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what is correct way to euro 1,20 say/write ?
un euro vingt centimes or un euro et vingt centimes
For the example, we are told "Ta viande" cannot be put into an "en," yet "mes problèmes" can. How come the possessive can be an "en" in one case and not the other?
Hello,
I am confused about when to use the infinitive (aller) after the conjugated aller (vais,vas, va, etc) to express an action that will be taken in the future?
Thank you,
Ben
For this question, is it okay to use": "Il te faut son lit". I understand that il faut can be used in a general sense and also to give instructions to a specific person. So my answer should be correct right? The correct answer is": Il faut son lit. I want to know if both are correct or not. Appreciate any further insights. Merci :)
________ son lit.You must make your bed.
Why does the agent shift to the future tense in the last few sentences of the exercise.?
I don`t understand why this sentence ("She hid until he left." ?after) could not be the second sentence below just as much as it could be the first one....
Elle s'est cachée jusqu'à ce qu'il soit parti. Correct Elle s'est cachée jusqu'à ce qu'il parte. WrongLe leçon dit: To say to scare [someone] in French, you use the expression faire peur à + [quelqu'un].
Literally : "to do/give fear to [someone]"
À Halloween, je fais peur à mes neveux !At Halloween, I scare my nephews!
Donc, pourquoi est "Le fantôme fait peur à elle" incorrect?
The ghost scares her." ?
Le fantôme lui fait peur. Le fantôme fait peur à elle. (Marked wrong--pourquoi?)MerciI need help understanding this sentence that one person says to another: C'est formidable que vous avez l'air seul.
"It's great that you look alone/lonely" just doesn't make sense, or, at least, it's not a very nice thing to say to someone.
Why is it 'je regarde le feu d'artifice" (i.e. singular) but, later on in the text, "Nous avons...des feux d'artifice'. "Feux" is the plural form of feu. Is it singular or plural?
In this sentence "Le dernier jour de la semaine dernière" from the kwiz, why is dernier before jour but after semaine?
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