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I chose étudiants instead of élèves in this exercise and it was marked incorrect. Does the word élève pertain to older students and étudiant to younger students? Is there a distinction between élève and étudiant and, if so, what is it?
The narrator of this exercise Le jour des rois was very muffled, like in an echo chamber.
For those of us trying to translate it is difficult enough to understand the words, but the poor sound quality compounded the difficulty.
Hopefully this can be addressed for future dictees.
Thank you, Norma Zippin
I wrote des vacances and du travail which was wrong, but I don’t know why. Can you explain since this error isn’t covered in this lesson explanation. I still have trouble with these articles. Thanks so much.
"En effet, ce qui a grandement contribué à la notoriété du lac champenois, c'est le fait que chaque année, en octobre-novembre, les grues cendrées y fassent étape par milliers."
Just a question about the mood here : I would have preferred to see le fait que followed by the indicative here, as it is expressing a certainty, not something uncertain/ a supposition.
Opinions anyone ?
Thanks. Paul.
Several conjugators of French verbs show these as alternatives.
IndicatifPrésentjerépars; répartisturépars; répartisil;elle;onrépart; répartitnousrépartons; répartissonsvousrépartez; répartissezils;ellesrépartent; répartissentThe audio for “parce que je suis un peu âgé” starts with “car”, not “parce que”.
In this kind of phrase - 'elle entendit un petit couinement venir des buissons' - is it possible to use the present participle instead of the infinitive ('elle entendit un petit couinement venant des buissons') ? If so, is either more usual or preferable than the other ?
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