"leur carriere" vs. "leurs carrieres"I wrote "leurs carrieres" since the speaker is describing multiple actresses and their careers. This was marked wrong.
I redid the lesson, (link below), which covers this topic, and there are several examples, such as "leurs parents" and "leurs chaussures". It seems that this topic has come up in the Q&A before, but I am still confused as to when to use the plural form and when to use the singular when one is referring to more than one person and their possessions. In this case, it seems that saying "leur carriere" would imply that all the actresses are sharing the same career.
Any help would be much appreciated. Otherwise, I enjoyed learning about Aissa Maiga. I will certainly google her.
Notre/nos/votre/vos/leur/leurs = our/your/their (French Possessive Adjectives)
Merci a tous et bonne continuation !
P.S. Apologies if this question appears twice - the first time I posted it, it simply disappeared, so I've rewritten it here.
Hello. Can you please explain why is le passé composé used in the first sentence?
"Mon frère et moi avons toujours aimé les jeux vidéos."
I thought this should be in l'imparfait because it describes a habit in the past and not something that just happened for a day, no?
When to use que vs quoi
In the lesson it says:
As for the years post 2000's,
There is only one way to read them, and that is as a full number:
But there are still many years to come after the year 2000 (infinitely many actually).
So, how would you say 'the 10th of March 2155'? (my 200th birthday :)
"Le dix mars vingt et-un-cents cinquante cinq" or "Le dix mars deux mille deux cents cinquante cinq" (or neither)?
Why is there a direct object pronoun in this sentence, "je poserai autant de vacances que je le pourrai"? What does "le" refer to here? Can you say, "je poserai autant de vacances que je pourrai"?
I wrote "leurs carrieres" since the speaker is describing multiple actresses and their careers. This was marked wrong.
I redid the lesson, (link below), which covers this topic, and there are several examples, such as "leurs parents" and "leurs chaussures". It seems that this topic has come up in the Q&A before, but I am still confused as to when to use the plural form and when to use the singular when one is referring to more than one person and their possessions. In this case, it seems that saying "leur carriere" would imply that all the actresses are sharing the same career.
Any help would be much appreciated. Otherwise, I enjoyed learning about Aissa Maiga. I will certainly google her.
Notre/nos/votre/vos/leur/leurs = our/your/their (French Possessive Adjectives)
Merci a tous et bonne continuation !
P.S. Apologies if this question appears twice - the first time I posted it, it simply disappeared, so I've rewritten it here.
It's very frustrating, even after listening to it 20 times and with the volume turned up, I hear, "...mais longtemps encore très souvent les chansons à la radio...".
Would you use "et" for numbers over 100 (e.g. 101, 201, 1001, etc.)?
Cent un, or cent et un, or cent-et-un?
Thank you for your help.
I don't get why the tenses change from perfect to imperfect? it's the same sentence?
Hello All.
I was reviewing pronouns using this page:
https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/indirect-objects-2/
It mentions using the adverbial pronoun "y" and then gives an example:
Il y pense. He’s thinking about her.I thought that "y" could only be used to reference an inanimate object, not a person.
Are there special cases? What am I missing here?
Thank You in advance.
Bob
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