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Just wanted to point out that both Bescherelle and Word Reference say that "je m'asseids, etc." are more common, Bescherelle says it's preferable. French verbs are confusing enough for me, so I'm making my choice for one variation not both.
This passage uses potirons for pumpkins, but last year didn't we have citrouilles for pumpkins? Are they two words for the same thing or is there a slight difference for using each one?
This lesson indicates that mal - badly, but why do we say j'ai mal à la tête instead of j'ai mauvais à la tête?
Hey was there anyone else felt James sounded like he said quatre-vingt mois. haha
Great idea! But it would be a big help if the "Only free", "Only incomplete", "Only completed" & "Only not started" selection options were available for the Reading practice like they are for the Listening practice & the Writing practice. Without that after a while it gets a bit difficult to keep track of it all.
Why is the “s” not sounded when it is followed by a vowel?
can i say "il est midi cinq" to mean it is 5 past noon?
I'm a bit confused as to how to modify a noun in some instances. For example, this exercise uses "sauce au vin rouge" (red wine sauce), and marks "sauce vin rouge" incorrect while another exercise uses "sauce tomate (tomato sauce) and marks sauce à la tomate" incorrect. Can you explain the différent constructs and why one is correct and the other isn't?
does Y replace en + place too?
for example,
1) Il habite en France. -> Il y habite.
2) Elle vit en Espagne. -> Elle y vit.
I thought payer could take a direct object: why is the "pour" needed here?
It’s a great shame that alternative answers aren’t provided if you get a correct, "matching" answer in the Writing exercises - the list of possible translations is such a useful tool.
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