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From the quiz - C'est les soldes, je vais faire les magasins.
Why is faire used here instead of fais?
I have a question about the following quiz question:
Elle pardonne à Paul et elle _________
The translation was "She forgives Paul and she forgives us"
The correct answer was "nous pardonne"
I am confused why the first part is "pardonne à Paul" but the second part has the pronoun in front of the verb, "nous pardonne". Is there a general rule to follow for this placement?
In the sentence "What do you miss the most?" the word "what" is the object of the verb. So it would be easy to think that the correct translation is "Qu'est-ce que te manque le plus?" However, in French the construction differs from English. The French construction is essentially "What is missing to you the most"? Hence "what" has become the subject of the verb and accordingly the correct translation is "Qu'est-ce qui te manque le plus?"
Can someone confirm that this analysis is correct please?
Why is 'le' in this sentence?
Also in "J'en vaux vraiment la peine !" in the lesson, why "J'en vaux..." instead of "Je vaux ..."?
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)"
Je veux simplement remercier Aurélie pour vos lessons superbes et commenter que ma mère, Marcelle Eudes a quitté Le Havre en 1936 pour étudier l'anglais à l'université de Southampton et elle aussi a resté en Angleterre (à part les années de la guerre où elle est retournée au Havre jusqu'à la fin du bombardement) pendent toute sa vie jusqu'à 93 ans. Elle aurait eu 100 ans cette année. C'était toujours vers maman que nous avons dirigé nos questions concernant la grammaire soit en français soit en anglais! Merci à vous brillantes enseignantes! Anthony Ford-Jones (Canada)
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.
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