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Bonjour,

Can I ask why the adjective in Maurice est un professeur excellent comes after the noun, while Vous êtes un mauvais avocat  comes before? Maurice est un professeur excellent doesn't fall within the 5 categories listed in this lesson- Adjectives usually go AFTER nouns in French (Position of Adjectives) 

Merci！

Salut,

J'ai du mal à comprendre pourquoi faut utiliser le passé composé dans cette phrase:

On a été extrêmement impressionnés par la profondeur des galeries : on a du mal à comprendre ce que représentent six millions de corps !

Merci beaucoup :)

J'ai envie d'une nouvelle voiture" means: select ... I need a new car... envy his new car.. want a new car.. they want “I want a new car”.. 

shouldn’t it be “I would like”?.. would not I want be je veux?

This is translate by “doing scuba” and “deep dive” whereas there is no differences or word placed for “deep”. How’s that?

What about "Nous, Ils/elles, they aren't used with this verb?

“a dit Maman d'un ton admiratif en le voyant”

This seems such a strangely constructed sentence! Can anyone break it down?

(i) “admiratif” is an adjective (I think) but the possessive “ton” treats it like a noun. 

(ii) “voyant” seems to be used as a present participle here (“the seeing”), but I’ve only seen these preceded by “en” before. 

For 'Je me suis cassé la jambe' 

Why does it use suis and not J'ai, as its passe compose?

Salut! 

Why do we not use rencontrer in the second sentence instead of se rejoindre? In what context do we use rencontrer? 

Normally, I think of using the preposition "à " when referring to a city.  In this passage, they land in (à) Paris but they take the train to (pour) Florence.  I am guessing that Florence is not an exception as a city but rather one takes the train for or to a city using the preposition, pour, instead of à.  Is that correct?