Plural of "terres"Great exercise! This wonderful description of Le volcan de la Reunion reminds me of when I lived and worked in Guatemala - a magical and beautiful country with many volcanoes. Every evening, we could see the active volcanoes burning and glowing against the night sky. Like I said, magical!
I just want to ask why "nouvelles terres" is plural. Of course, I am familiar with "la terre" meaning "the earth". When I researched the meaning of "une terre" (as opposed to "la terre"), the translation given was "land". So, I wrote "quarante-cinq hectares de nouvelle terre". Which I take it would mean: "45 hectares of new land". Is this incorrect or are both variations, correct?
Merci et Bonne Continuation !
P.S. Took a break for several weeks, (for personal reasons), but glad to be back. Love this community of positive and supportive learners!
Great exercise! This wonderful description of Le volcan de la Reunion reminds me of when I lived and worked in Guatemala - a magical and beautiful country with many volcanoes. Every evening, we could see the active volcanoes burning and glowing against the night sky. Like I said, magical!
I just want to ask why "nouvelles terres" is plural. Of course, I am familiar with "la terre" meaning "the earth". When I researched the meaning of "une terre" (as opposed to "la terre"), the translation given was "land". So, I wrote "quarante-cinq hectares de nouvelle terre". Which I take it would mean: "45 hectares of new land". Is this incorrect or are both variations, correct?
Merci et Bonne Continuation !
P.S. Took a break for several weeks, (for personal reasons), but glad to be back. Love this community of positive and supportive learners!
The answer provided is "C'est Marc Dupré."
Why? I would have thought the answer should have been "Il est Marc Dupré."
Is this a special case when using c'est? Use it for stating a person's name?
In the examples above we use tout in front of "heureuse" which is feminine and use toute in front of "hérissée ". We do the same for heureuses and honteuses.
What is the difference exactly for these two usages of tout and toute ?
So, it's been sooo long since I have heard that song that I had to look it up.
Great mnemonic device!
Just one little suggestion:
Change the word "Shoulders" to "Pebbles" and you have all seven words which use an "x" to form the plural.
Jewels, Pebbles
Knees and Toys (repeat)
Ca-a-bba-age
Lice and owls
Jewels, pebbles
Knees and toys!!
Or: You could try it in French:
Bijoux, Cailloux
Genoux, Joujoux (repetez)
Chou-ou-ou-oux
Poux et hiboux
Bijoux, Cailloux
Genoux Joujoux
Merci et Bonne Continuation !
Somehow, I thought we always use "de" before a plural noun preceded by an adjective?
Would be be incorrect to say " j’ai (tu,il,elle,etc) une fièvre " ? As in English "I have a fever" as Cécile notes “j’ai une bronchite" or is it alway "j’ai de la… (I have fever)"
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