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Looking at these two sentences:
--Tu n'as pas bu d'alcool depuis cinq ans.
-Tu n'es pas allé en Australie depuis quelques années.
Why does one sentence use "ans" and the other use "années?"
Hi, what is the point of inverting verbs? Does it change the mood of the question? All I got from this lesson was "it sounds better".
I found this lesson really confusing.
You say derrivatives of paraître, but how am I to know that appraître isnt a derrivative?
When do I use un, une, des, le, la, l', les, du?
Pourquoi "par an" au lieu de "par année" ?
No sound starting at "Il est également d'usage... Had to hit Submit button for each segment (0 points) for last third of the dictée!
Merci!
Does it say 'la Saint Nicolas est célébré' with a masculine adjective because Nicolas is masculine ?
Bonjour Madame Cécile !
I am unable to understand the concepts behind the following sentences.
(A)Ce portable, appartient-il à ce monsieur?
The answers I thought were->
1.Oui, c’est le sien. 2. Oui, il est à lui. 3.Oui, il appartient à lui.
Are they correct ? Can one say- Oui, il est le sien ?
(B)Tout le monde n’a pas les mêmes goûts, chacun a __________
Here, the correct answer will be les siens. Why cannot it be le sien ?
Merci beaucoup et bonne journée!
I think this translation for «Tu n'as pas une clope? Si.» is a bit confusing in the lesson.
In the English, the inversion reads as expecting that the person does have a smoke, thus the following "Yes, I do" isn't disagreement.
I think dropping the inversion and more closely following the original would better convey the French phrase, as in: "You haven't (got) a smoke? Yes, I do."
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