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In the test question: "Suzanne aime les vêtements [INSERT]", the correct answer is "orange". My question is: wouldn't the color orange agree with the noun ("les vêtements") which is plural? Why is the correct answer "orange" and not, as one might assume, "oranges"?
Is "on" used throughout this text instead of "nous" since this is considered casual writing?
Why are the plural "tous" and plural agreement "habillés" used with "on"? I thought it was considered a singular pronoun since it conjugates with il and elle.
Given the hint, why was "ont ete" the correct answer? (I cannot add accent symbols on these pages)
^ont été
se sont
9 Les petits enfants ________ fatigués par le voyage.
The little children were tired by the journey.(HINT: Conjugate ''être'' in the compound past (Passé Composé))
"Le français est parlé couramment par ________ 200 millions de personnes dans le monde."
French language is spoken by more than 200 million people around the world.
I put "plus que" since that felt like "more than" but the correct answer is "plus de." I'm struggling to understand this since it doesn't fit the same structure as the lesson examples (e.g. French is spoken by more people than Italian).
Thanks for any clarification!
Je me confuse sur cette exemple: "il va manquer une chaise à ton oncle." I get "there will be a chair missing" but how does "à ton oncle" (which I read as "to your uncle") compute as "your uncle will be missing a chair"?
Hi I have to choose between 'en' and 'y' to complete the following - on _____ revient tourjours contents. Is it 'en' because or 'revenir de' or 'y' because there is no 'de' here?
Is my thinking right here? If devoir is used in the imparfait in the main clause it means suppose to, and if it's used in the imparfait in the subordinate clause it means had to, all be it with less certainty than using devoir in the passé composé? In the text taken from one of your "fill in the gaps" on chosing the imperfect or the compound past :
"Le père était âgé et sortait rarement de son lit, alors sa fille devait s'occuper du jardin et des animaux."
the translation is given that she had to take care of the garden which means in english anyway, that she carried out the obligation. In french does the repeated action overule the subtlety of the fulfilled obligation?
I hope that's clear!
I'm confused. Doesn't ..ing in English denote the present participle? In French that would suggest "leaving" would be expressed as "partant", "talking" as "parlant" etc; not the use of the infinitive.
I am never 100% certain in the use of the conditional tense. In the sentence « What would you like today » your hint was to use ‘vouloir’ in the present. Ok, although when I see « would » my brain automatically thinks ‘the conditional’. I stuck with the present for Mme M’s reply, but I see that you’ve said « je voudrais quatre croissants svp ». I’m surmising that this is Mme M being polite and that for the person behind the counter to say « Qu’est-ce que vous voudriez aujourd’hui » is OTT as Mme M is known to them ?
The exercise uses « Mon parfum «
Is parfum in this context « Flavor »? Is it appropriate to use the word saveur?
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