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When I looked up the vocab word 'hilarious' on my own I got hilare, but when I used it in the exercise it was marked wrong.
the example here is 'De moins en moins de gens s'envoient des lettres'
But in the A2 lesson on de moins en moins /de plus en plus with adverbes and adjectives it says that you can't start a sentence in French with 'De plus en plus'
Why is one sentence right in one context but not in the other? Is there a difference between using de plus en plus and de moins en moins at the beginning of the sentence? Or is it because the rule of not using de plus en plus at the beginning of a sentence is only when using an adjective or adverb? And if the later is the case does it apply to de moins en moins also?
Will you please explain the meaning of pouvoir in imparfait.
I Can not completely understand its meaning?
This lesson doesn’t explain why sont isn’t necessary in the sentence: Ils brûlent tous. They ARE burning all the books. I got this wrong with no explanation as to why. Help? Thanks.
Hi, could someone please explain a little bit in detail, the difference between face à and en face de ? Is the first one used for when one faces something, but I think it can be used otherwise too (literally/physically)?
My understanding was that "Du" is a contraction of "de le". Why do we use "du" but not the equivalent "de la"?
Thanks!
Bonjour !
Prepositions are my downfall...
Is it better to say " Dans " or " Aux" as in Dans les Caraibes or Aux Antilles ? Or are both equally acceptable ?
Merci
"You have been very lucky that day", "Did you have my message?", and "I had three presents for my birthday", are literal translations from the French - they are NOT English. "You were very lucky that day", "Did you get (receive) my message?", and "I got (received) three presents for my birthday", would be correct English versions of those sentences. This might be of concern to non-native English speakers who are using this program to learn French. It seems to me that it would be best to learn to use BOTH languages correctly.
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