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Hello All,
This is a general query and not to do with Kwizbot particularly. I've just this morning begun to write a daily journal in French and wish to check it's English translation. I just used a well-known site, R*****o (just in case one cannot name names) and was very disappointed in the translations. For example, 'petit-dejeuner' resulted in 'little-lunch' instead of 'breakfast' :-( And if I had taken it any further? I shudder to think!
To my question: does anyone know of a reliable service that can deal with large tracts of text?
Thank you for any suggestions,
Colleen
The quiz gives the answer : Ne touche pas le serpent!
I would be inclined to say : Ne touche pas au serpent!
Is this wrong?
Bonjour Cécile
I thinker "pointe" here is the verb "pointer", usually we user the finger to point, I can not imagine the sun points its nose tip since usually we think the sun has only the face.
Lixin
Hi, I have heard that the inversion is not used often, and rarely used among young people. Maybe it is used more often with an older generation? Which of the 3 forms is the most used in everyday conversational French? And my second question is: What is the tone or feeling behind each form? (casual, friendly, condescending, written versus conversation, unnatural, etc). Thank you in advance for your time and your answer! :)
According to Larousse (and wordreference) , as an adjective for the colour purple, either violet or pourpre is correct. Pourpre is not being accepted as a correct alternative in the lesson for 'a purple broom', only « un balai violet » is accepted.
I know that some may reserve « pourpre » for a darker red, "short" of purple - colour perceptions and names are always subjective.
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