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In the writing challenge "My mother's favourite singer"
1. The phrase "since then" is translated as "depuis lors" or "depuis" or "depuis cette époque" but shouldn't my answer of "depuis ce moment-là" also be accepted?
2. The verb "has been collecting" is used and is translated as "collectionne" but without knowing how the sentence is going to end aren't we also wondering whether to use some other verb, as an alternative to "collectionne"?
In being asked to complete a phrase beginning 'un' and meaning 'a kind of talent' why is 'genre de talent' marked wrong? Is that not what it means? The dictionary gives une sorte , but un type is also possible. If you want us to translate the english 'a certain talent' , which is I think wat the French means and is certainly different from ' a kind of talent' which is rather perjorative, perhaps that's what you should ask us to translate?
What gives?
Bonjour,
I like to retake tests at lower levels often (A0, A1) in order to practice those lessons while I continue to advance/learn at higher levels (A2). My studyplan won't revert to A2 lessons after testing at lower levels. How do I reprogram it to suggest new grammar lessons after I've been practicing old material?
Merci, Alec
How is «I eat neither apples nor pears» in the test I just did, significantly different to «I like neither cheese nor milk»? There is nothing at all that I can see in the construction of these sentences that gives a clue that the first is «Je ne mange ni pommes ni poires» while the second is «Je n'aime ni le fromage ni le lait» ie one uses definite article and one doesn't. If there is something special about the verb «aimer» or «manger» this needs to be detailed - but it is not. Perhaps one of the translations is 'wrong', noting that the French could be «I eat/I like» or «I am eating/I am liking». Nothing in this lesson clarifies this either, despite multiple comments and complaints that it is poorly discussed, and the examples are unsatisfactory.
Pourriez-vous donner autre exemples de cette règle?
"ses" bougies (in the written text) où "les" bougies (in the recording)??
I use Word Reference as my bilingual dictionary. Here's their note on the two spellings. Note: "ass(e)oir" and "rass(e)oir" have two conjugations. The conjugated forms with an "e" are more common than those with an "o".
The answer to this question:' Les femmes travaillent: ________ lavent et les autres cuisinen' is 'les unes'. I wrote 'certaines d'entre elles' which was marked wrong. Is it wrong because it's not what is being taught, or is it wrong because 'les autres' always follows ';les unes' and only 'les unes'? I find that hard to imagine.
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