exercise. Thank you. Now to my question. I understand the admonition about the use of present tense to relate a historical story. How does the use of the future perfect in the first paragraph relate to this? Were there other choices for this tense?
It is a lady speaking, so should not the past participle of the reflexive verb se faire agree in gender?
I don't hear any liason. Is it optional ?
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