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Bonjour, I ran into a sentence on a youtube video. "Elle adore travailler avec les enfants et les aide à apprendre de nouvelle chose. My question is why "DE" used with the verb apprendre in this sentence. "Apprendre de" means learn something from someone/something but this definition doesn't correspond the meaning of apprendre in this sentence. What is the function of this "DE" in this sentence.
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Is it correct to say —la vue depuis mon balcon (the view from my balcony)
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Le substantif "science fiction" s'écrit-il avec ou sans tiret? Dans mon dictionnaire Larousse, c'est écrit avec un tiret. C'est un petit détail, mais je préfère être certain. Merci!
why are we using des with six ( chacun des six chateaux) as six is the defined number
Asked to translate,” My father would hide in our basement…..” , we were given the hint to use devoir. Yet the correct answer given was, “ Mon père se cachait dans notre cave….”. I see no use of devoir!
I enjoyed the accompanying fill-in-the-blanks quiz, but wondered why there’s a COD in "l’assaisonner avec du sel" but none in the next phrase "faire rissoler dans une poêle" although both have "it" in the English sentences? The Kwiz doesn’t accept "faire dorer/revenir" but I guess that’s because they aren’t options given in the vocabulary list.
Is it commoner to issue a set of instructions using only infinitives? The French-style lemon tart writing exercise used the imperative throughout.
https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/my-languages/french/exercises/overview/1598?isRetake=1
I have a suggestion to change the word 'washerwoman' to 'laundress'. I think it makes better sense.
I just heard someone in the show "Lupin" say what sounded like "merce" instead of "merci". Is "merce" an actual truncated form (like "ta" in English), or did the actor / character just trail off at the end of the word because she was distracted ? (It's the cop who's just taken Lupin into custody, & is transporting him by car, & she's talking with a petrol station attendant.)
Also, how common, & how slangy is "cimer" ?
J'ai vu que quelqu'un dèja demandait ce question, mais je n'a pas vu un repose. Pourquoi est-ce qu'il n'y a pas un change à sujet dans the phrase suivante: je lirai jusqu'à ce que je sois trop fatiguée?
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