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Why do you say "Nous mangeons de l'agneau" instead of "Nous mangeons d'agneau"? I thought lamb was masculin.

Hello, 

This lesson, on 'san que (+ ne explétif) + the subjunctive mood', states that the use of the 'ne' is optional in modern spoken French. Additionally, it is omitted when the main verb is used with a negation.  Unsurprisingly, the lesson teaches with examples using 'ne'.

Yet, in your test I was marked wrong for doing so. Specifically, the question was to complete a sentence, which I submitted as: 

"Tu as fait tout ça sans que ne Neve soit au courant".

Yet the correct answer is shown without the 'ne'.

Have I misunderstood something here?

Thanks in advance,

D

"Tu as fait tout ça sans que ne Neve soit au courant"

"Nous avons mangé en une heure" does not have a correct answer.  "We ate in an hour" and "We ate in an hour´s time" are both incorrect.  An appropriate answer would be "We ate for an hour."  (American English)

I am renovating a house in France. I need to communicate with the workers building construction terms. I would like some exercises with that content please.

Pourquoi est-ce que vous utilisez « le visage » et ne pas « les visages » dans la phrase « mais entre la pluie torrentielle qui nous fouette le visage » ? Il y a plusieurs de personnes, n’est-ce pas?

Les enfants auront suivi le guide.     ->    Le guide aura été  suivi par les enfants.                 

 But this answer was marked incorrect:

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!                         

Hi, I saw a dialogue in tv series Better Call Saul. It was "I am not telling you anything until we talk about my dad " and French translation is "Je ne te dirai rien tant qu'on n'aura pas parlé de mon père.. What I want to ask is why "parlé" is used instead of "parler", why passé composé form is used in this sentence after future tense of avoir.

Thank you.