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In this lesson one of the questions was "Marie a manqué l'école ". I would have answered this with "Marie (has) missed school." Of course this answer wasn't available and the right answer was "Marie didn't go to school." Wouldn't this be easier to understand if written like " Marie n'est pas alleé à école ?" or are all similar events ( not going/doing somewhere/something) expressed by "Manquer de ?" Thanks, Heather.
I wrote “nous sommes ouvertes” as it was “the Bank” that was giving the information or am I just being too literal here ?
You have described that to visit a *place* is "visiter" but visiting a person is rendu visiter. In this example someone is visiting a place - ie an apartment - why is this rendlu visiter, as you state?
what does "tous un jour" mean? Thanks.
The English translation of the above example should be “there were a hundred or so people that day” , not was a hundred. The total number of people overrides the fact that they are one hundred.
I really don't understand why this can't be translated as "Whom does she see?" It was marked wrong yet it seems to be following all the rules. I'm confused and would appreciate an answer.
In other questions to watch a film is regarder. Why is to have seen a film voir, as opposed to have watched? Are btye interchageable or not?
Bonjour - for some reason i'm having a really hard time with this lesson. My confusion is the fact that the lesson instructs that the order is reversed with reminding someone of someone else, which I understand well enough.
My problem comes in the test, for a perfect example:
"You remind him of Audrey Hepburn" to which the answer is:
Tu lui rappelles Audrey Hepburn
This seems like the exact same order as the English. Any tips or help would be appreciated. Merci d'avance.
Bonjour Madame Aurélie,
While doing a test named “Conte de fées” I landed up at a mysterious sentence -
Le père était àgé et sortirait rarement de son lit, alors sa fille devait s’occuper du jardin et des animaux.
Here I would like to ask you why a dû was marked incorrect although the English translation specifies ‘so his daughter had to take care of the garden .....’ . I read your lesson which states that one uses Passé Composé for an obligation that was very well met. And here too is the same case.
The link to the test -
https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/my-languages/french/tests/take/2581800
Please help me to figure out the correct option.
Merci d’avance !
Bonne journée!
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