In the sentences Ils attendent son arrivée and Ils s'attendent à son arrivée ... why use the feminine arrivée, when Ils (not elles) is the subject and HE is the one arriving. Merci

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Cheryl N.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why is the possessive adjective masculine (son) before a feminine noun (trophée), please?The quizz question is: Elle tient son trophée. (She holds her trophy.) The exercise was conjugating tenir. Cheryl

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Hillary H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

comme au long des golfes clairs, ...

The translation says "like alongside clear springs."

Does the word "golfes" mean "springs"?

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L. E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

English translations needing clarification (perhaps)

Bonjour,

I was noticing in the lesson that the contruction in the French is dealing with the past, but many of the English translations are in the present (ex: I was congratulated for coming.). Should the translations also reflect the past? (ex: I was congratulated for having come.) I guess the difference is that it's hard to know what to do with on reverse translation on a quiz. If you see "He was promoted for going to the seminar" it's hard to know whether to write "pour aller au seminaire" or whether to write "pour etre alle au seminaire." Maybe the "was promoted" has to be the key?

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Cheryl N.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

agreement of adjectives when two adjectives describe the same nounBonjour! I thought that if two adjectives were being used to describe the same noun, then you wrote these adjectives both in the masculine form, even if the noun is feminine, e.g. Elle a acheté une nouvelle robe blanc et noir. Yet, the correct answer in a quizz I did was "les canines blanches et pointres", not "blancs et pointres". Can someone please explain this? Cheryl.

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