Could this lesson be split into several smaller lessons?During my Dashboard test, one of the questions was:
Nous ______ tous le mot "hypocondriaque". (We're all spelling the word "hypochondriac".)
HINT: Conjugate "épeler" (to spell) in Le Présent
Problem: Trying to find"épeler" in the lesson page was an absolute nightmare. For the younger guys, it might be easy enough, but I'm 76.
Trying to find "épeler" didn't work, because it doesn't exist in the page.
Never mind. Marchons! Marchons!
Next, try to find the correct template for "épeler" in one of the following templates:
-é(-)er, -e(-)er, -eter, -eler, -Ê(-)ER [Note the change from lower case to upper case in the final template.]
My first attempt to find "épeler" in one of those templates stopped when I found -e(-)er, which matches -eler
The next step was to find out how to conjugate it. I failed, because the only conjugated verb on the whole page is COMPLÉTER, which does not match the template (it matches -é(-)er).
Are we confused yet?
I followed the advice to omit any question if I was unsure about the answer.
BTW: The sharp-eyed will have noticed the template -eler actually exists near the end of my list of templates. So there are ambiguous templates.
Footnote: IMHO, there's far too much material on this page. It could be split into possibly four or five lessons. The lesson generates two questions in the micro-kwiz and 1 question in the dashboard quiz. The lesson demands at least 20 questions.
Attempts to compress the material result in statements such as:
Verbs ending in -É(-)ER such as célébrer, compléter, préférer, espérer..., as well as most verbs ending in -E(-)ER (except for -ETER and -ELER verbs) such as mener, lever, semer, élever... are semi-regular -ER verbs
Compare with a lesson such as "Conjugate avoir in Le Présent (present tense)" which has only a fraction of the material, and is much easier to understand. Yet that lesson also generates two questions in the micro-kwiz and 1 question in the dashboard quiz.
I wrote 'les chauves-souris' . Your text was 'les chauve-souris'. After completion of the dictee, I checked dictionaries which add s to chauve in the plural form. ??
During my Dashboard test, one of the questions was:
Nous ______ tous le mot "hypocondriaque". (We're all spelling the word "hypochondriac".)
HINT: Conjugate "épeler" (to spell) in Le Présent
Problem: Trying to find"épeler" in the lesson page was an absolute nightmare. For the younger guys, it might be easy enough, but I'm 76.
Trying to find "épeler" didn't work, because it doesn't exist in the page.
Never mind. Marchons! Marchons!
Next, try to find the correct template for "épeler" in one of the following templates:
-é(-)er, -e(-)er, -eter, -eler, -Ê(-)ER [Note the change from lower case to upper case in the final template.]
My first attempt to find "épeler" in one of those templates stopped when I found -e(-)er, which matches -eler
The next step was to find out how to conjugate it. I failed, because the only conjugated verb on the whole page is COMPLÉTER, which does not match the template (it matches -é(-)er).
Are we confused yet?
I followed the advice to omit any question if I was unsure about the answer.
BTW: The sharp-eyed will have noticed the template -eler actually exists near the end of my list of templates. So there are ambiguous templates.
Footnote: IMHO, there's far too much material on this page. It could be split into possibly four or five lessons. The lesson generates two questions in the micro-kwiz and 1 question in the dashboard quiz. The lesson demands at least 20 questions.
Attempts to compress the material result in statements such as:
Verbs ending in -É(-)ER such as célébrer, compléter, préférer, espérer..., as well as most verbs ending in -E(-)ER (except for -ETER and -ELER verbs) such as mener, lever, semer, élever... are semi-regular -ER verbs
Compare with a lesson such as "Conjugate avoir in Le Présent (present tense)" which has only a fraction of the material, and is much easier to understand. Yet that lesson also generates two questions in the micro-kwiz and 1 question in the dashboard quiz.
Valentine et moi prenons aussi des cours de rockle vendredi. Elle est une très bonne danseuse, et quant à moi, je fais de mon mieux !
This was marked as wrong, for the "Elle est" part. It says that I should use "C'est une très bonne danseuse" and points me to this lesson. Après moi, y a quelque chose qui cloche là... Is it really wrong to use "Elle est"? If so, why?
I understand that, in general, you'd use "c'est" when it's followed by an indefinite article, but that rule doesn't seem to apply in this case. Correct or not, it just doesn't sound right to me. Moreover, the fact remains whether "elle est" is actually wrong here.
PS: btw, the option "Send email notifications of new answers" here below doesn't seem to be working. I've seen people answer my questions and I never got an email for that.
I came across this Q/A
Mes parents vivent ________ Languedoc-Roussillon
The only answer accepted is dans le Languedoc-Roussillon yet I have seen numerous instances en Languedoc-Roussillon cited in many august sources.
I will reference only one from INSEE:
"La pauvreté en Languedoc-Roussillon" - www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/1894450
Is INSEE wrong?
Tom
Why in this example "ce qui n'est vraiment pas de chance" do we use être rather than the avoir we usually see with avoir de la chance?
for example...
Bonjour Aurélie
I was doing an exercise that asked me to choose between pronom relatif simple or composé. I'm confused which one to use here.
La question........ j'aimerais une réponse est la suivante : où allons-nous ?
can I use que here?
the way the explanation is written suggests you are talking about more than one pronoun – not just ‘me-moi’. Are there others?
i.e. 2- THEY are placed after the verb………
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