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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?
Are there more lessons about this pronoun ? I am asking here because Google is being less than useful
How do you express walking fast for exercise, pas comme une promenade.
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 ?
In the last vignette, is quais incorrect for the dialogue? isn't Oui correct?
Could I also say 'en 1778, il est parti de la Corse pour aller étudier en France' ?
Merci de m'aider en avance !
Why do we not capitalize the names of places? Are there any instances where we will capitalize a letter?
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!
Hi, according to lawlessfrench, partitive articles are used with uncountable nouns.
But you say "Note that when the adjective is placed BEFORE a plural noun, the partitive article des (some) becomes de (or d' in front of a vowel or mute h) "
Also your example "J'achète de beaux draps." (I think that drap is a countable noun)
If it is used with uncountable nouns, why do you use partitive article with countable noun "drap"?
Thank you.
Why isn`t the statement 'Je sors de Narbonne en ce moment-même.' correct? It seems to be one of the special cases where 'sortir de' can be used when leaving a city (only time). According to Wikepedia Narbonne is a town in France. The correct answers used partir and quitter which made sense to me but this 3rd sentence also seemed correct.
Appreciate your comments. Thanks.
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