Past Perfect Vs. Conditional - Beaucoup vs. de Nombreux - Avant que + subjunctive vs. Avant de + infinitiveI have a few questions relating to the B2 writing exercise "What Monster Would You Be" (which was great, BTW!):
without any memory of what I had done the night before.
Kwizbot's answer:
sans aucun souvenir de ce que j'aurais fait la nuit d'avant.
Your answer:
sans aucun souvenir de ce que j'avais fait la nuit d'avant
Question #1: Why is it the conditional perfect here and not the past perfect? The English says I had. Isn't that past perfect?
before reverting to normal the next morning,
Kwizbot's answer:
avant de redevenir normal le matin suivant,
Your answer:
avant que je ne redevienne normal le matin suivant,
Question #2: Why is my response here incorrect? Why do I need to use avant + infinitive instead of avant que + subjunctive? Is there a subtle difference in meaning?
I would know many magic spells
Kwizbot's answer:
Je connaitrais de nombreux sorts
Your answer:
Je connaîtrais beaucoup de sorts
Question#3: Why can't you use "beaucoup de" here? Is there a subtle difference in meaning between beacoup and nombreux? For example, does beaucoup mean "a lot" and nombreux "many"?
Merci d'avance de votre aide!
PS - I LOVE the writing challenges and find them the most helpful part of your app! I would LOVE it if the NEXT button were right under the self-rating system so I wouldn't have to scroll down over the grammar lessons links to get to it.
"Sophie a compris ce qui le prof lui demandait.
Why do some countries not have an article stated?
For,"I love my cousin Benjamin.", Kwizbot's answer: "J'adore mon cousin Benjamin. "
But in the PLF lesson on "aimer", I read that one of the uses of it can be in the love you have for a family member. Therefore, I translated the sentence as "J'aime mon cousin Benjamin."I have a few questions relating to the B2 writing exercise "What Monster Would You Be" (which was great, BTW!):
without any memory of what I had done the night before.
Kwizbot's answer:
sans aucun souvenir de ce que j'aurais fait la nuit d'avant.
Your answer:
sans aucun souvenir de ce que j'avais fait la nuit d'avant
Question #1: Why is it the conditional perfect here and not the past perfect? The English says I had. Isn't that past perfect?
before reverting to normal the next morning,
Kwizbot's answer:
avant de redevenir normal le matin suivant,
Your answer:
avant que je ne redevienne normal le matin suivant,
Question #2: Why is my response here incorrect? Why do I need to use avant + infinitive instead of avant que + subjunctive? Is there a subtle difference in meaning?
I would know many magic spells
Kwizbot's answer:
Je connaitrais de nombreux sorts
Your answer:
Je connaîtrais beaucoup de sorts
Question#3: Why can't you use "beaucoup de" here? Is there a subtle difference in meaning between beacoup and nombreux? For example, does beaucoup mean "a lot" and nombreux "many"?
Merci d'avance de votre aide!
PS - I LOVE the writing challenges and find them the most helpful part of your app! I would LOVE it if the NEXT button were right under the self-rating system so I wouldn't have to scroll down over the grammar lessons links to get to it.
The verb aller is used ,like allons but how can I used when I talking about we ( féminine) . How can I used , or is the same allons or is like the feminist é or not.
Can we say 'partout dans le monde' instead of 'le monde entier' to signify all over the world?
It always when you are talking about a group of people you have to use ( sont) ?
Quand j'étais enfant, je (apprendre) à nager.
According to me, we should use passe compose here, since the action of learning was completed in the past.
Please confirm?
J’ai appris à nager
How the être is used in a talk or writing , like when you are talking with a group of people or just one person , or you are writing to a person something like that . So can I used like the voir or not.
Why tu and je always end with s :/ and elle ,il ,nous, vous , and ils/elles end with another letters but tu and je are different persons so why:/
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