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Hi,
I just got wrong for a question asking to translate "what's a pain au chocolat?" into french.
I chose, "Qu'est-ce que c'est......" and "c'est quoi..." and the result says im wrong...
The answer is "Est-ce que c'est..." and "c'est quoi..."
Why is it wrong to use "Qu'est-ce que c'est...?" and i would much appreciate if someone can explai the diffrence btw those 3 .....
"J’ai commencé par laver et changer les draps, ce qui n’est pas une partie de plaisir toute seule"
I don't understand "toute seule" here. It appears to be behaving as an adjective, not an adverb.
If it is an adjective, what is it supposed to be agreeing with ?
1, you say that "a regarde" should have an "s" after the "e". Why? Surely with avoir there is no agreement?
2,the same with "a pardonnes" lower down. Surely this also should just end with an "e" acute!
3, finally, when she pardons us, that is an action that is over and done with, a once and once only act, therefore why is that not past compose?
Many thanks, Tim
P.S. Sorry, can't do accents on my keyboard!
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In the test question with the magic beanstalks, the only accepted answer is Jack got off the magic bean stalk.
In three dictionaries that I have looked up (especially Le Robert & Collins), one of the meanings of decendre with etre is to 'climb down (a tree). Now the preposition 'from' is missing in those definitions but is that so significant a difference that the answer 'Jack climbed down the magic beanstalk" becomes incorrect.
what’s the difference between il fait du soleil and il y a du soleil?
How does this translate?
I quote: "Note that quite a few verbs, such as regarder and attendre, are used without prepositions in French, i.e., regarder [x] [quelqu'un]; attendre [x] [quelqu'un], whereas they have one in English (i.e., to look at [someone], to wait for [someone]." (For English speakers, an easy way to remember that we don't put an "a" after regarder and attendre is to consider these words translatable as "watch" and "await" which similarly, in English, do not require a preposition.)
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