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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?
Hi,
I read from a text book that I use (Inspire B1) and it says to conjugate Je/Tu/Il/Elle/On/Ils/Elles we do as what is described in this lesson.
However, for "Nous" and "Vous", the general rule is that we take the "Présent" form of "Vous", remove the "ez" ending and replace it with "ions" and "iez". I check with verbs such as "Prendre" and "Mouvoir" and it is correct.
Can anyone verify this ?
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.
Re "(Mes frères jouent ________ cornemuse) My brothers play the bagpipe", there is no singular word "bagpipe" in English; it should say "bagpipes".
I am sorry to raise this, but I am afraid that I found the pronunciation of this phrase very difficult.
Even having seen the answer, I still could not reconcile the two. "le temps" I managed to translate initially when hearing it as "longtemps", but seeing the correct answer and re-running the sound clip again and again, the closest I could get was "l'eau temps" and certainly not "le temps".
I recognize that there are many different ways of pronouncing things, but I do feel that in a dictation the diction should be clear.
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'
I am struggling to work out what the "en" refers to. I presume it is "of something", but can't work out what (or where the "of" comes from) - the sentence seems to work equally well without it.
Would love to be able to hear an audio version of the mnemonic poem. I don't see if/where it is possible to play the poem. That would be very helpful.
Could I also say 'en 1778, il est parti de la Corse pour aller étudier en France' ?
Merci de m'aider en avance !
What word would I use in french to refer to ALL the items on a menu or la carte?
Not categories (like Entrees, Aperitifs, etc.), but the general words
In English, I would say "items" I think, but in French, is
"éléments" right?
Just working on something and was curious!
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