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When does "fou" come before or after the noun? I was playing with Google Translate to hear in one sentence between "the crazy horse, the crazy cow, the crazy man." It came up "Le cheval fou, la vache folle, l'homme fou."
How would you write "Question of the Day"? For example, each day my french class starts with a "question of the day". I've been using jour but now I'm worried I've been incorrect.
Peut-on dire : qu'est-ce qui est dans la boîte ? Ou faut-il dire qu'y a-t-il dans la boîte ?
Why are Saints’ days feminine if the saint is masculine?
Are all feast days feminine?
Is there any difference in the meaning or tone of “comment ça se fait” compared to “pourquoi”? In English, we sometimes say “how come” rather than “why” to avoid sounding curt or accusatory. Thank you!
Aapparently when turning to take another street or road, one uses the preposition, dans, as in "...tournez à gauche dans la rue Jacques Cartier." But if one continues on this avenue or route, one uses the preposition, sur, as in "...Continuez sur cette route..." However, then we have "... puis prenez la deuxième à gauche sur l'avenue de la Liberté" where now the preposition, sur, is used in this turn. So, the prepositions are a bit confusing for us. Can you give us some advice regarding sur and dans in the context of directions?
is 'Glace aux marrons " acceptable too? A brief explanation would help. Thanks
Thomas va chez ___________ oncle (adjectifs possessifs)
I am confused by this example:
"I haven't left France for three years:" "Je n'ai pas quitté la France depuis trois ans."
The lesson says "we use PC because the negation indicates the action wasn't done during the entirety of that past period. BUT PC is used to express actions which were completed or finished in the past.
This example shows it WAS NOT completed, so why PC and not imparfait??
Thank you.
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' ?
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