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In Latin and English a future active indicative sometimes acts as an imperative command, like "Thou shalt not steal." I'm curious if there is any parallel to this in French? Thank you!
Why is it when I asked to be 'kwizzed' on just this lesson, included in the quizz are questions from all of my 'recommended lessons'? How do I go about finding a quiz with just 'question word' questions in order to give me extra practise with question words?
Thanks for your help........Thirza
This was fun, made me hungry.
Why are the fruit in : "les sorbets au citron et à la fraise" singular, while in the pie "aux framboises" they are plural?
This is how clueless I am. At reading the sentence about the missing ring I wondered at first; "Did he steal a ring from her?" It took this 61 year-old a minute to grasp that he took the ring in order to get her ring-size! (I must admit, I would never have thought of that!) Gary
I have trouble hearing the difference between "serai" and "serais". Does one rely on context, or is there some magic formula that will make everything clear? :)
Is there only one correct choice for each sitaution or might different speakers view the situation differently and make different choices?
I find that I often get this sort of exercises wrong (for example in the "Un ville magique" test where I got 13/15 on my first attempt) but on looking again at the text and rereading the lessons I cannot convince myself that the alternative choice was better.
For example:
1. "L'endroit qui m'a enchanté au-dessus de tout, c'était le chateau de l'imperatrice Sissi". I had wrongly answered "m'enchantait" since Magalie being enchanted seems to me to be an ongoing state, not having a beginning and end.
2. "Je ne voulait pas plus repartir". I had wrongly answered "n'ai plus voulu" since the state of not wanting to leave would have ended when she actually did leave.
What is the difference between: "nulle part" et "aucune part"? In answered, "Je ne les trouve aucune part." as the translation for "I don't find them anywhere." I had written "nulle part", but then changed it to "aucune part" because I thought it was more accurate for "anywhere" (as opposed to "nowhere").
In the explanation of this lesson page, there is a N/B:
ATTENTION: you cannot use preposition + quoi, either for living or non-living things. Only the options above are correct in French.
However, I have found a sentence «C'est ce à quoi je pensais» - is this not an example of 'preposition + quoi' ?
Bonjour,
In the examples on the right you say in number 4 on the second row:
C'est bientôt les vacances!
It's the holidays soon!
But in explaining the lesson you say:
Ce sont bientôt les vacances!
It's the holidays soon!
Which is correct?!
Thank you.
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