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Apercevoir/s’apercevoir: to glimpse, to see, to take note of
All mean more or less the same in English. Are they interchangeable in French or are there subtle differences?
I think it's interesting that you never note the divergence of french and english grammar on using bien as an adverb with être. If one says in english "it is good", good is an adjective. If one says the french version of this "C'est bien" one uses the adverb. Elsewhere in french "c'est" is followed by an adjective "c'est beau". Usually, I guess, one uses il/elle "il est difficile". But it seems unusual to suddenly use an adverb to describe not a verb but the noun of the sentence. I can see easily Ça va bien, because bien is modifying the verb going.
correct answers in weekend challenge:
qui devrait nous livrer les fleurs dans l'apres-midi
tu prendras ta voiture le matin
these seem to me to be the same sentence structure. Why is dans not used consistently? what about in the evening or night?
anyone able to help me understand?
thank you
Why do we say La France? It is a country that has feminine gender....
I thought that between noon and midnight (including midnight), one never used "moins", but always used minutes past. Or, is midnight perhaps regarded as a.m.?
I can't find it in any lessons which explain this, other than one example in the A1 lesson. There is no explanation, however. Can you please explain to me the rule about when you can and cannot use "moins"for minutes to the hour.
Thank you
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