Leur carriere vs. leurs carrieresI wrote, "leurs carrieres" since the speaker is describing several actresses and their careers, but this was marked wrong.
I redid the lesson, (link below), which covers this subject, and there are several examples including: "leurs parents" and "leurs chaussures". It seems that this issue has come up in the discussions before, but I am still not clear as to when to use the plural form and when to use the singular form when referring to more than one person and their possessions. Using the singular form makes it sound, (to me anyway), as if these actresses have all shared the same career.
Notre/nos/votre/vos/leur/leurs = our/your/their (French Possessive Adjectives)
I appreciate any help on this matter. Otherwise, it was fun to learn all about Aissa Maiga. I will certainly google her!
Bonne Continuation !
Quelle phrase est correcte?
Ce sera soit ton père soit moi qui viendrai te chercher
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Ce sera soit ton père soit moi qui viendra te chercher
Est-ce que le verbe se conjugue avec le nom le plus proche?
on est perdus..... why plural ? on can take the place of nous ... is that the reason ?
I wrote, "leurs carrieres" since the speaker is describing several actresses and their careers, but this was marked wrong.
I redid the lesson, (link below), which covers this subject, and there are several examples including: "leurs parents" and "leurs chaussures". It seems that this issue has come up in the discussions before, but I am still not clear as to when to use the plural form and when to use the singular form when referring to more than one person and their possessions. Using the singular form makes it sound, (to me anyway), as if these actresses have all shared the same career.
Notre/nos/votre/vos/leur/leurs = our/your/their (French Possessive Adjectives)
I appreciate any help on this matter. Otherwise, it was fun to learn all about Aissa Maiga. I will certainly google her!
Bonne Continuation !
J'ai beaucoup apprécié ce texte parce que j'ai oublié beaucoup du film. Maintenant, je me souviens du personnage principal, je veux regarder le film à nouveau. Merci beaucoup !
I thought the following analysis by Google's Gemini was interesting.
Analyse du mot "siècle" ou "siècles" :Le mot correct est "siècle".
Explication :
Le mot "siècle" désigne une période de cent ans.Dans la phrase, il est question d'une période qui s'étend de la fin du XVIIIe siècle au milieu du XIXe siècle.Cette période correspond à un seul siècle, le XIXe siècle.Le mot "siècles" ne serait pas correct car il impliquerait qu'il y a eu plusieurs siècles entre la fin du XVIIIe et le milieu du XIXe siècle.Voici quelques arguments supplémentaires pour justifier le choix du mot "siècle" :
Le contexte de la phrase ne mentionne aucun événement qui se serait déroulé sur plusieurs siècles.L'évolution de l'examen décrite dans la phrase est un processus graduel qui s'est déroulé sur un seul siècle.Le singulier "siècle" est plus précis et plus élégant que le pluriel "siècles" dans ce contexte.Conclusion :
Le mot "siècle" est le choix correct dans cette phrase. Il est plus précis, plus élégant et plus cohérent avec le contexte que le mot "siècles".
I am not clear why recommandé has an "s" on the end. As I understand it the "vous" refers to the lady salesperson or her shop (singular) and the nous, although plural, is an indirect object so the participle does not need to agree with that.
This is the first B2 listening exercise that I have transcribed perfectly. Thanks for so many interesting dictées which keep me interested and motivated.
This lesson gets confusing because of the incorrect English usage of whom. The lesson actually states 'Whom does someone meet?" That is incorrect. it is "who does someone meet?" or " you went to meet whom?"
Just google who vs whom. plenty of explanations there
Why is it une salade de fruits and not une salade des fruits ?
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