Wondering about the origin of the expression "Ouistiti"? And, the use of the expresson " Souriez" for "Say cheese" ?Well, so it's true: You do learn something new every day! And for me, it's the expression, "Ouistiti" !
I had looked up "Say cheese", (in both Collins and the Larousse), and found only "Souriez" !
I wrote "Souriez", which was marked wrong. Maybe, I should have written, "Souris" ! the second person imperative, instead of the formal/plural imperative?
Even when I search 'ouistiti' I can only find that it means 'marmoset', ("un petit singe arboricole d'Amerique tropicale et aux fortes griffes") Also that the expression, "Un drole de ouistiti" means " a bit of a weirdo" ("une personne bizarre"). Does anyone know the origin of the expression, "Ouistiti"?
Merci a tous et bonne continuation !
I understood that, when referring to people, qui should be used after a preposition, excepting only parmi and entre. Has this changed?
What is the difference beteen Quoi faire and Que faire? Is "que faire" ever correct?
Well, so it's true: You do learn something new every day! And for me, it's the expression, "Ouistiti" !
I had looked up "Say cheese", (in both Collins and the Larousse), and found only "Souriez" !
I wrote "Souriez", which was marked wrong. Maybe, I should have written, "Souris" ! the second person imperative, instead of the formal/plural imperative?
Even when I search 'ouistiti' I can only find that it means 'marmoset', ("un petit singe arboricole d'Amerique tropicale et aux fortes griffes") Also that the expression, "Un drole de ouistiti" means " a bit of a weirdo" ("une personne bizarre"). Does anyone know the origin of the expression, "Ouistiti"?
Merci a tous et bonne continuation !
In the Weekend Challenge: 'My plan for the day of the exam' one of the translations required is 'that I'll have chosen the day before'.
The answes given are:
'que j'aurai choisiS la veille' OR 'que j'aurai sélectionnéS la veille'
There is no object pronoun in either of these answers, so why are the past participles 'choisi' and 'sélectionné' writen with an S added for agreement?
Thank you
Hi.' Mademoiselle Rose, vous êtes devenue une charmante jeune fille' translates as: M. Rose, you became a charming young lady. Wouldn't the perfect tense: you have become ' be better here if this is a direct comment to Miss Rose?
Pekka Järvilehto.
Helsinki
Quelle est la différence entre très, vraiment, vachement, terriblement?
Hi! Hoping for some clarification about the agreement differences in the two correct translations: "de longs cheveux blondes," and "les cheveux longs et blonds."
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