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In the sentence: Moi qui mangeais que des plats à emporter, why is it correct to use des vs les? My reasoning is that we are talking generally...therefore I used les.
1) Could you please explain why 'papier' is pronounced with an 's' as it sounds like 'papSier'.
2) 'avec les mains et les pieds', To my ear 'pieds' sounds like 'lipsé' ... any help with understanding this pronunciation would be appreciated.
Thank you
I thought the verb "lancer" means to start/initiate, and "jeter" means to throw.
I wrote '`a moins que Bruno ne vienne ...' vienne is the correct form of subjunctive and 'ne' is needed after the conjunction '`a moins que'. I have read in lesson notes that the 'ne' can be dropped in a dialogue. However, in the short quiz which followed that exercise, 'ne' expletive was before the subjunctive verb in a dialogue. I don't believe I was wrong with my form of the subjunctive nor the 'ne' expletive.
From what i gather "Un vieux parchemin" would be correct. Why is "Un extrêmement vieux parchemin" incorrect? Thank you.
So if I want to say "she is truly great", should I use "vraiement" or still "vraiment"?
Very 'tricky/unnatural' syntax for this 'idiom'
le gâteau était en forme de fusée ! so forme and fusée are two nouns with noun 2 acting as adjective (like 'la salle de classe). No article before first noun because of preposition 'en' which kinda fools us(well me) a bit. I tried "they made rocket shaped cakes" and got "ils ont fait des gâteaux en forme de fusée". Rockets have ONE SHAPE and thus all the cakes had that ONE shape.
I tried "they made cards in the shapes of flowers" and got "ils ont fait des cartes en forme de fleurs". Not 'formes'! Usually even behind idioms are solid grammatical truths.. I suspect this is a dumb question but does the use of 'en' in this context require a singular noun. Examples of 'not' dont come to mind... unless with a noun like 'larmes' which is really be default plural.
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