Past Perfect Vs. Conditional - Beaucoup vs. de Nombreux - Avant que + subjunctive vs. Avant de + infinitiveI have a few questions relating to the B2 writing exercise "What Monster Would You Be" (which was great, BTW!):
without any memory of what I had done the night before.
Kwizbot's answer:
sans aucun souvenir de ce que j'aurais fait la nuit d'avant.
Your answer:
sans aucun souvenir de ce que j'avais fait la nuit d'avant
Question #1: Why is it the conditional perfect here and not the past perfect? The English says I had. Isn't that past perfect?
before reverting to normal the next morning,
Kwizbot's answer:
avant de redevenir normal le matin suivant,
Your answer:
avant que je ne redevienne normal le matin suivant,
Question #2: Why is my response here incorrect? Why do I need to use avant + infinitive instead of avant que + subjunctive? Is there a subtle difference in meaning?
I would know many magic spells
Kwizbot's answer:
Je connaitrais de nombreux sorts
Your answer:
Je connaîtrais beaucoup de sorts
Question#3: Why can't you use "beaucoup de" here? Is there a subtle difference in meaning between beacoup and nombreux? For example, does beaucoup mean "a lot" and nombreux "many"?
Merci d'avance de votre aide!
PS - I LOVE the writing challenges and find them the most helpful part of your app! I would LOVE it if the NEXT button were right under the self-rating system so I wouldn't have to scroll down over the grammar lessons links to get to it.
In the exercise entitled "A Book Lover," there is a phrase "...rien qu'en observant ses grands frères et sœurs." When I entered that spelling, the s's at the ends of "frère-" and "sœur-" were marked as incorrect even though they were present in the correct example.
In passing, if Damien indeed only had one brother and one sister, would we have to say 'son frère et sa sœur'?
Thanks a lot.
Can I say en plus de ça to say "on top of that"?
Thanks
Can we say 'partout dans le monde' instead of 'le monde entier' to signify all over the world?
when to use Ce and Ça. Because i read that Ce is used only with etre. But that is not always the case. It is even followed by adjective and adverb
There are two examples of the verb, s'avérer, in this exercise:
1) Et les compétences que j'ai acquises comme avocate se sont avérées inestimables dans ce nouveau domaine.
2) Ce changement se sera avéré être la meilleure chose que tu aies jamais faite.
My dictionary translates s'avérer as "prove to be" or "turn out to be". In the second example, the infinitive être is added to s'avérer whereas in the first it is absent. Is être optional? If the 'to be' is included in the definition, why is être necessary in the second example?
So if I say "Je prends le train a la lycée. " this is correct ?
Why tu and je always end with s :/ and elle ,il ,nous, vous , and ils/elles end with another letters but tu and je are different persons so why:/
I have a few questions relating to the B2 writing exercise "What Monster Would You Be" (which was great, BTW!):
without any memory of what I had done the night before.
Kwizbot's answer:
sans aucun souvenir de ce que j'aurais fait la nuit d'avant.
Your answer:
sans aucun souvenir de ce que j'avais fait la nuit d'avant
Question #1: Why is it the conditional perfect here and not the past perfect? The English says I had. Isn't that past perfect?
before reverting to normal the next morning,
Kwizbot's answer:
avant de redevenir normal le matin suivant,
Your answer:
avant que je ne redevienne normal le matin suivant,
Question #2: Why is my response here incorrect? Why do I need to use avant + infinitive instead of avant que + subjunctive? Is there a subtle difference in meaning?
I would know many magic spells
Kwizbot's answer:
Je connaitrais de nombreux sorts
Your answer:
Je connaîtrais beaucoup de sorts
Question#3: Why can't you use "beaucoup de" here? Is there a subtle difference in meaning between beacoup and nombreux? For example, does beaucoup mean "a lot" and nombreux "many"?
Merci d'avance de votre aide!
PS - I LOVE the writing challenges and find them the most helpful part of your app! I would LOVE it if the NEXT button were right under the self-rating system so I wouldn't have to scroll down over the grammar lessons links to get to it.
J'ai fait plusieurs erreurs avec les pontuation. Je avoir besoin de practiquer.
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