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Every dictionary I have checked confirms that 'les soldes' is masculine (wheareas 'la vente' is feminine, and 'la solde' has a different meaning). Just about every French person (woman) I have asked is surprised to find this to be the case ! However, I think the exercise should at least reflect/indicate the 'correct' usage:
Perhaps a simple note under the heading of the lesson that although 'les soldes' is officially masculine gender, it is very commonly 'misused' in the feminine, and throughout this lesson the 'colloquial' feminine grammatical gender for 'les soldes' has been used.
Just leaving it incorrect doesn't seem to me to be the best option.
Je constate que tout les leçons de Français sont en anglais. J'ai entendu que c'est mieux d'apprendre un langue dans le même langue.
Cest-tu possible d'avoir les leçons écrit en français? Selon moi ça serait utile pour tout le monde.
Merci :)
réveillez pas tard. That was marked wrong because "réveillez lost the second "e" and became révillez. what lesson is that taught in please. Thankyou in advance
i'm Scottish and "passer un exam" would be translated as "to sit an exam", so "Vous avez passé votre examen" to my mind would be "You sat your exam".
Just commenting :-)
Please help me understand when to use just soi vs soi-même.
Hello team Just wondering if I can use que as an alternative to lequel in the following sentece:
"Le Lasso de Vérité avec que je pourrais forcer..."
Thank you again
I understand that une soirée indicates the duration of the evening, while un soir indicates the general time of day, but given this is a Level 1 quiz, is that not a bit advanced for this level? As far as I recall the only context given in Level one for "une soirée" was for an evening function or party. I was marked wrong for using choisissez rather than choisis, presumably because choisissez is too advanced for this level?
I don't understand the passe compose "j'ai toujours adore" to translate "I have always loved sending letters." Seems to me the writer is describing an action from the past continuing into the present. In that case, we should use the imparfait. Using the passe compose indicates the writer completed the action in the past. At one time she enjoyed sending letters but not now. (Sorry for the missing accents. I don't know how to type them on this keyboard.)
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