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The correct response gives is ‘ est-ce-que cela t’arrive d’avoir des nouvelles de’ but would it be equally correct to say ‘est-ce -que tu a recu aucune nouvelles de’
Merci pour tous les exemples, mais le rap "maison d'être" contient des prononciations qui diffèrent beaucoup du français standard. Je veux bien exposer les étudiants à des accents differents, mais dans ce cas, c'est exaggéré.
Votre affirmation selon laquelle «le français se parlait presque exclusivement en Angleterre jusqu'à la fin du XIIIe siècle est ncorrect et trompeur. On pourrait dire que c'était la langue presque exclusive de la cour et de la classe dirigeante des propriétaires terriens puissants. Mais la majorité de la population a continué à parler anglais, qui a subi des changements dramatiques pendant cette période, soit dit en passant. En outre, la langue parlée par la cour était strictement le français normand, puis le français anglo-normand en tant que version insulaire distincte: tous les envahisseurs de 1066 n'étaient pas normands, rappelez-vous. De plus, le français est resté une langue de cour jusqu'à la fin du 14e siècle. Après cela, les connexions avec la Normandie ont diminué et avec elle la nécessité du français pour le roi et sa cour.
Not a question - just a comment. I wasn’t sure if the correct spelling should be “jeux vidéo” or “jeux vidéos” with an additional s. This exercise accepts both options, and so I researched and found that even the French have discussions about this point. Apparently in “le bon usage” the adjective “vidéo” is invariable - but “jeux vidéos” is often also found in common usage (and in Quebec the official French language office has even added this form in their spelling rectifications of 1990, making both spellings legitimate, at least in Canada)
In all other lessons your examples are given in the order of conjugation, which I find enormously helpful. In this one the order jumps all over the place. It's a very minor issue, but could you re-arrange the sentences? Thanks so much.
Can someone please explain the use of 'se doit' in the following sentence which conveys the meaning "ought to":
"qui se doit d'être à la fois élégant et extraordinaire"
I can't find any reference anywhere to devoir in the pronominal form....or am I totally on the wrong track here with 'devoir' ?
Pourquoi pas Je soutiens son équipe? Car supporter apporte un sens négatif en français,je suppose?
In the writing challenge: Not the festival type, the translation given for "If I'd known how it would be" is Si j'avais su comment ça se passerait
May I know why we use plus-que-perfect in the “Si” clause and a conditionnel present in the result clause? Based on what I have learned in French grammar, when the pluperfect tense is used in the “Si” clause, the past conditional tense has to be used in the result clause.
Why is this question marked incorrect in my test when the question says specifically to use "devoir." If we are to use "devoir," then the correct response is the one I gave, "devrais dût manger," not "aurais dû manger." The "J' " is incorrect if devoir is used per the instructions, as the answer should be "Je devrais dût manger."
In the sentence 'au sein des communautés hindoue et sikhe' why are 'hindoue et sikhe' not in the plural form?
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