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“Elles ne l’ont pas fait exprès” does NOT follow the direct object rule, and the lesson states this clearly. Is this because this is a case of le/la referring to a concept, so it’s not a direct object? Could their be a sentence in which a direct object would be used, and therefore require agreement?
The first words I learned in French were the first words in my very first French textbook:
J'entre dans la salle de classe. Je regarde autour de moi.
Thank you for accepting that as an alternative answer.
Hi. For the sentence, "Il veut que j'aille acheter du lait." can it be substituted for "il me veut aller acheter du lait" ? Or is this sentence incorrect?
What about haut/haute (high) and bas/basse (low) ? Do they come before a noun or after?
not necessarily overly friendly, would one still use the subjunctive?
According to the lesson linked to in this exercise ( Using "devoir" in the imperfect tense versus the compound past in French (L'Imparfait vs Le Passé Composé) ) "mes parents devaient" would mean "my parents were supposed to" and "mes parents ont dû" would mean "my parents had to." The exercise asked us to translate, "My parents had to drive me" so If this exercise isn't incorrect, then that lesson on Devoir is missing important information of some kind.
The first 2 answers in the multiple choice list are the same so I chose both and got one wrong. What happened?
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