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As I understand, a normally silent consonant at the end of a word should be pronounced if the following word starts with a vowel.
Could you please explain why this does not happen with the S and O in the expression 'au caS Où
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The 1st sentence in this fill-in-the-blank quiz was " Laissez-moi vous raconter ce qu'il nous........" Translated as, "Let me tell you what happened to us! My response was conjugated to Nous, and so, "sommes arrivés" was incorrect. Should I have conjugated the answer with moi, the subject of the verb? The correct answer was "est arrivé" . Could you please explain why IL became the subject? Thanks.
When I enter "I think about her" into google translate, it tells me the correct translation is "Je pense à elle"
Why would it not be "Je lui pense" ? Is 'she' not the indirect pronoun with this verb?
Is it only when 'à' translates to 'to' rather than 'about'?
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Kwiz question:
Vous mangez de la dinde à Noël ? - Non, on ne mange jamais ________ dinde à Noël. Do you eat turkey at Christmas? - No, we never eat turkey at Christmas.
Please explain why the answer is “de.” I know the partitive article becomes “de” in negative sentences. My confusion is why is it “de” and not “la?” I would think it’d be “la” because you’re talking about turkey in general. Is it a partitive article because the question uses a partitive article?Could you also ask: Vous mangez la dinde à Noël? Non, on ne mange jamais la dinde à Noël.
Is there a lesson/discussion link that addresses when to use the partitive vs the definite article? I haven’t been able to find one. Many thanks for your help!
In the song "Aux Champs-Élysées" the first line is "Je m'baladais sur l'avenue".
Is this a specific exception where you can use "sur" instead of "dans"?
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