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Another question! I have noticed in many sentences on the tests that you almost always use "aller"  in addition to a reflexive verb.(I'm NOT referring to the "futur proche.)

Ex:1) Nous avons décidé d'aller nous promener.  2) J'irai me coucher tôt ce soir.  

 Isn't "going" already in the verb - se promener = to go for/to take a walk, se coucher = to go to bed. Seems a bit redundant. Just wondering why?

It is correct without "aller", isn't it?

1) Nous avons décidé de nous promener. 2) Je me coucherai tôt ce soir.

Why is it sometimes before the noun and sometimes after when used as an adjective? And I see some patterns in it's placement as an adverb but if you have any advice on that as well that would be great.

I wrote 'Martin aime Sarah ' for the sentence Martin likes Sarah but it was corrected to 'Martin aime bien Sarah'. I know 'aimer 'is tricky and I studies the lesson  but still don't understand the difference. 

Hi, do you use « tant pis » as « never mind »? I’m asking, because it changes the sense of the phrase

Hello - in the exercise it says:.....on a bu notre café sur la terrasse. 

Further down in the Q&A, White asked about the difference between 'sur la terrasse' and 'en  terrasse'. 

Céline's answer seems to suggest that the exercise above is incorrect. 

Have I understood correctly i.e. saying 'sur la terrasse' implies that something is actually physically on the terrace and so in effect, the extract should read: .... on a bu notre café en terrasse. ( One would assume that they were sitting on chairs on the terrace and not directly on the surface of the terrace as would be the case of a pot plant etc as per Céline's examples.)

If my understanding is correct, should the exercise not be corrected to say 'en terrasse' instead of 'sur la terrasse' ?