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i've always been thought that à qui refers to a person and à + lequel refers to things? Can you explain?
"It is twenty-five past nine." The answer: Il est neuf heures vingt-cinq. But why isn't "Il est vingt et un heures vingt-cinq" a valid answer?
Bonjour Cécile,
In the lesson, a sentence has been given
"La vanille,c'est bon,mais le chocolat,c'est meilleur."
If the sentence is inversed,as-
"Le chocolat,c'est bon,mais la vanille,c'est meilleure."
Would in this case "meilleur" be used or "meilleure"?
Please explain the reason behind it also.
Merci d'avance.
The pronunciation I'm hearing in the audio sounds like ". . . ce que t'way le voir" for " . . . ce que tu ailles le voir."
Is this actual French pronunciation or a bad recording?
According to the lesson of negative form using partitive articles: du, de la, de l' and des all become de or d' (in front of a vowel or mute h) in negative sentences using ne...pas, ne...jamais, ne...plus.
How do I know when to use ne...pas, ne...jamais or ne...plus in the negative form based on the affirmative sentence?
Bonjour,
I've read the comments but I'm still confused. On a test question, I was marked wrong for writing "Je n'aime ni les pommes ni les poires" when asked to translate "I eat neither apples or pears".
This seems to me like a general statement and not referring to specific apples or pears, so why would the only accepted answer be "Je n'aime ni pommes ni poires"?
Merci.
Hi, I have a question. The level A0 tests check "J'habite à ..." as correct, while lessons and tests in A1 level use dans le or en like "Marie habite dans le Minnesota". I can't see the difference on when should I use the à or dans le - en.
The lesson notes an exception for naître (correctly) and for apparaître. It does not clearly state the exception for apparaître - although I note in discussion it has been mentioned it is because it also conjugates with être in passé composé. As I understand it, and checking other verb conjugation sites, this is correct but not what is shown on the verb conjugation site of Lawless French https://www.lawlessfrench.com/verb-conjugations/apparaitre/
I naively thought that, given that all reflexive verbs take être as their auxiliary, they would always agree in gender and number when requiring a past participle. Is there any simple method I can apply to identify the exceptions to the rule
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