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Hello,
In the sentence 'il y avait de petites huttes aux fenêtres desquelles de minuscules visages hirsutes avaient l'air préoccupé.'
Is it possible to replace desquelles with dont?
I always have difficulty deciding whether it should be 'leur' or 'leurs' in these circumstances. I opted for 'leurs' this time and it was marked right - both ar accepted here! But thinking about the logic, it seems to me that it should have been 'leur': There are lots of friends, but each of them just has one family - so 'leur'.
Or am I barking entirely up the wrong tree here ?
La liberté d'expression est un droit fondamental mais il faut ________respecter les limites.
To me, this is saying that we should be respecting the limits of “freedom of expression,” not the limits “of expression.” So shouldn’t the correct pronoun be “la” to reference “la liberté d'expression”? Thanks for helping me to understand this.
The lesson above states:
Les enfants auront suivi le guide. -> Le guide aura été suivi par les enfants.
But this answer was marked incorrect:
Write "Laura will be followed by her friends." : Laura ________ ses amies.(HINT: Use "suivre")sera suivie par
aura été suivi par (wrong)
Aren't they the exact same construction? So why use sera here? The passive voice has been the hardest aspect for me to understand since it seems so arbitrary. Help!
Elsewhere, I'm seeing where 'desservir' is conjugated as follows:
je desservis
tu desservis
il/elle/on desservit
nous desservons
vous desservez
ils/elles desservent
Which doesn't match the lesson example. If I were to follow the lesson example 'desservir' would be conjugated as follows:
je desserstu dessers
il/elle/on dessert
nous desservons
vous desservez
ils/elles desservent
Which version is correct?
Hi. Easy but frustrating question. Why is the sentence “C’est Francois Hollande” and not “Il est Francois Hollande”. In a class and being told the former. But when I state “Il est Paul Martin”, that’s correct. Merci!
In the last sentence, "Bien que la nature soit l'élément principal dans mes projets artistiques, mon but est d'amener les gens à faire une pause, à réfléchir et à ressentir des émotions à travers mon travail.", the verbs amener à and inciter à were accepted for ”to get”. I tried persuader de, which was not accepted. Should it be a possibility ?
"N'importe quoi" is a colloquial, it means nonsense or bs! Not the right or natural way of saying whatever. This is incorrect. The correct way to say is "Peu importe".
I've seen the use of ne (without pas etc). I've seen it with the subjunctive but also I think in another context. What does this mean and when do you use it?
Normally when you explain how a verb works, you give examples of every ‘person’ - 1st, 2nd & 3rd in both singular and plural. In this example you have not listed the 3rd person plural and I think it might be an oversight: https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/my-languages/french/tests/results/18797378/system?quick-lesson-popup=2
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