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Can I use "il ne dure jamais longtemps" instead of "ça ne dure jamais longtemps "?
Bonjour! I was wondering why the verb acheter is as achetées rather than acheté ? Do we know that the person who bought the boots is female or is this another rule that I may have missed ?
Merci :)
Apologies if this topic has been already been covered, I searched a ways down the thread but didn't see anything relevant.
If a discussion exists, I will gladly accept a posted link.
So, in short, outside of familiarizing myself with "bien que" through rote memorization, I struggle to hear "good that". Is there a separate definition or etymology of the word "bien" that would explain how it came to be used in the sense of "even though"?
Thank you in advance!
Hello,
I'd like to know Why am I not able to control the player or why are there no player controls for the audio? Or is this intentional that I must listen through the whole exercise without being able to playback a particular section?
Thank you.
Bonjour,
I have a question about saying pouvoir + infinitive of a verb. For example: Je peux parler Francais. Why does this translate to "I can speak French" when the verb Parker means TO speak? Wouldn't it translate to "I can to speak French"? Or do we always use the infinitive to express capabilities? What else would we use the infinitive form for? Merci beacoup!
My question is about putting "Marie caressait son chat" into the La Voix Passive. I have read Skylar's comment and the answers to her question. I agree with Ron, that "Le chat de Marie..." resolves the ambiguity of whose cat it is. So, I wrote: "Le chat de Marie etait caressait par elle" which was marked wrong. Could someone explain why this is wrong?
Je vous remercie beaucoup !
This was the sentence: Vous veniez me voir chaque semaine.
Two of the options for the answer are "You used to come and see me every week." and "You had come to see me every week."
Same idea with this sentence: Nous allions en Espagne tous les etes. (Sorry, don't know how to get the accents on my keyboard).
Two of the options for the answer are "We used to go to Spain every summer." and "We were going to Spain every summer."
For me, in both situations the two answers mean the same thing and were both correct but I had to pick one. l don't understand how they are different and why one is correct and the other isn't. I'm guessing it's a subtle nuance I'm missing. Can you please explain? Thanks!
Please can someone help. I have just had « Il est neuf heures quinze » marked as incorrect, the correct answer being « Il est neuf heures et quart ». I had thought either would be OK. Thanks.
Question today was "Un jour, on _____ sur Mars." In a previous test, "On a ______ opinion." The previous answer was "On a notre opinion," but today's test was said to be "On ira sur Mars." How is one to know if the "on" refers to a singular person (on ira) or to several individuals (On a notre opinion)? It's a bit confusing. Please clarify. Thanks.
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