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Why the word 'baldaquin' is in its plural form?
I looked up in the dictionary, but I could only find the phrase 'un lit à baldaquin', without an 's'.
In the lesson it states: "A rarer occurence is when ainsi que is followed by a conjugated verb (in the Indicative) to express (just) as", however, the example uses the Imparfait:
"Tout se passe ainsi que je l'avais prévu."
There would seem to be a mismatch here ... could you please shed some light on this?
regards, Scott
I'm a little confused here because I understand quitter to mean to leave something for good and sortir is merely to leave a place. in the question to translate: They leave their work at 7 o'clock - It seems the correct answer should be - Ils sortent leur travail à 19h, but the correct answer is giving me: Ils quittent leur travail à 19h. Why then is this correct?
But if you do use possessive adjectives when another person is involved, why can't I say "François reste dehors, ses chaussures couvertes de boue." François is another person. Am I misunderstanding and what you meant by "other person"?
How does it work then? Do you use"les pieds" to say "He washes his feet" but "ses pieds" if I'm washing his feet? Is that right?
I am still confused about whether should I use Des or Les
Je veux des bonbons
Je veux les bonbons
Why the second sentence wouldn't be correct?
We have “Non, désolée, je ne peux pas…”.
Do we get the female version because the speaker is female and it’s really an abbr. of “Je suis désolée”? If the speaker was a man would we get “Non, désolé, je ne peux pas…”?
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