PLURAL OR SINGULAR with Ainsi que.There seems to be a bit of discrepancy in the lessons, the exercises, and a response to a question in the discussions.
a)First the response in the discussion... where Ainsi que starts the sentence, it seems to make the verb straight forward.
Ainsi que l'italien et l'espagnol, le Français dérive du latin. Very unambiguous that the 'the french' is the singular subject of the verb dériver.
b)The answers to the 'test recommended' provided me.
Les Etats-Unis, ainsi que l'Angleterre, sont un pays anglophone. Here the verb is 'plural BECAUSE the subject is The United States, but the associate nouns and adjectives are singular because it is ONE COUNTRY. Ok so far I think.
c) But in the discussion.
Le français ainsi que l'italien dérivent du latin ( French and Italian) hence a plural verb.
vs
"L'Angleterre, ainsi que la France, a combattu l'Allemagne en 1914." in the lesson.
Shouldn't the verb be 'ont combattu' . And if so maybe a short comment re the gender and plurality of the verb be added to the lesson.
Has anybody seen the subtítles in the video ?
I notice fait maison does not agree with the feminine noun. Is it a fixed expression?
In this sentence:
Quand vous voyagerez en France, vous serez très occupé.
should 'occupé' be 'occupés' to agree with the plural 'vous?'
Thank you!
There seems to be a bit of discrepancy in the lessons, the exercises, and a response to a question in the discussions.
a)First the response in the discussion... where Ainsi que starts the sentence, it seems to make the verb straight forward.
Ainsi que l'italien et l'espagnol, le Français dérive du latin. Very unambiguous that the 'the french' is the singular subject of the verb dériver.
b)The answers to the 'test recommended' provided me.
Les Etats-Unis, ainsi que l'Angleterre, sont un pays anglophone. Here the verb is 'plural BECAUSE the subject is The United States, but the associate nouns and adjectives are singular because it is ONE COUNTRY. Ok so far I think.
c) But in the discussion.
Le français ainsi que l'italien dérivent du latin ( French and Italian) hence a plural verb.
vs
"L'Angleterre, ainsi que la France, a combattu l'Allemagne en 1914." in the lesson.
Shouldn't the verb be 'ont combattu' . And if so maybe a short comment re the gender and plurality of the verb be added to the lesson.
Il a descendu ... but where is the verb meaning to walk? I would have translated this sentence as: Il a marché descendre ... I left the question blank because it was confusing. Thanks for your help!
Tu n'as pas habité ici depuis longtemps. I've studied and understood the rule about using the 'passé composé but I can't see where my mistake is. Help!
I still don't understand whey, "Qu'est-ce que le fois gras," Is not an acceptable way of saying "What is?" QUE (what) est-ce (is it) le fois gras.
Why is it any less acceptable than "Qu'est-ce que c'est que" The explanations just don't make sense to me. Could you clarify?
«C'était tellement amusant qu'il y est retourné plus tard.It was such fun that he went back later! Note that in each case where être is the auxilliary, the verb retourner is followed by a preposition (en, sur, dans, à etc.).
So, in these cases retourner is usually about going back somewhere, or returning somewhere.»
I think the explanation needs a little expansion - considering it is contradicted by the example immediately preceding it.
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