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In the audio file for the sentence "Nous mourons tous un jour" in this lesson, the word "tous" has a silent s (IPA [tu]). Why is this? I understood that when "tous" is used as an indefinite pronoun to refer to a group of people like this, the s should be pronounced (IPA [tus]). Have I misunderstood something here? I would appreciate any help on this :)
I knew it must be Je, but it sounded like Tu.
Hi, I really enjoyed this exercise but want clarification on the sentence "Elle était en larmes !"
I would assume that this action was a one-off, not a continual state, so I used the passé compose (Elle a été).
Is it because the sentences prior all used the imparfait?
Thanks
J'ai utilise "ce nouveau cahot" au lieu de "ce nouveau chaos". Est-il assez pareil en sens?
He does not say 'installent DES projecteurs et DES caméras' as I would have expected. Is what he says an acceptable grammatical alternative?
A million years ago when I was at school doing French dictees, the teacher would read out the punctuation. Would it be possible to do that, too? I don't feel like docking points off my score because I put a full stop rather than an exclamation mark!
Is complète an acceptable alternative to 'finit' ?
My understanding is that for a general comment, 'C'est' is used when followed by any determiner.
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