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If there are multiple adjectives after c’est, do they gender match the subject?

The correct answer is given as "dernieres decennies."  I was always taught that when dernieres precedes the noun, it means "final."  Derniere comes after the noun to mean "recent" or "preceding."  

In the translation of "... or by starting a new fulfilling hobby.", I chose 'gratifiant’ for ’fulfilling’.  It was not accepted.   Was it overlooked or is there some distinction that I don’t understand ?  Thanks, in advance.  BTW, I thought this exercise was easier than the B1 Giving up Smoking.

Hi, just wanted to say that I think this is a very fun text and I loved listening to the audio, it's very authentic and sweet :)

Why are there 9 different types of past tense? NINE?! 🤯 Will even a native speaker really use all those? I give up lol

I received a question to translate "You're laughing while looking at me." where the correct answer is "Vous riez en me regardant." 

Doesn't regarder mean "to watch" and voir means "to see"?

Wouldn't "looking" in this case mean "en voyant"? 

Thank you for your help. 

In "Tu te souviens de mon ami Alain, que je connais depuis l'école hôtelière", is it okay to use "dont" instead of que?

Thanks!

Im wondering if du , de la when goes with faire , is it count as partitive articles ?

This is from the lesson:

In this lesson , it says that You can use faire de followed by la or l' in front of a vowel or mute h, but remember that le and les will contract with de and become du and des.

So to my understanding du , de la in this case is NOT partitive articles but rather the combination of de + le = du , de +la = de la
If my understanding is correct , then in negation , it should be translated to 
Je ne fais pas du foot ( de + le remains)  
But i encounter some samples on internet like this :

je ne fais pas de football (https://www.reddit.com/r/French/comments/1dh6z0s/why_is_it_je_ne_sais_pas_de_ski_and_not_je_ne/)

Can you help me to understand , thank you