Mistake in correcting algorithmIn the exercise entitled "A Book Lover," there is a phrase "...rien qu'en observant ses grands frères et sœurs." When I gave exactly that spelling, the s's at the end of "frère-" and "sœur-" were marked as incorrect...even though they were present in the correct example, and the narrator gave us a very clear clue that the words were plural by the way she pronounced "ses." Just letting you know about this glitch in the program.
Also, I frequently find myself needing a 2nd or 3rd listen to be certain about certain words. Sometimes I'm able to get the program to repeat the recording, often not; when I do, I often need to click on the audio button multiple times before it complies. Either I'm trying to cheat, or the function allowing us to hear the phrase over again doesn't work very well. Please let me know which is the case!
Otherwise, I'm enjoying these challenges very much!
In the exercise entitled "A Book Lover," there is a phrase "...rien qu'en observant ses grands frères et sœurs." When I gave exactly that spelling, the s's at the end of "frère-" and "sœur-" were marked as incorrect...even though they were present in the correct example, and the narrator gave us a very clear clue that the words were plural by the way she pronounced "ses." Just letting you know about this glitch in the program.
Also, I frequently find myself needing a 2nd or 3rd listen to be certain about certain words. Sometimes I'm able to get the program to repeat the recording, often not; when I do, I often need to click on the audio button multiple times before it complies. Either I'm trying to cheat, or the function allowing us to hear the phrase over again doesn't work very well. Please let me know which is the case!
Otherwise, I'm enjoying these challenges very much!
Hi. There used to be a button to repeat the exercise once you'd finished it? At this level it's really useful to be able to do that.
On the 4th or 5th question, in the english phrase they wish us to translate, at the end of the phrase, there is a point ("."). But when i put the point in my french phrase, it was marked as wrong, causing me to lose points, I assume.
Please fix this error or explain it to me!
Thanks,
Karina
To be sure, a romantic image ! I had a little problem with the female voice , which is normal for me because of loss of hearing in the higher frequencies. That is not a complaint. Today, I decided to listen again after completing the exercise, this time without translating in my head. It was slow enough that I could do that with ease. It seemed like a breakthrough! I think I will continue with this approach.
I listened to this sentence loads of times trying to see if there was any hint of an ellision ( "je serai z-enfin" ). There was not, and thus I concluded that it must have been "serai" not "serais". Is no ellision used after "serais" ?
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What is the negative form of nous(manger)?
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