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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.
In the example, all the indirect object phrases start with à or au. Au marché, à Paris. In the quiz, my answer got marked wrong. Il va à chez Jean. The correct answer appears to be il va chez Jean. Is ‘chez x’ a special case that does not require à?
Thanks Céline for yet another well thought out exercise. I really appreciate the rich, diversified vocabulary with so many roots that are common to similar English words. The recognition that approximately 40% of French words are the same or almost the same has allowed me to expand my French vocabulary. There are at least a dozen examples in this story. Sometimes, I just guess by constructing an unknown French word from an English word. It mostly works! Best wishes.
How does "il s'en souvient" work out in third person plural? Would it be "ils s'en souviennent"? And, if so, would the pronunciation be the same.
Why is my answer (deux milliards d') wrong? The lesson doesn't explain plural milliards.
Elsa a deux________ euros sur son compte.Elsa has two thousand euros on her account.
Correct: mille
Incorrect: milliards d'
So if I write "Nous allons a le centre commerciale" We are going to the mall. That sentence is correct?
I would LOVE to not have points deducted because of punctuation...one can't always tell when listening, especially when a dash is before the phrase. One could read the punctuation after the exercize. Also, I find grading myself a waste of time and wish I could skip it.
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 ?
My question was asked below, but the answers provided did not address my confusion.
One example given in this lesson is "Si nous l'avions choisi, nous l'aurions regretté".
A previous lesson on 'if-then" sentences (Imperfect usage - hypothesis | French Grammar | Progress with Lawless French) says the following:
"You can never use Le Passé Composé nor other past tenses in this context."
I took this to mean that all if-then sentences must use an "imparfait + conditionel présent" form.
But here we are using the plus-que-parfait and the conditional passé in an if-then sentence. There is no mention of the plus-que-parfait + conditional passé form in the lesson linked to above.
Can you please clarify the rules around using plus-que-parfait + conditional present in 'if-then' sentences?
Thanks.
I did a review test and I answered: "Nous n'attendons plus Laura"
This follows the above example Je n'aime plus Theo
But, may answer was wrong, the correct answer was:
"Nous n'attendons Laura plus"
why?
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